SACRAMENTO — The board that oversees the state’s sex-offender laws has a seemingly unconventional public safety pitch: Californians would be safer if the sex-offender registry were pared down. The California Sex Offender Management Board wants to eliminate lifetime registration requirements for some sex offenders. … Continued
http://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-crime-a-new-twist-on-the-sex-offender-registry-1458811801 (If you want to read the full story you will be required to create a login if you don’t have one) New Twist on the Sex-Offender Registry: Financial Crime Utah is most aggressive jurisdiction in publicly shaming financial … Continued
http://www.houstonpress.com/news/parole-board-member-accused-of-blowing-off-prisoner-interviews-gets-indicted-five-more-times-8261376 Parole Board Member Accused of Blowing Off Prisoner Interviews Gets Indicted Five More Times By Meagan Flynn – Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 11 a.m. If you believe Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles member Pamela Freeman, then you … Continued
International Megan’s Law: America’s Global Embarrassment 03/22/2016 02:46 pm ET Tamara Rice Lave Associate Professor of Law, University of Miami What sounds like a good law in a twenty-second sound bite sometimes turns out to be less clear when one digs below … Continued
The List When juveniles are found guilty of sexual misconduct, the sex-offender registry can be a life sentence. By Sarah Stillman When Kids Are Accused of Sex Crimes One morning in 2007, Leah DuBuc, a twenty-two-year-old college student in Kalamazoo, … Continued
State’s first sex predator trial under new law held in Fort Worth By Mitch Mitchell March 3, 2016 8:41 PM mitchmitchell@star-telegram.com State’s first sex predator trial under new law held in Fort Worth FORT WORTH A violent sexual offender convicted … Continued
Argument preview: When a sex offender moves out of the country, does he have to tell anyone? Evan Lee Guest Posted Tue, February 23rd, 2016 11:29 am When Lester Ray Nichols, a federally convicted sex offender, left Kansas in 2012 … Continued
Gatesville residents ask council for more residency restrictions for sex offenders Tuesday, February 23rd 2016, 11:59 pm CST By Estephany Escobar Gatesville residents ask council for more residency restrictions for sex offenders GATESVILLE, TEXAS (KXXV) – On Tuesday, dozens of … Continued
Come meet Janice at our Texas Voices Conference in Dallas on April 9th and 10th! Motion Filed to Stop Implementation of International Megan’s Law Janice Bellucci has filed a motion for ‘preliminary injunction ‘on IML. Read below for more info: … Continued
We’re Rethinking Prisons. Is It Time to Rethink Sex Offender Registries? Criminal justice reform is in the air. But not for everyone. BY Erica R. Meiners http://inthesetimes.com/article/18862/rethinking-prisons-rethinking-sex-offender-registries When police arrived at her house to arrest her on May 8, 2013, … Continued