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…
OAKLAND, Calif (CN) — At a hearing Wednesday, registered sex offenders urged a federal judge not to dismiss a constitutional challenge to a new law that will mark their passports and notify foreign governments of their travels. “We know there…
What’s the Real Rate of Sex-Crime Recidivism? One sentence in a 1986 mass-market magazine continues to sway court cases involving sex offenders. By Steven Yoder In the early 1980s, rehabilitation counselor Robert Longo could hardly have known that his work…
Labeling theory proposes that self-identity and behavior of individuals may be determined or influenced by the words used to describe or classify them; the stigma and isolation resulting from labels attached to those who deviate from social norms can be…
I’m a public defender. My clients would rather go to jail than register as sex offenders. by Rachel Marshall on July 5, 2016 When I first became a public defender, I believed the worst punishment that my clients would face…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
For lack of a better title to this story I think this says it all. A Mesa football player was booked on 70 counts related to a team photo that shows him exposing himself, the number of charges could be…