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NARSOL 2021 Conference Workshop: Messaging That Gets Results

January 24, 2022

Advocacy, conference, NARSOL, Reintegration & Rehabilitation

“Building Your Advocacy Tool Kit” – A NARSOL Live Webcast June 19, 2021

May 27, 2021 — 1 Comment

NARSOL Conference Oct 8-10, 2021

March 9, 2021 — 0 Comments

Constitutionality, Judicial, Laws, NARSOL, News, SORNA

NARSOL LIVE Litigation Summit Nov 19 & 21

October 19, 2020 — 0 Comments

Advocacy, Judicial, Life on the SO Registry, Media, NARSOL, Organizations

NARSOL Live 2020 Conference Videos Now Available to the Public

August 2, 2020 — 0 Comments

NARSOL, News, Resources

Test your Registry Knowledge on the NARSOL Resources Site

July 25, 2020 — 0 Comments

Advocacy, Judicial, Laws, Life on the SO Registry, Organizations

Two New Informative Videos from NARSOL

July 25, 2020 — 0 Comments

Opinion, Scams, Vigilantism

When the Scammers Do More Than Call

November 15, 2019 — 0 Comments

Opposing the Registry With Humor

July 25, 2019 — 1 Comment

SCOTUS Rules on Gundy

June 20, 2019 — 0 Comments

We Need a Tornado Registry

May 30, 2019 — 2 Comments

Austism and the Registry: One Man’s Story

May 19, 2019 — 0 Comments

Hysteria, Media, News, Opinion

The Gender Bias in Sex Crime Reporting

April 24, 2019 — 0 Comments

Juvenile Offenders, Michigan, Vigilantism

Dad Executed His 15-Year Old Son for Touching Sister

March 26, 2019 — 2 Comments

Capital Punishment

Are There Acceptable Levels of Human Sacrifice?

