When a sex offender calls, she’s there to listen

As advocates reevaluate the value of offender registries, a women-led support line vows to offer help to those who feel shunned by their communities.  

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The First Ever Live Streamed Anti–Registry Peaceful Demonstration

On August 20, 2020, the 10th Circuit Court in Denver overturned Millard v Rankin, the US District Court ruling that found Colorado’s sex offense registry scheme violated the 8th Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. (The 10th Circuit ruling

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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

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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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The pivot from annihilation to reasonable accountability and justice for all

We are the families living at the little ‘red dots’ you see on a registry map. Currently, there are almost three million of us; wives, mothers, sisters, girlfriends, brothers, fathers, grandparents, and so on. You notice I didn’t

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Is the Tide Turning Against Public Sex Offense Registries?

BY RORY FLEMING JULY 2, 2021 On June 8, the American Law Institute, arguably the most prestigious non-governmental law reform organization in the country, concluded its national meeting. One of its agenda items was to have its thousands of elected

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STOP HERE and Watch the SOHO Forum Debating the Registry

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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The First Ever Live Streamed Anti–Registry Peaceful Demonstration

On August 20, 2020, the 10th Circuit Court in Denver overturned Millard v Rankin, the US District Court ruling that found Colorado’s sex offense registry scheme violated the 8th Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. (The 10th Circuit ruling

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Demonstration 9-24-20

Demonstration at 10th Circuit Appeals Court, 1823 Stout St, Denver, CO 80257, 8am to 2pm Sept 24, 2020 Thursday

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Sex Offender Laws Are Broken. These Women Are Working To Fix Them.

Standing up for the rights of a widely reviled group isn’t for the faint of heart. Bellucci is admired by other reformers because she didn’t join the movement to defend her brother or father or child; she did

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When a sex offender calls, she’s there to listen

As advocates reevaluate the value of offender registries, a women-led support line vows to offer help to those who feel shunned by their communities.  

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Does a Watched Pot Boil? A Time-Series Analysis of New York State’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law

A study conducted of sexual crimes in New York by Jeffrey Sandler, Kelly Socia, and Naomi Freeman in 2008 found more than 95 percent of registerable sexual offenses and more than 94 percent of sexual offenses against children

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New Documentary ‘Untouchable’ Is Tribeca Film Fest Standout

Why would a law mandate that ex-convicts be homeless and virtually unemployable? And what sort of government imposes such rules? That’s the question of David Feige’s startling new documentary “Untouchable,” a Tribeca Film Festival award winner. I must

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Utah’s Lawmakers push for mercy on sex offender registry

 http://kutv.com/news/local/lawmakers-push-for-more-flexibility-on-sex-offender-registry Your browser does not support the video tag. Salt Lake City — (KUTV) There is some sympathy on Utah’s Capitol Hill for sex offenders. Some offenders, convicted of only minor crimes, are punished for a decade through

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