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Professor Emily Horowitz Saint Francis College, Brooklyn Heights Professor Horowitz is a professor of sociology & criminal justice and directs the Institute for Peace & Justice and founded and co-directs the post-prison college program (a nationally recognized program

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CA Court Blocks DOJ’s new SORNA Rule Because it Violated Due Process and First Amendment

January 18, 2023, 6:24 pm Los Angeles: A California court last week blocked the Department of Justice’s new Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act rule because it violated due process and the First Amendment. “The DOJ almost never loses

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7-year-old New York boy charged with rape

A 7-year-old boy from upstate New York has been charged with rape, a report said Tuesday. The child, of Brasher Falls near the Canadian border, was arrested by state police in connection with an incident that happened on

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Assistant principal found dead in home hours after arrest for sex offenses against student

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – An assistant principal at Noble Middle School who was arrested early Friday morning for sex offenses against a student which allegedly took place in the early 1990s has been found dead in his home.

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Should the Public Registry Be Abolished? A Live Debate with Emily Horowitz

This video is of the debate over the question “Should the Registry Be Abolished?”   Click – Tap here to view fullsize

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CCEPA: Sex and the Citizen pt. 4 – Children’s Sexuality: What are we afraid of? – Judith Levine

A good history lesson about sex and many facts are presented here by Judith Levine. Learn how sex offenders were invented by many lairs in the last several hundred years. Judith Levine Author of Harmful to Minors: The

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WAR letter to Judiciary Committee Members Sept 24, 2019

      September 24, 2019 Vicki Henry President – Women Against Registry 1661 W. Highview Dr. Arnold, MO  63010 Re: Please include this letter in the public hearing record of the Interim Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for

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Vicki’s Pivotal Message of Hope

After much contemplation — and 12 years of service to the movement — I am announcing my decision to hand leadership of Women Against Registry over to the next generation. I was first called to this movement in

How SCOTUS Promoted Pernicious Myths About Sex Offender Registries

Twenty years ago, the justices deemed registration nonpunitive, accepting unsubstantiated assumptions about its benefits and blithely dismissing its costs. This Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe, a Supreme Court decision that approved the retroactive application of

Harsh treatment of people who committed a sex offense is based on flawed social science

Robert Longo, the author of the 1986 Psychology Today article that was cited in the SCOTUS case: Smith v Doe 2003, as the source of the false “frightening and high” statistic, refutes his 1986 claim that the SCOTUS

CA Court Blocks DOJ’s new SORNA Rule Because it Violated Due Process and First Amendment

January 18, 2023, 6:24 pm Los Angeles: A California court last week blocked the Department of Justice’s new Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act rule because it violated due process and the First Amendment. “The DOJ almost never loses

A COMMONLY-CITED STATISTIC ABOUT SEX CRIME RE-OFFENSE RATES IS WRONG

  A COMMONLY-CITED STATISTIC ABOUT SEX CRIME RE-OFFENSE RATES IS WRONG. Jul 28, 2015 Ira Ellman PROFESSOR AT SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Proponents of criminal justice reform never talk about sex offenders. They’re political untouchables

Some great news about UNTOUCHABLE, David Feige’s award-winning documentary

UNTOUCHABLE – Festival Trailer from Meerkat Media on Vimeo. When the most powerful lobbyist in Florida discovers that the nanny has sexually abused his daughter, he harnesses his extraordinary political power to pass the toughest sex offender laws

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