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
Read MoreJune 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
Read MoreJune 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.
Read MoreJuly 11, 2019, 12:10 pm An organization dedicated to protecting the rights of registered sex offenders is ion a campaign to sue cities throughout California with ordinances in place that it believes are unconstitutional. The city of Lompoc
Read MoreMay 18, 2020, 8:35 pm Below are two excerpts from article on the “memorial laws” and how they shaped society’s psyche and created a “stranger danger panic” nearly 40 years ago, that still remains today. The ACLU and
Read MoreMarch 1, 2020, 11:27 pm March 5, 2020, Registrant Travel Action Group will be hosting a conference call at 9:00PM EST (following the FAC Monthly Member Call) ALL are invited to hear Update to RTAG’s and Matt Ameika’s
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2020, 9:57 pm The Florida Action Committee, along with the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offender Laws (California), Illinois Voices for Reform, Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (Maryland), Women Against the Registry Oklahoma Voices and Pennsylvania Association for
Read MoreAugust 14, 2019, 4:36 pm The order was issued by the 4th District Court of Appeals today so it’s being posted prior to our adding commentary in an effort to share this as quickly as possible. The court
Read MoreMay 18, 2020, 8:11 pm Kudos to our media committee for getting this point in the Daytona Beach News Journal ___ I just recently read the opinion article that was posted on May 8 concerning the subject of
Read MoreFebruary 26, 2020, 2:42 pm The government sometimes arrests parents for giving kids responsibility. In South Carolina, mom Deborah Harrell was jailed for letting her 9-year-old daughter play in a park for the day. Local media outlets breathlessly
Read MoreMarch 22, 2020, 4:04 am House Bill 68 aims to require registered sex offenders to obtain permission from Wyoming school principals or vice principals before they are able to access school grounds for their own children’s events at
Read MoreMarch 18, 2020, 2:36 pm The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled this week that the provision of their registration statute that allows those on the registry to apply for removal if they haven’t committed a crime within 15
Read MoreMarch 6, 2020, 2:08 am House Bill 68 aims to require registered sex offenders to obtain permission from Wyoming school principals or vice principals before they are able to access school grounds for their own children’s events at
Read MoreJuly 29, 2019, 5:28 pm During a church service this past weekend, a young man, in his twenties and already serving his second prison sentence, was brought to the front of the auditorium and prayed for by prisoner
Read MoreJuly 25, 2019, 1:10 pm Twenty-five people listed on the state’s lifelong sex offender registry are suing to have their names removed, arguing that it is unconstitutionally cruel. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the plaintiffs include a
Read MoreJuly 24, 2019, 11:18 pm Abstract nouns are often difficult to define exactly. That’s why they are called “abstract.” Mostly, an abstract noun’s definition is subjective to the person using it. Freedom means one thing to one person
Read MoreJuly 17, 2019, 2:37 pm Below are two interesting slides from the SMART Conference, which started today. This slide acknowledges that re-offense rates are low contrary to the “Frightening and High” myth previously used. This slide acknowledges that
Read MoreJuly 12, 2019, 9:06 pm A great decision out of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana was issued earlier this week. Previously, people residing in Indiana who committed (and completed all sanctions relating
Read MoreMay 18, 2020, 4:18 pm In a letter to the attorneys in Does v. Miami Dade County, the Sex Offender Residency Restriction case that is currently before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the court notified that due
Read MoreJuly 17, 2019, 4:48 pm I had a conversation recently with a friend of mine about restorative justice. Although he supports restorative justice, he told me that many of the people close to him, people he loves and
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