June 7, 2019, 3:25 am The Dobbs Wire: Liberty stolen. Legislators have created an extraordinary array of harsh laws for individuals convicted of sex offenses. Prison terms are commonplace while twenty states and the federal government go even
Read MoreMay 31, 2019, 11:17 am “We’ve had a chance to see the unintended consequences” is how one of the articles in today’s National Review begins. The article is titled “Remove Children from Sex Offender Registries” and it talks
Read MoreMay 31, 2019, 10:52 am The US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics released a report this month entitled, “Recidivism of Sex Ofenders Released from State Prison: A 9-Year Follow-Up (2005-14)”. As reported by NARSOL, the new
Read MoreJune 20, 2019, 5:32 pm Holding: The judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that 34 U. S. C. §20913(d) – which requires the U.S. attorney general to apply the Sex Offender Registration and
Read MoreMay 20, 2019, 11:33 am Every week we check the appellate court decisions for the prior week to see whether there are any decisions impacting registration laws. It seems that for a while, almost every week there are
Read MoreJune 3, 2019, 8:21 pm The husband of a Manhattan prosecutor could face criminal charges after he and his wife allegedly videotaped their nanny undressing and showering in their bathroom, The Post has learned. The nanny’s lawyer said
Read MoreJune 10, 2019, 6:29 pm The point of this post is to remind us that we all forget. It’s human nature. We recently had a situation where a guest speaker forgot about our meeting date. He’s still a
Read MoreMay 25, 2019, 12:46 am A stipulation was entered in what has been called “Does v. Snyder II”, giving the Michigan Legislature 90 days to fix their unconstitutional sex offender law. In Does v. Snyder, the 6th circuit
Read MoreMay 24, 2019, 1:17 pm A teen decided to send a few friends an explicit video of herself – trusting that the content would remain private. That action eventually led to her arrest and conviction for child pornography.
Read MoreMay 22, 2019, 1:23 pm In the waning days of the most recent Florida legislative session, it appeared the nonprofit agency founded and run by Plantation State Sen. Lauren Book would walk away with only half-a-million dollars in
Read MoreMay 21, 2019, 12:30 pm After a decision by the Massachusetts Judicial Court, lawmakers are scrambling to overhaul the process to determine if someone is no longer a threat to public safety. The governor plans to refile a
Read MoreMay 16, 2019, 7:40 pm Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Thursday that a 71-year-old convicted sex offender held for more than 40 years as a sexually dangerous person can be released, after two mental health professionals ruled that he
Read MoreMay 16, 2019, 2:29 pm One of the most common questions we get concern residency restrictions. Since Miami Beach passed a municipal ordinance 15 years ago, restricting where persons required to register as sex offenders can live through
Read MoreMay 14, 2019, 11:41 pm Search for Zhuo “Simon” Liu in California’s online database of registered sex offenders and you’ll see a snapshot of his offenses. You’ll learn that he was convicted of “rape in concert with force
Read MoreMay 14, 2019, 2:45 pm The ACLU and Legal Services of Greater Miami, who represent the John Doe plaintiffs living homeless in Miami-Dade County because the Sex Offender Residency Restrictions (SORRs) restrict their housing options so drastically, have
Read MoreMay 16, 2019, 12:13 pm Utah Sen. Todd Weiler says that all sex offenders are put “in one pot”. “We tend to kind of group those sex offenders together in the same broad brush category,“ said Sen. Todd
Read MoreMay 14, 2019, 11:17 am Florida law enforcement was handed an appropriate slap on the wrist when video evidence of their much-hyped “human trafficking” massage parlor stings was thrown out. Yesterday, Palm Beach County Judge Leonard Hanser ruled
Read MoreMay 13, 2019, 4:32 pm Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals reversed an order designating a man as a “sexual predator” after he had completed his sentence. The Appeals court found that the lower court lacked jurisdiction over
Read MoreMay 13, 2019, 2:19 pm A 62 year old man in Utah is dead after the brother of a 16 year old teenager who accused him of sexual assault killed him. The girl told her brother that the
Read MoreMay 13, 2019, 10:59 am The Alaska legislature recently passed H.B. 49, which increases the maximum period of probation for sex offenders and bars sex offenders from receiving good time credit while in prison or on parole. Although
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