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- The Simi Valley City Council unanimously agreed tonight to repeal its Halloween Ordinance which required the city’s registrants to post a sign on the front door of their homes as well as prohibited them from decorating their homes, answering the door to trick-or-treaters and illuminating any exterior lights.
(Staff Writer, ACSOL, Octotber 16, 2017)
- Everyone Keeps Asking Me, Why Don’t You Take a Vacation? Life as a U.S. Registered Sex Offender isn’t Just a Posting on the Internet, its One Arbitrary Misstep Away From a Felony. (Mary Davye Devoy, July 29, 2017)
- A nine-year study released in 2009 in the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers found there is no significant increase in the risk for non-familial child sexual abuse during this holiday period...
(Raymond L. Smith, Tribune Chronicle, Ca, October 27, 2016)
- A nine-year study released in 2009 in the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers found there is no significant increase in the risk for non-familial child sexual abuse during this holiday period...
Edmonton judge rules national sex offender registry is unconstitutional
- An Edmonton judge has ruled that the national sex offender registry is unconstitutional as it is “over broad and grossly disproportionate” and violates people of their charter rights.
(Tony Blais, Edmonton Journal, US, October 26, 2016)
- An Edmonton judge has ruled that the national sex offender registry is unconstitutional as it is “over broad and grossly disproportionate” and violates people of their charter rights.
- The state’s highest court has upheld a law that requires sex offenders to disclose information about their internet identities and websites.
(Andrew Maloney, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, US, October 20, 2016)
- The state’s highest court has upheld a law that requires sex offenders to disclose information about their internet identities and websites.
- Last year, a Chula Vista sex offender parolee was instructed to post a “do not disturb” sign in front of his residence on Halloween night to ward off trick-or-treaters.
(Brittny Mejia, L.A. Now, US, October 6, 2016)
- Last year, a Chula Vista sex offender parolee was instructed to post a “do not disturb” sign in front of his residence on Halloween night to ward off trick-or-treaters.
- Outside the Santa Clara County Jail this month, U.S. Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez joined other political leaders in calling for the ouster of Santa Clara County District Judge Aaron Persky, who attracted widespread criticism over the lenient sentence he handed down to former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner.
(Jazmine Ulloa, Los Angeles Times, US, Sep. 22, 2016)
- Outside the Santa Clara County Jail this month, U.S. Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez joined other political leaders in calling for the ouster of Santa Clara County District Judge Aaron Persky, who attracted widespread criticism over the lenient sentence he handed down to former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner.
- A Florida city's sex-offender law faces scrutiny in litigation over whether a wheelchair-bound former doctor, convicted of patient abuse in the 1980s, should be forced out of a hospice due to its proximity to a school.
(IZZY KAPNICK , Courthouse News Service, US, Sep. 9, 2016)
- A Florida city's sex-offender law faces scrutiny in litigation over whether a wheelchair-bound former doctor, convicted of patient abuse in the 1980s, should be forced out of a hospice due to its proximity to a school.
- A new sex offender law took effect in North Carolina on Thursday, restricting offenders’ freedom of movement and association by barring them from libraries, recreational parks, pools, and fairs.
(Mark Joseph Stern, Xxfaxtor, US, Sep. 2, 2016)
- A new sex offender law took effect in North Carolina on Thursday, restricting offenders’ freedom of movement and association by barring them from libraries, recreational parks, pools, and fairs.
- Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held that recent amendments to Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) are unconstitutional because they impose retroactive punishment on sex offenders in violation of the Constitution’s prohibition on ex post facto laws.
(Jonathan H. Adler, The Washington Post, US, Aug 25, 2016)
- Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held that recent amendments to Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) are unconstitutional because they impose retroactive punishment on sex offenders in violation of the Constitution’s prohibition on ex post facto laws.
- The encampment of homeless sex offenders living alongside the railroad tracks on the street corner in a warehouse district in Miami-Dade county has reached two hundred fifty people.
(Staff writer, Florida Action Committee, US, Aug 24, 2016)
- The encampment of homeless sex offenders living alongside the railroad tracks on the street corner in a warehouse district in Miami-Dade county has reached two hundred fifty people.
- Victims’ advocates, particularly those who advocate for victims of sexual assault, argue that we should always believe the victim’s story. Simply believing a person who claims to be a victim of a criminal offense is extremely dangerous.
(Barbara Gale & Larry Neely, RSOL, US, Aug 20, 2016)
- Victims’ advocates, particularly those who advocate for victims of sexual assault, argue that we should always believe the victim’s story. Simply believing a person who claims to be a victim of a criminal offense is extremely dangerous.
- "I will not got quietly. You might as well put a bullet in me now," shouted the 56-year-old Andrews to the many officers who surrounded his house and blocked off the major intersection.
(Robert Townsend, FOX4 News, US, Aug 16, 2016)
- "I will not got quietly. You might as well put a bullet in me now," shouted the 56-year-old Andrews to the many officers who surrounded his house and blocked off the major intersection.
- California Reform Sex Offender Laws (CA RSOL) has a new name, Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL).
- The CA RSOL board of directors determined that these changes are necessary because the organization has outgrown the borders of the State of California.
(Staff, The Verge, US, Aug 1, 2016)
- The CA RSOL board of directors determined that these changes are necessary because the organization has outgrown the borders of the State of California.
