CO: New law closes loophole regarding sex offender treatment

August 13, 2020, 7:05 pm Colorado legislators have closed a loophole in state law that allowed certain sex offenders to get out of prison early and transfer to community corrections before completing required treatment. To fully understand what

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DOJ seeking comments on proposed SORNA Rule

August 13, 2020, 3:54 pm The Department of Justice is proposing a rule that specifies the registration requirements under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (‘‘SORNA’’). The rule in part reflects express requirements of SORNA and in

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It’s time for law enforcement to step in and stop vigilantes and opportunist “predator hunters”

August 12, 2020, 10:39 am They give themselves names like “Dads Against Predators”, “Predator Snatchers”, “Predator Patrol” or “POPSquad”. They are groups of vigilantes who admittedly intentionally stage bait operations to lure individuals to locations thinking they are

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Weekly Update 2020-08-11 Ref#104

August 12, 2020, 8:08 am Dear Members and Advocates, On Friday we posted something that received positive feedback so we’ll reference it here and encourage everyone to take a read through it when you have time. The post

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UPDATED: Shame on the VA for firing registrant-owned business because of bad press.

August 11, 2020, 6:45 am Well this is horrible… a man convicted of a sexual offense in 2007 turned his life around and started a janitorial business. He gets a contract providing janitorial services for the VA. USA

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BBC Documentary: Can Sex Offenders Change?

August 10, 2020, 2:54 pm A new documentary will be airing August 20th on BBC. Follow Becky Southworth as she steps into the unsettling world of sex offender rehabilitation. Meeting the sex offenders living in our communities, Becky

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TN: Win in Tennessee – District Court Denies State’s Motion to Dismiss and Grants Injunction on Ex Post Facto Grounds

August 10, 2020, 1:04 pm A Tennessee Federal District Court last week denied the State’s Motion to Dismiss and ordered an injunction preventing them from enforcing the sex offender registry against an individual whose offense pre-dated the enactment

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Better to be a Murderer than a so-called “Sex Offender”

In 2007 I signed a plead agreement and went to prison for a sex offense. At the time the law in Missouri said in parole guidelines that I was required to spend 59 month in prison prior to

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Don’t Tread on Me!

August 7, 2020, 11:38 am Take two individuals who commit the exact same federal offense. One person lives in State “A” and the other in State “B”. The person living in A will be on the public registry

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Why some lawyers don’t take RSO cases.

August 7, 2020, 8:07 am Wonder why so many lawyers refuse to touch any cases involving RSOs? Here’s one reason why? Attorney, Patricia Sigman is a candidate running for Florida Senate, District 9. She is the target of

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LA: Is this for real?!? Registrants arrested for not disclosing status on social media

August 6, 2020, 7:43 pm Sometimes we come across a news story that I have to read twice to make sure I’m not hallucinating. Several news outlets in Louisiana are reporting that the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s office conducted

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Assembling the Chimeric Sex Offender

August 6, 2020, 4:15 pm The following (very technical) study (from what I could understand of it) discusses the harm caused by the “sex offender” label. Assembling the Chimeric Sex Offender It contains a lot of terms of

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Iowa Governor Restores Voting Rights to Former Felons (other than those convicted of crime involving homicide).

August 6, 2020, 8:22 am The Governor of Iowa has signed an executive order restoring the voting rights and the right to hold public office, to most people who have committed criminal offenses. https://governor.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/EO7%20-%20Voting%20Restoration.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery The good is that

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TX: Officials discuss sex offender problem

August 5, 2020, 7:05 pm The number of registered sex offenders residing in unincorporated areas of Johnson County increased from 370 in 2017 to 597 today, JCSO Chief Deputy Mark Reinhardt said. One residence that served as home

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Our System Is Not Doing the Thing It Says It Intends to Do

August 5, 2020, 8:56 am The whole idea was that we are going to protect children. But because most abuse of children happens inside the family, the registry doesn’t affect that. It just creates more “stranger danger” fear.

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UK: Online naming and shaming ‘threatening offender rehabilitation’

August 5, 2020, 8:37 am According to Detective Superintendent Stewart Gull, the recent spate of ‘naming and shaming’ local offenders online after their sentences have been carried out is posing serious problems for their ability to reintegrate into

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Judge Salas speaks out against too much public information

August 5, 2020, 8:33 am Federal Judge Esther Salas, whose son was tragically killed last week, spoke out for the first time since the incident. As she explained in a video published by the Savoy Show, “A madman

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Weekly Update 2020-08-04 Ref#102

August 5, 2020, 7:37 am Dear Members and Advocates, This past month we lost the last of the “Big Six”, when Representative John Lewis died. The Big Six were leaders of six civil rights organizations who helped organize

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Colorado Sex Offender Management Board Members Caught: Contracts Worth Millions of Dollars Annually

Colorado Watch writes that a “scathing” State Auditor’s report put a spotlight on contracts worth millions of dollars. Certain members of the Sex Offender Management Board were found to have benefited their own firms by making standards and

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