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Mass. Supreme Court strikes down residency laws; Compares them to Japanese internment camps Although this court decision will not help us here in Texas, it is so encouraging to see the dominoes beginning to fall! This morning the highest court … Continued

Collateral damage: Harsh sex offender laws may put whole families at risk Research says that registries and residency bans leave children of sex offenders vulnerable to bullying, homelessness August 27, 2015 5:00AM ET by Steven Yoder Collateral damage: Harsh sex … Continued

How a dubious statistic convinced U.S. courts to approve of indefinite detention By Radley Balko August 20  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/08/20/how-a-dubious-statistic-convinced-u-s-courts-to-approve-of-indefinite-detention/

How the Supreme Court used a made-up statistic to expand sex offender registries Updated by German Lopez on August 20, 2015, 11:41 a.m. ET The Supreme Court is supposed to be the most respected and trusted judicial body in the … Continued

Richard Linington and Fiance Sue Cypress for Strengthening Sex Offender Ordinance By Matt CokerWed., Aug. 19 2015 at 6:32 A registered sex offender is set to go before an Orange County Superior Court judge this afternoon, but the 47-year-old is … Continued

Wanted Sex Offender Found Dead After Escaping Halfway House Four arrested for helping convicted sex offender escape, police say By Frank Heinz

Sex Offenders Locked Up on a Hunch  The essence of the American criminal justice system is reactive, not predictive: You are punished for the crime you committed. You can’t be punished simply because you might commit one someday. You certainly … Continued

With Justice for All Another Sex Offender Entrapment Experiment? Oh, My!   Some of you will remember the “How easy it would be to kidnap your child in the park experiment” that I blogged about two years ago. With the … Continued

Judge: Sex offender rule unconstitutional: BLOOMINGTON — A requirement that Illinois sex offenders report all Internet sites they use to police is unconstitutional because it violates the offenders’ free speech rights, according to a ruling by a McLean County judge. … Continued

The Crimes of Children The juvenile justice system was designed to “hide youthful errors from the full gaze of the public.” But the extra penalties attached to these sentences have ruined many lives. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/the-crimes-of-children/398543/