The 2017 Session has started. Time when Bills, memorials and resolutions are measured, enacted or under consideration by the Legislature. So far we have found at least one good Bill which we can get our foot in the door with,…
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FAC Petitions Governor Scott to Clean Up the Registry
The Florida Action Committee (FAC) sent a petition to Florida Governor Rick Scott today, asking him to clean up the registry. The Florida’s Sex Offender Registry contains over sixty-nine thousand names! Most of the names on the list are not…
Phoenix-area center for ex-convicts will no longer accept sex offenders
PHOENIX — There is some good news for North Phoenix residents opposed to the location of a re-entry center for former inmates. The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) announced Thursday it would no longer transfer sex offenders to the Maricopa…
Judge Critical of Sex-Offender Registry Confirmed to Massachusetts High Court
Making a mild criticism of sex offender registries looked like it could have hurt a Massachusetts judge in her bid to serve on the state’s Supreme Judicial Court. But on Wednesday the Governor’s Council, an eight-member elected body responsible for…
International Megan’s Law IML Protest
International Megan’s Law IML Protest – Registered Sex Offender’s Passports – Metamora Films Published on Jul 31, 2016 More than 40 people participated in a peaceful protest held outside the federal district court in Oakland, CA. Participants included registrants and…
Voices for Civil Justice
voicesforciviljustice.org Voices for Civil Justice is a national nonprofit communications hub that uses media coverage to spotlight the critical role of civil legal aid. We connect reporters with our national network of legal aid sources and help them find client…
Sex-offender data is used to collect money and intimidate
Innocent people listed as sex offenders on databases A network of Arizona-based Internet companies is mining data from sex-offender sites maintained by law-enforcement agencies and using it to demand money and harass those who complain or refuse to pay. State…
Jury delivers $325,000 verdict against sex-offender websites owner
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”…
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…
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…