For family of a person with intellectual disabilities a sex offense conviction can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars

September 13, 2019, 10:37 am Carol Nesteikis, 66, has never committed a crime. But for two years, from six in the evening to six in the morning the next day, she lived under de facto house arrest with

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CA: Man Mistaken As Sex Offender, Beaten to Death

September 3, 2019, 2:59 pm A 63 year old homeless man, Jace Decker, 63, was beaten to death by Matthew Arguello and Ruben Rosales, two men who thought Decker was a registered sex offender. The assault, which took

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IL: Suit settled in teen suicide that led to law change

August 31, 2019, 9:44 pm The case of a suburban Chicago teenager, Corey Walgren, who killed himself in 2017, three hours after a dean and in-school police officer at Naperville High School told the honor-roll student he might

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Galen Baughman Civil Commitment Trial Begins Monday

August 24, 2019, 12:52 pm The trial of advocate, Galen Baughman, will begin this coming Monday to determine whether he will be civilly committed. Civil commitment is the involuntary detention of an individual beyond the expiration of their

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New Bill would end statute of limitations on reporting sexual battery on a minor in Florida

August 23, 2019, 10:49 am A new bill in Florida would end the time limit a minor would have to report sexual battery. SB 170, sponsored by Sen. Linda Stewart and a companion bill in the House, HB

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San Francisco board rebrands ‘convicted felon’ as ‘justice-involved person,’ sanitizes other crime lingo

August 22, 2019, 1:45 pm Crime-ridden San Francisco has introduced new sanitized language for criminals, getting rid of words such as “offender” and “addict” while changing “convicted felon” to “justice-involved person.” The Board of Supervisors adopted the changes

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New Smyrna Beach trying to ban registrants under threat of lawsuit

August 17, 2019, 12:18 pm [FAC NOTE: We must organize a group to create a vocal opposition to the proposed SORR. If you live in Volusia County, please contact membership so we can coordinate.] There are more sex

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North Carolina Strikes Lifetime GPS as Unconstitutional

August 16, 2019, 6:31 pm The North Carolina Supreme Court has just struck down lifetime GPS-monitoring for persons required to register as sex offenders who are not on parole or probation as unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment (Search

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10th Circuit Rules Special Conditions Allowing Probation Complete Discretion over Internet Use is Excessive

August 16, 2019, 1:19 pm The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in US v. Blair, ruled that a special condition on the Defendant’s Internet use that was “limited to those the defendant requests to use, and which the

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Does v. Swearingen: Attorneys file Objection to States Second Motion to Dismiss

August 5, 2019, 8:07 pm Attorneys for the Doe Plaintiffs in what we are referring to as the “Ex Post Facto Plus” challenge have filed their objection to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Motion to Dismiss the

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NC Ex Post Facto Lawsuit Will Proceed – a big win for NARSOL

July 31, 2019, 11:34 pm Yesterday, NARSOL and John Doe Plaintiffs got a victory against the State of North Carolina, which sought to dismiss a lawsuit brought to challenge the constitutionality of the North Carolina Registry. “The Court

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IL: Suit challenges distance measurement

July 29, 2019, 2:14 pm When it comes to large, overlapping exclusion zones and limited housing availability for persons required to register as sex offenders, an inch is as good (or bad) as a mile. In most Jurisdictions,

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Illinois registrants challenge residency restrictions/evictions.

July 20, 2019, 12:22 pm The 19 child sex offenders who were told they must leave Wayside Cross Ministries by July 26 have filed a civil federal lawsuit against the city of Aurora, arguing the men should not

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Sex-offender registries need to clean up their act

July 20, 2019, 12:20 pm …it is important to understand that many registries are bloated with names that probably shouldn’t be there. Public urination, streaking or sex between consenting teenagers can land a person on the registry. A

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Autism and Sexual Offending

July 17, 2019, 11:48 am Spectrum posted an article today asking the question; “Many first-time sex offenders on the spectrum may not understand the laws they break. How should their crimes be treated?” Many autistic individuals become embroiled

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If this man were not registered he might still be alive.

July 15, 2019, 4:49 pm The Orlando Sentinel reports that Steven Stryker, a Navy veteran, died after his court-appointed guardian, Rebecca Fierle, determined that he should not receive life-saving actions, despite Stryker’s desire that they be administered. According

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Judge further delays start of Tennessee law that bans sex offenders from living with their own children

July 12, 2019, 10:16 pm A federal judge has further delayed the implementation of a new law in Tennessee that would have prohibited convicted sex offenders from staying overnight in the same homes as their children. On Wednesday,

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Court upholds ruling to require teen who traded naked selfies with girls his age to register as a sex offender

June 29, 2019, 3:11 pm Colorado’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling last week that required a juvenile boy to register as a sex offender after sexting and trading erotic pictures with two girls roughly his age, a split

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Lawsuit challenges Tennessee sex offender legislation

June 29, 2019, 3:03 pm Three convicted sex offenders have filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee legislation that would make it a felony for them to live with their children. The Tennessean reports Judge William Campbell Jr. granted a

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SCOTUS: United States v. Haymond: a win for the registrant

June 26, 2019, 5:34 pm Andre Haymond was convicted of possessing child pornography. After serving a prison sentence of 38 months, and while on supervised release, Mr. Haymond was again found with what appeared to be child pornography.

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