When Lester Ray Nichols, a federally convicted sex offender, left Kansas in 2012 to go live in the Philippines, one might have thought the United States government would be happy to see the back of him. Not so. Federal authorities…
21st Century Public Shaming
On February 8th, Pres. Obama signed the “International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking” (H.R. 515), but made no formal public statement to go along with the signing. The White House issued a press release accompanying the…
I Married a Sex Offender
Below is excerpt from original article that you can read here: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/02/18/i-married-a-sex-offender?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=opening-statement&utm_term=newsletter-20160219-388#.a8mkGIRAH For the first three years he was home, his picture wasn’t even on the [sex-offender registry] website. You would actually have to go into the police department to…
Utah’s Recidivism Rate In Light of National Trends
Mesa neighborhood holds protest against sex offender halfway house
MESA, AZ – A Mesa neighborhood gathered together Wednesday night to protest a halfway house for sex offenders near Loop 202 and Power Road. The Schmidt couple, who owns the home, was told to cease and desist all operations in…
Introducing The Collateral Consequences Resource Center
COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES RESOURCE CENTER The Collateral Consequences Resource Center is a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public discussion of the collateral consequences of conviction, the legal restrictions and social stigma that burden people with a criminal record long…