Sex Offender Registration During the Pandemic: ‘A Recipe for Disaster’

April 28, 2020, 2:09 pm The coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented shutdown of many American institutions, from professional sports to many government agencies, including the suspension of many non-essential law enforcement services from fingerprinting to vehicle

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Weekly Update 2020-05-14 Ref#88

May 15, 2020, 5:21 pm Dear Members and Advocates, I read something on Twitter that resonated. The tweet said, “right now we live in an infinite present. No future plans, no anticipation… It’s an endless today, never tomorrow.”

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Meet Mike Nellis: Global Expert on Electronic Monitoring

January 28, 2019, 8:54 am Mike Nellis is one of the foremost international experts on electronic monitoring. Apart from his prolific writing he has also been a staunch advocate for the rights of people on monitors. He played

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EM Devices That Listen and Speak!!

April 16, 2019, 5:47 pm Kira Lerner of The Appeal has written a wonderful piece that unearths an electronic monitoring device being used on youth in Cook County, Illinois. The device, produced by the Track Group, features two-way

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Kentucky teen pleads guilty to killing sex offender

April 30, 2019, 8:15 pm A Kentucky teenager has pleaded guilty to killing a convicted sex offender who lived nearby. The Daily News reports 17-year-old Lance D’artagnan Lear of Auburn entered the plea Monday in Logan Circuit Court

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Mental Health Screening.

May 12, 2020, 5:25 pm May is Mental Health Month and today mental health is more important than ever. Our world has been turned upside down and we are all facing anxiety, loneliness, isolation and sadness.  The challenges we

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American Registrant Denied Entry into Philippines

May 12, 2020, 2:55 pm The Philippines Bureau of Immigration announced that an American national previously convicted of rape was barred entry into the country. The 61 year old man was detained upon arrival at Naia airport on

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PA: Another case finds Pennsylvania registry violates state and federal ex post facto prohibition

May 12, 2020, 1:05 pm In an opinion issued yesterday in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, a person forced to register as a sex offender had the registry declared unconstitutional as applied to him, an individual whose offense

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Psychology Today: Do Sex Offenders Have A Mental Illness?

May 12, 2020, 12:49 pm NOTE: As we’ve come to know from Smith v. Doe, Psychology Today is a lay magazine that will pretty much print anything. The following article was published in Psychology Today. Sexual offenders have

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AU: Inside an innovative program helping sex offenders reintegrate into society – and why it works

May 11, 2020, 7:50 pm In recent years, the biggest increases in Australia’s prison population have come from people convicted of sexual offences. From 2017-18, this segment of the prison population increased by 10%. The following year, it

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N.H. court sides with sex offender who hired minor

May 10, 2020, 12:35 pm A registered sex offender did not break the law by hiring a 16-year-old boy to work for his landscaping business, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Friday. Edward Proctor was convicted in 2017

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Must Watch: 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Children Do: Gever Tulley at TEDxMidwest

May 8, 2020, 6:50 pm In his humorous and uplifting style, Gever Tulley debunks classic myths of childhood safety. With rampant fear mongering, is it any wonder that children are actually over-protected? Instead, Tulley believes the most effective

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8th Circuit Deems Failure to Register a “Crime of Moral Turpitude”

May 8, 2020, 6:45 pm The US Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled yesterday that Failure to Register as a Sex Offender constitutes a crime of moral turpitude. In Bakor v. Barr, the Petitioner, a permanent

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Ministry that houses persons required to register as sex offenders sue Florida County.

May 8, 2020, 6:06 pm  The lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday is to allow City Walk to continue their ministry, which is open to registered sex offenders.     The post Ministry that houses persons required to

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Protesters Commemorate Registrant Who Died In Jail

May 8, 2020, 6:01 pm Protesters gathered outside the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office to commemorate the death of Charles Hobbs, who was incarcerated for failure to register as a sex offender. Hobbs’ sex offense was more than

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OH: People With Sex Offenses Risk Health For In-Person Registration

May 7, 2020, 2:02 pm Even as most Ohioans are encouraged to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, people convicted of sexual offenses are still required to register in person. Some Ohio counties and even nearby states have

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Must Listen: Michigan Legislature Legislation Testimony

May 7, 2020, 1:26 pm Testimony is from 41:30 to the end at 2:10(90 minutes) Some highlights… Dr. Jill Levinson 55:50-1:13 (Clin. Psychologist/researcher) Miriam Aukerman 1:20-1:28 (ACLU attorney) Jessica Zimbelman 1:28-1:33 (Public Def. Office) Brian Forett 1:38- (Registrant—family

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NC: Win in North Carolina for Out of State registrants

May 13, 2020, 8:39 pm Out of State registrants in North Carolina and attorney Paul Dubbeling were handed a win yesterday in Federal Court, when the Judge granted summary judgement in their favor! The lawsuit, “concerns a discrete

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Miami, state evict homeless amid COVID-19 pandemic. What were they thinking?!

May 14, 2020, 10:58 pm Obviously, there was a failure to communicate. In a blatantly thoughtless act, workers showed up Wednesday morning at a long-standing homeless encampment under an Overtown overpass, posted a metal sign in the ground

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NE: Groups call on Governor to suspend in person registration

May 14, 2020, 10:52 pm The Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association (NCDAA) and ReConnect, Inc., have teamed with Nebraskans Unafraid (NU) to call on Gov. Ricketts to temporarily suspend in-person reporting requirements for registered people during the pandemic.

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