University of Illinois to offer free course on wrongful convictions

By The Associated PressPosted Dec. 11, 2014 @ 9:00 am SPRINGFIELD: The University of Illinois Springfield plans to offer a free online class examining the issues surrounding wrongful convictions. The university said Wednesday that online registration is underway

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Court throws out child sex-offender registration

[unable to retrieve full-text content]https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/page-1730788/3178104

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Sex offender registry not the answer

Let’s get real folks! Ariel Castro (Ohio), Jerry Sandusky (PA) and many others we hear and read about were not on any public registry and that is exactly the point. The public has been groomed to believe all

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Ban on Life Sentences for Juveniles Gets Fresh Look in High Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would decide whether its 2012 decision prohibiting mandatory sentences of life without parole for juvenile murderers under the age of 18 at the time of their crimes is retroactive.After turning

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IT’S NOW ILLEGAL IN ILLINOIS TO FILM COPS Or any government officials, for that matter

by STEVE WATSON | INFOWARS.COM | DECEMBER 10, 2014 An amendment to a Senate bill in Illinois has been overwhelmingly passed to ensure that recording police officers and government officials is now a felony. The Amendment to Senate

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People who commit homicides or sex offenses have extremely low re-offense rates overall and almost never return to prison for committing a new crime of the same type

[unable to retrieve full-text content]https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/page-1730788/3168174

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a failure to register under SORNA is not a “sex offense” Consequently, we vacate the supervised release portion of Collins’s sentence

12-9-2014 West Virginia: USA -v- Collins Dwaine Allen Collins was convicted of knowingly failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The district court sentenced Collins to 30 months’ imprisonment

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Missouri high court to hear felon gun-rights case

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new constitutional amendment enhancing Missouri’s gun rights is being put to the test by a felon who is citing it as a reason why he shouldn’t be disqualified from carrying guns. The

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Global Institute of Forensic Research – Research Bulletin December 2014

[unable to retrieve full-text content]https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/page-1730788/3161713

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Cities and Towns Scaling Back Limits on Sex Offenders

Nov. 30, 2014 6:20 p.m. ET podcast: Ashby Jones tells WSJ’s Hank Weisbecker why cities are scaling back on these restrictions  When Palm Beach County, Fla., was sued earlier this year over its housing restrictions for registered sex

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