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Two New Informative Videos from NARSOL

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Laws based on inaccuracies lead to lifetime of shame for those who offended as juveniles January 12, 2021
By Kristan N. Russell and Shawn C. Marsh . . . Few crimes stimulate such visceral reactions and deep-seated fears as sexual offenses. Accordingly, societal responses to sexual offending such as registration and notification laws tend to be quite punitive and highly stigmatizing for the offender. Yet these social control practices are widely considered by the […]
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4th Circuit Strikes Bans on Internet, Legal Pornography For Sex Offender January 11, 2021
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NARSOL and Vivante boards hold annual planning session January 11, 2021
By Sandy . . . The NARSOL and Vivante boards, for the past several years, have met the first or second weekend in January to analyze their programs and progress of the previous year and to agree on the priorities for the new year. January 2021 differed in only one respect; rather than gathering together from the many different states…
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Shame — Part III January 11, 2021
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Seventh Circuit orders names of six Indiana registrants removed from registry January 8, 2021
By Olivia Covington . . . Six men required to register as sex offenders after moving to Indiana can have their names removed from the sex offender registry, the 7th Circuit has held, finding that the state’s registration law discriminates between offenders who have consistently lived in Indiana and those who more recently moved into the state. A dissenting j […]
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Shame — Part II January 6, 2021
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Announcing the NARSOL National Speakers Bureau January 4, 2021
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Michigan SORA changes signed into law January 1, 2021
By Beth LaBlanc . . . Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday signed a bill that would eliminate school safety zones and certain appearance requirements in Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act. The changes, made to comply with federal court orders that called the current law unenforceable, were among 80 bills passed by the Legislature during its lame duck sessi […]
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Those on registry can’t be categorically excluded rules CA Supreme Court January 1, 2021
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Shame January 1, 2021
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