State Supreme Courts – The Registry Report

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Constitutionality, Judicial, Michigan, SORNA, State Supreme Courts

Michigan AG: Registry is Punitive & Negates Public Safety

February 8, 2019 — 2 Comments

Guest Bloggers, Judicial, Juvenile Offenders, Life on the SO Registry, New Jersey, Reintegration & Rehabilitation, State Supreme Courts

Science & Law Evolve Together, This Registry Case Reminds Us

May 28, 2018 — 0 Comments

Constitutionality, Guest Bloggers, Judicial, Michigan, Opinion, Politics, Reintegration & Rehabilitation, SORNA, State Supreme Courts, US Supreme Court, Vigilantism

SO Registry Endangers the Lives of Those It Was Meant to Protect

May 27, 2018 — 0 Comments

14th Amendment, 5th Amendment, California, Constitutionality, Guest Bloggers, Juvenile Offenders, Legislative, Opinion, SORNA, South Carolina, State Supreme Courts

TheHill.com Op-Ed: SORNA Vengeful, Unconstitutional and Due for Full Repeal

May 26, 2018 — 0 Comments

FL: Dalton and Tomich Secures Injunction against Wakulla County, FL on behalf of City Walk – Urban Mission July 12, 2020
[daltontomich.com – 7/10/20] Written by Emily on July 10, 2020 Category: Firm News, Land Use and Zoning, RLUIPA, RLUIPA Cases Court order allows City Walk to continue transition home ministry in Wakulla County. A federal court in Tallahassee has entered a preliminary injunction against Wakulla County, Florida, protecting the religious exercise of Dalton […]
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GA: Hundreds of Georgia sex offenders off ankle monitors as lawmakers seek legal fix July 12, 2020
[tribuneledgernews.com – 7/11/20] A landmark court ruling has led to nearly half of Georgia’s most high-risk sex offenders being released from their ankle monitors over the past year, marking a legal quandary that state lawmakers fell short in addressing during the 2020 legislative session. State officials tasked with recommending how to monitor sex offender […]
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Court order allows City Walk to continue transition home ministry July 11, 2020
We have featured City Walk, a Florida ministry that welcomes registrants, previously. We especially like their slogan, “Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.” We later learned that the mission was dealing with a suit filed against it that could force it to close and abandon its ministry of hope and help to those it serves and…
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OK City PD fuels hate and vigilantism against out-of-compliance registrants July 11, 2020
Even though police departments have the duty to actively seek those who are violating the law — and this includes those who are out of compliance with their registration requirements — the Oklahoma City Police Department has chosen to do so in an extremely onerous and dangerous way. They have posted the names and pictures of ten such registrants on…
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Michigan Law Review: International Megan’s Law as Compelled Speech July 10, 2020
When the IML was signed into law, a handful of observers saw it for what it was: bad policy. The sole representative to object to the passport identifier during congressional debate worried that the provision could lead to unintended consequences, including persecution and the risk of bodily harm. Others denounced the IML’s provision as “vindictive and petty […]
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Illinois’ law keeps those with sexual convictions at risk for Covid-19 beyond release dates July 7, 2020
By Jessica Pupovac . . . After serving 10 years in prison for criminal sexual assault, Marcus Barnes was counting down the days until his release date on Dec. 17, 2018. He was planning on spending the holidays with his family and reconnecting with his daughter, who had recently graduated from high school and had started communicating with him again. “With… […]
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Response of NARSOL’s Rozek quoted in the Frank Report July 6, 2020
By Frank Parlato . . . In response to the Frank Report post, Children of Parents on Sex Offender Registry Are Collateral Damage of Registry, numerous people commented. Some were strongly in favor of keeping the sex registry in place to protect children and others. Several others oppose it and want the sex offender registry eliminated and they have given thei […]
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Education of the media — and the public — about sexual offense facts is essential July 5, 2020
By Lisa Anne Zilney . . . It is often said that the media doesn’t tell us what to think; the media tells us what to think about. The media frames our understanding of public issues and informs us which public issues should be at the forefront of our minds. For 8 years I have taught a college course entitled Sex…
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NARSOL’s Shannon, Jones, Molnar and WAR’s Henry quoted in new book July 3, 2020
By Judith Levine and Erica R. Meiners . . . “What is your relationship to feminism?” Judith asks Vicki Henry, head of Women Against Registry, or WAR. Her reply: “I hate it.” It is a sentiment that, in our experience, is not uncommon among the members of WAR, a small group launched in 2007 at the first national conference of…
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The sex offender registry — a blight on justice and freedom July 3, 2020
By Sandy . . . We are well accustomed to those on sex offender registries making the headlines. A registrant in Washington State named Wes Heyden recently dominated the news cycle for several days in a most unexpected way. The founder and owner of a popular coffee shop which, under his leadership, expanded to a chain with more to come, came…
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