New Jersey could soon compensate those wrongfully put on sex offender list

November 8, 2019, 1:32 pm Dion Harrell spent two decades on New Jersey’s sex offender registry. He had trouble finding a job. He couldn’t be alone with his kids. For a time, he was homeless. But when a

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Florida’s Senate Bill 560: Renaming the Criminal Punishment Code

November 7, 2019, 5:56 pm Senator Brandes is sponsoring SB 560, the objective of which is “Renaming the Criminal Punishment Code as the Public Safety Code; revising the primary purpose of sentencing under the Public Safety Code from

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Miami Law: Lack of Progress in Housing Persons Required to Register as Sex Offenders

November 5, 2019, 6:18 pm In the decade since the national shame of a colony of sex offenders made homeless by draconian residency restrictions, how far has the city and nation moved in finding humane and successful rehabilitation?

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NM: Out-of-state convicted registrants sue Sheriffs over New Mexico Registration laws.

October 31, 2019, 1:34 pm Eight out-of-state sex offenders now living in New Mexico are suing the Department of Public Safety and various sheriffs over a policy that places them on the State’s registry for life, even when

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Sex offender registries poor safety policy

October 30, 2019, 2:16 pm As an advocate for survivors of abuse and as someone who has personally been impacted by sexual violence, I care deeply about true accountability for offenders, prevention of new harm and the safety

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Prison Legal News: The Cost of Prison Censorship: Florida Taxpayers to Pay $1.2 Million

October 29, 2019, 11:06 pm Tallahassee, FL – On October 22, a federal district court in Tallahassee awarded almost $1.2 million in attorneys’ fees and costs in a censorship lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC). The

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LA: Registrant beaten after being recognized from sex offender flyer.

October 26, 2019, 4:50 pm A 17-year-old boy who realized he was at the same convenience store as a man whose picture had appeared on a mailed sex-offender notice followed the man away from the shop and beat

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UPDATED WITH COMPLAINT Sex offenders sue Georgia sheriff over ‘no trick-or-treating’ signs

October 23, 2019, 12:06 am Butts County registered sex offenders are suing to stop the Sheriff’s Office from putting signs in their yards to discourage trick-or-treaters ahead of Halloween. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Macon,

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PA Appeals Court Rules Online Dissemination of Sex Offender’s Information is Punitive and Violates Federal Ex Post Facto

October 24, 2019, 1:03 pm A Pennsylvania Appeals Court has found that the dissemination of persons who have been convicted of sexual offenses’ information on the internet (Megan’s Law) violates the ex post facto clause of the Constitution

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NCRSOL also warns it’s members of scams targeting persons required to register.

October 17, 2019, 11:12 am Yesterday we put up a post reminding members of scams targeting persons on the registry. That wasn’t the first time we warned our members, but despite putting up the posts and adding it

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Legal Update: Court denies FDLE’s Motion to Stay

October 16, 2019, 10:01 pm Today, FDLE’s motion to stay discovery discovery in Does v. Swearingen was denied. Discovery proceeds in this very important case as scheduled!  A copy of the order follows: Does v. Swearingen – Order

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Colorado considers keeping some juvenile sex offenders off registry

October 14, 2019, 3:55 pm Colorado lawmakers advanced a proposal this week to place fewer youths who commit sexual offenses on the state registry, and to partially seal that registry from the public. The proposed changes are informed

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Virginia Court Rules Galen Baughman a Sexually Violent Predator

October 14, 2019, 2:25 pm A few weeks ago, our weekly update concerned Galen Baughman, a reform advocate who was facing trial to determine whether he would be labeled a sexually violent predator and civilly committed. The below

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4th DCA overturns conviction for failure to register

October 14, 2019, 2:14 pm In a decision handed down by Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal, the Fourteen (14) YEAR sentence of a person required to register for a Failure to Register charge was overturned after the

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Escambia County Reopens for Sex Offender Registration

May 19, 2020, 4:26 pm Escambia County has announced that it has resumed Criminal and Sex Offender Registration. For more information on registrations in Escambia call (850) 436-9494. This announcement is a good reminder to check in with

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CO: Colorado Supreme Court allows convicted man to terminate sex offender registration

May 19, 2020, 4:18 pm In a 4-3 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that a criminal defendant was entitled to his request to de-register as a sex offender because he completed the terms of his probationary sentence

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Member Submission: Scams against persons required to register as sex offenders continue.

May 19, 2020, 1:59 pm We regularly like to post reminders of the scams out there that continue to target persons on the registry. If you are a regular reader of our forum, you already know this, but

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Arrest made in murder of Nebraska person required to register as sex offender

May 19, 2020, 1:27 pm Omaha police announced the arrest of James Fairbanks, who was arrested on suspicion of criminal homicide in the death of 64-year-old Mattieo Condoluci. Condoluci was found shot to death in his home this

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NJ: lawsuit seeks to eliminate registration for juvenile sex offenders.

September 19, 2019, 8:16 pm But the question of whether [juveniles] should be on the registry is at the center of an ongoing federal civil rights lawsuit against the New Jersey Attorney General that is seeking to eliminate

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South Florida: Meeting on voting. Opportunity to speak out

September 16, 2019, 1:26 pm The following is an announcement about an event talking about Amendment 4 – for those in the area it’s a good opportunity to speak out about registrants being excluded from the amendment. The

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