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
Read MoreOctober 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
Read MoreOctober 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
Read MoreOctober 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
Read MoreMay 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
Read MoreMay 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
Read MoreMay 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
Read MoreMay 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
Read MoreSeptember 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
Read MoreSeptember 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
Read MoreSeptember 14, 2019, 1:07 pm The Palm Beach Post reported yesterday that a 32 year old man who last year plead guilty to the lewd or lascivious battery of a 12-year-old died while in a medium-security lockup. Authorities
Read MoreSeptember 18, 2019, 5:23 pm In a decision that came out yesterday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes Florida, Georgia and Alabama) ruled that the district court’s sentence in a particularly heinous child pornography case was
Read MoreSeptember 16, 2019, 6:20 pm Regrettably, an article was shared with us earlier today that mistakenly reported a decision out of the Missouri Supreme Court concerning the retro activity of their registry. As it turns out, the news
Read MoreSeptember 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
Read MoreSeptember 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
Read MoreAugust 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
Read MoreAugust 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
Read MoreAugust 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
Read MoreAugust 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
Read MoreAugust 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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