March 23, 2019 — 0 Comments

Bed-ridden TX registrant denied end-of-life care; “cruel and inhumane,” says NARSOL November 26, 2022
By Catherine Dominguez . . . An elderly bed-ridden registered sex offender will not be allowed to move in with relatives in a Montgomery County home for end-of-life care after Shenandoah city leaders declined to amend an ordinance that restricts residency. The daughter of the 79-year-old man sought a waiver to the ordinance adopted in 2018 which restricts re […]
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Sex offender registry “a bad tool” says NARSOL’s chair in interview November 23, 2022
By Mike Mason . . . ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – When Congress passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, it required states to enact a sex offender registry for those convicted of certain sex crimes. In the 28 years since the law has passed, sex offender registries have become a tool for the public to identify offenders…
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$20 million given to states and territories to register and track sex offenders November 16, 2022
The Office of Justice Programs Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking announced it has awarded approximately $20 million to help states, U.S. territories and tribal communities register and track sex offenders and protect Americans from sexual violence. .“Its important for the professionals charged with protect […]
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Idaho settles lawsuit over antiquated anti-sodomy law November 14, 2022
People who were convicted of having oral or anal sex under an antiquated Idaho law will be allowed to be removed from the state’s sex offender list, according to a settlement Idaho has reached to resolve a two-year-old lawsuit. The Idaho State Police will also pay the legal Read more
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Accusing opponent of being soft on sex offenders helps candidate to win November 14, 2022
Republican Ted Budd has won the Senate race in North Carolina, edging out Democrat Cheri Beasley and dashing her party’s hopes of flipping the seat left open in the key battleground state by departing Republican Sen. Richard Burr. The victory keeps open Republicans’ pathway to gaining control of the chamber, while increasing Read more
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But . . . don’t I have the right to know? November 7, 2022
By Sandy . . . We are sometimes asked, “Don’t I have the right to know if someone who committed a sex crime lives near me?” The simple answer is “No.” There is no such right given anywhere. In fact, when we think of rights, we generally and correctly think of our Constitution, and that document, rather than granting the…
Sandy
Sweet Victory in Florida: Eleventh Circuit gives go-ahead to F.A.C. case November 5, 2022
By Larry . . . The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has breathed new life into the case of Does v. Richard L. Swearingen. While this is indeed good news, NARSOL cautions that we not become too giddy. The court noted that “. . . the constitutionality of the registry law is not before us— we must…
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NARSOL’s Florida affiliate FAC condemns registry as incompatible with U.N. values of dignity and equality November 2, 2022
By F.A.C. . . . Last week, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that mandatory sex offender registration and lifetime sex offender registration were unconstitutional. Basically, removing a judge’s discretion to determine whether someone warrants this label and all the restrictions that come with it, or mandating that someone be on it for life, violates Canada’s […]
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Law enforcement in at least12 states mislead parents about risk of harm to children November 1, 2022
By Sandy . . . Halloween is over for 2022. Little trick-or-treaters are recovering from sugar overload, and parents are recovering from little trick-or-treaters. According to a search of all news sources and the internet, once again, no child was harmed/abducted/molested by a person on a sex offender registry during trick-or-treat. That is true in Illinois, […]
Sandy
Supreme Court rules mandatory sex offender registry is unconstitutional October 30, 2022
Mandatory listing on Canada’s sex offender registry is, for some offenders, an unjustified infringement on their liberty that is not rationally connected to the goal of investigating or preventing sexual crimes, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. Automatic lifetime listing in the case of multiple sexual offences is similarly “overbroad,” the court decided Read […]
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Bed-ridden TX registrant denied end-of-life care; “cruel and inhumane,” says NARSOL November 26, 2022
By Catherine Dominguez . . . An elderly bed-ridden registered sex offender will not be allowed to move in with relatives in a Montgomery County home for end-of-life care after Shenandoah city leaders declined to amend an ordinance that restricts residency. The daughter of the 79-year-old man sought a waiver to the ordinance adopted in 2018 which restricts re […]
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Sex offender registry “a bad tool” says NARSOL’s chair in interview November 23, 2022
By Mike Mason . . . ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – When Congress passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, it required states to enact a sex offender registry for those convicted of certain sex crimes. In the 28 years since the law has passed, sex offender registries have become a tool for the public to identify offenders…
admin
$20 million given to states and territories to register and track sex offenders November 16, 2022
The Office of Justice Programs Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking announced it has awarded approximately $20 million to help states, U.S. territories and tribal communities register and track sex offenders and protect Americans from sexual violence. .“Its important for the professionals charged with protect […]
admin
Idaho settles lawsuit over antiquated anti-sodomy law November 14, 2022
People who were convicted of having oral or anal sex under an antiquated Idaho law will be allowed to be removed from the state’s sex offender list, according to a settlement Idaho has reached to resolve a two-year-old lawsuit. The Idaho State Police will also pay the legal Read more
admin
Accusing opponent of being soft on sex offenders helps candidate to win November 14, 2022
Republican Ted Budd has won the Senate race in North Carolina, edging out Democrat Cheri Beasley and dashing her party’s hopes of flipping the seat left open in the key battleground state by departing Republican Sen. Richard Burr. The victory keeps open Republicans’ pathway to gaining control of the chamber, while increasing Read more
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But . . . don’t I have the right to know? November 7, 2022
By Sandy . . . We are sometimes asked, “Don’t I have the right to know if someone who committed a sex crime lives near me?” The simple answer is “No.” There is no such right given anywhere. In fact, when we think of rights, we generally and correctly think of our Constitution, and that document, rather than granting the…
Sandy
Sweet Victory in Florida: Eleventh Circuit gives go-ahead to F.A.C. case November 5, 2022
By Larry . . . The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has breathed new life into the case of Does v. Richard L. Swearingen. While this is indeed good news, NARSOL cautions that we not become too giddy. The court noted that “. . . the constitutionality of the registry law is not before us— we must…
admin
NARSOL’s Florida affiliate FAC condemns registry as incompatible with U.N. values of dignity and equality November 2, 2022
By F.A.C. . . . Last week, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that mandatory sex offender registration and lifetime sex offender registration were unconstitutional. Basically, removing a judge’s discretion to determine whether someone warrants this label and all the restrictions that come with it, or mandating that someone be on it for life, violates Canada’s […]
admin
Law enforcement in at least12 states mislead parents about risk of harm to children November 1, 2022
By Sandy . . . Halloween is over for 2022. Little trick-or-treaters are recovering from sugar overload, and parents are recovering from little trick-or-treaters. According to a search of all news sources and the internet, once again, no child was harmed/abducted/molested by a person on a sex offender registry during trick-or-treat. That is true in Illinois, […]
Sandy
Supreme Court rules mandatory sex offender registry is unconstitutional October 30, 2022
Mandatory listing on Canada’s sex offender registry is, for some offenders, an unjustified infringement on their liberty that is not rationally connected to the goal of investigating or preventing sexual crimes, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. Automatic lifetime listing in the case of multiple sexual offences is similarly “overbroad,” the court decided Read […]
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