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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Release Shadow Prisoners to Prevent Covid-19 Deaths

April 28, 2020, 5:05 pm The Coronavirus pandemic is a global emergency. People confined against their will in high concentrations at close proximity in notoriously overcrowded facilities are extremely vulnerable to this invisible, quickly spreading threat. Civil rights

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ACSOL Challenges In-Person Registration in Federal District Court

April 28, 2020, 5:55 pm The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) filed a lawsuit today in a federal district court challenging in-person registration requirements of both the City of Fresno and the County of Fresno. The

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CO: 78-year-old man jailed for failure to register died from COVID-19

May 1, 2020, 10:44 pm A lawsuit has been filed against Weld County Sheriff Steve Reams after a 78 year-old man who was jailed in March for failure to register as a sex offender contracted Coronavirus and died

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First Miami-Dade Inmate to Die of Coronavirus was in Jail for Failure to Register as Sex Offender

May 4, 2020, 1:15 pm Charles R Hobbs Jr. is the first Miami-Dade jail inmate to die from the virus. He was in jail awaiting trial after being arrested for failure to register as a sex offender. The

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New USSC Research Report Examines Effects of Prison Length on Recidivism

April 29, 2020, 11:16 pm The report empirically explores three potential relationships that may exist: Deterrent: As the prison length increases, the likelihood of recidivism decreases. Criminogenic: As the prison length increases, the likelihood of recidivism increases. No Effect: No

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The WAR Call March 2020

This is the 6th edition of our Periodic Newsletter; a National publication from Women Against Registry. Click on the “Read More” link to view the pdf of the newsletter.

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The WAR Call March 2020 Condensed

This condensed edition of our newsletter is a B&W version with pictures and graphics removed. It is designed to be sent to prisons with restrictive mail limitations. Click on the “Read More” link to view the pdf of the newsletter.

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