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Blogs with News Stories on Sex Offender Issues:
My developmentally disabled son should not be on the sex-offender registry.
It's heartbreaking to admit it, but I sometimes wish that Adam, our severely intellectually disabled son, will die before me and my husband, Robert. Our fear of the future never ends: Where will he live? How will he manage? Who will take care of him? The anxiety is...
NYC Council bill would prevent landlords from banning tenants based on criminal history, except…
You know how the sentence is going to end. ...except registrants. A New York City Councilman, Keith Powers, sponsored the “Fair Chance for Housing Act,” that would prohibit landlords from excluding most potential tenants with a criminal history, or even asking whether...
Licensed Pennsylvania sex therapist defends ‘minor-attracted persons’ in viral video
A licensed sex therapist and counselor sparked backlash on social media after posting a video where she appeared to defend "minor-attracted persons." "They are probably the most vilified population of folks in our culture," Miranda Galbreath says in the video posted...
Who is it that we should watch out for?
Not a good week for a couple members of law enforcement, as a former Trenton, NJ, officer got sentenced to life in prison for the sexual abuse of two minors and a Los Angeles, CA sheriff's deputy was indicted by a grand jury on 18 counts of oral sex acts with a child,...
Most folks are making incorrect assumptions about “minor-attracted persons”
“Can’t afford the branding issue”
A recent article from BusinessInsider highlights why it is so difficult for anyone with a history of a sexual offense conviction (or even allegation) to find a job, housing, or integrate into the community. Nobody wants the "branding issue" of being associated with...
OR: County couple kicked out of motel due to pregnancy
A Multnomah County couple is suing Do Good Multnomah, a local non-profit, for allegedly kicking them out of their residence based on familial status. Megan and James Vanness were participants in Do Good Multnomah’s (DGM’s) “Motel Based Emergency Shelter Program,”...
7th Circuit rules residency restriction is “retroactive”, remands to find out whether it’s punitive.
In order for a law to violate the Constitutional prohibition against Ex Post Facto laws, it must be (a) retroactive, and (b) punitive. In 2018 the Village of Hartland, Wisconsin decided it had too many registrants living in it's village, so it created a moratorium on...
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