Federal laws protecting the internet did not give the owner of several sex-offender websites license to post false and harassing information, a jury in U.S. District Court in Phoenix decided Friday. The eight-member federal court jury rejected claims by Charles “Chuck”…
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Nevada Supreme Court stops sex offender law from being implemented
From Las Vegas Review-Journal By SANDRA CHEREB LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court on Friday put the brakes on a law that imposes new registration requirements on sex offenders and subjects thousands of them to community…
Hearing called to halt Nevada sex offender notification change
CARSON CITY — A judge Thursday will consider an emergency motion filed by lawyers for 17 unnamed plaintiffs seeking an 11th-hour stay of a Nevada law implementing new sex offender registration requirements. Clark County District Judge Douglas Smith scheduled the…
Preliminary Survey Results – Law Enforcement Perspectives on SORN
Here are the results from the Law Enforcement Perspectives on Sex Offender Registration and Notification Preliminary Survey Results https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/249189.pdf A couple of highlights to include: How often would you say you use or access information contained on your state’s sex…
Lawsuit challenges Nevada law governing registration
CARSON CITY — An amended lawsuit has been filed challenging a 2007 Nevada law governing registration and community notification of sex offenders and seeking to block its implementation next month. The lawsuit filed late Tuesday in Clark County District Court…
Constant alarm from investigators and disregard from leadership
Federal Officials Ignored Years of Internal Warnings About Deaths at Private Prisons Twenty thousand pages of previously unreleased documents reveal constant alarm from investigators—and disregard from leadership. In February, The Nation reported that at least 38 men died in the…
State can’t deny bail to accused sex offenders
State laws denying bail to accused sex offenders are unconstitutional, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. In a split opinion, the majority said it may very well be appropriate to keep individuals who are charged with having sexual contact…
WAR Joins California RSOL Protest
Recently Congress passed and President Obama signed International Megan’s Law. The new law allows a “unique identifier” to be added to the passports of registered citizens. The alarming thing about this law is the same as the public registry. There…
Dr. Drew Exposes Americas Overuse of Predator Panic
Most everyone in AZ is familiar with Hunter Osborn, a 19-year-old student at Red Mountain High School in Mesa who exposed a private part in a picture of the school’s yearbook. His “case” was presented on the Dr. Drew show,…
Challenge to SORNA retroactivity reaches PA Supreme Court
In the last few years, Pennsylvania’s courts have taken an active role in defining the propriety and scope of the state’s sex offender registration program. Following on the heels of a December 2014 decision striking down sex offender registration for…