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Blogs with News Stories on Sex Offender Issues:
IL: People with sex and gun convictions are required to register with police. CPD can’t keep up.
Thousands of people in Chicago are on a criminal conviction registry, including registries for gun crimes, sex offenses and murder and violence against youth. People on the registry have to show up yearly, quarterly or weekly or risk getting locked-up. But WBEZ has...
A Message From The Comms Director of a Sexual Offense Law Reform Advocacy Group
Which of these would you favor as a husband for your beloved daughter? ‘The slick fella, too handsome for his own good, whose shifty eyes furtively appraised the family silver,’ or, ‘the well-dressed, good-looking young man whose frank curiosity about the family...
Ohio bans child sex offenders from working with kids
In Senate Bill 16, one of the two major criminal justice reform bills, lawmakers included a provision to prevent violent sex offenders from working or volunteering in a position with extensive contact with children. This originated from House Bill 459, which was...
“If I was told about the lifetime sex offender registration, I would have fought the charges.”
Below is an excerpt from an article written by a woman who was charged with exposing someone to HIV and forced to register. She describes the stigma of being forced to register when her crime had nothing to do with touching a child. "To me, and to most people I know,...
Arrest In Idaho Murders Is A Reminder That Your DNA Is Not Private Or Safe
On Friday, police finally arrested a suspect in the savage stabbing and murder of four University of Idaho students in November. According to law enforcement, 28-year-old criminology graduate student Bryan Christopher Kohberger was identified through DNA sourced from...
CT: People can put criminal past behind them in the new year (except those with…)
With the new year, tens of thousands of people in Connecticut will be able to put their criminal pasts behind them, and moving forward others convicted of future crimes will have the same opportunity. The state’s “Clean Slate” law that takes effect today, New Year’s...
‘Miya’s Law’ set to take effect January 1st
Beginning Sunday, Jan. 1, landlords will be required to keep an accurate log of everyone who has been issued a copy of an apartment key. Also, all employees of any licensed lodging establishment must get a criminal and sex offender background check for every employee...
Once Fallen Survey
Derek Logue of Once Fallen has asked us to help promote his survey According to Derek, "this survey was designed to help registry reformists and abolitionists understand the current state of the efforts to reform or abolish the sex offense registry. This survey is...
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