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Scams targeting registrants: 2022 updates August 13, 2022
These are the ones I have identified. If you know of one in a state not here, send a link to a 2022 news article to communications@narsol.org Virginia; July: https://www.wakg.com/2022/07/27/vsp-warns-of-sex-offender-phone-scam/ Tennessee; June:https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/sex-offender-registry-scams-widespread-in-state/article_4b83fef2-ed9a […]
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In Wisconsin: Important Seventh Circuit Decision on the Ex Post Facto Clause August 10, 2022
By Adele Nicholas . . . We achieved a small but important victory in the Seventh Circuit this week. The Seventh Circuit found that a municipal ordinance enacted by the Village of Hartland, Wisconsin, that banned registrants from establishing a home in the Village is retroactive within the meaning of the ex post facto clause. The ruling opens an important ave […]
Adele Nicholas
Sex Offender Registries TW: Abuse August 9, 2022
Someone asked me once how I determined which topics to cover. I answered that I have all these topics in my mind but one at a time they move to my heart and I get really curious and passionate enough to research and teach — to sexplain. This is what happened with the registry. There wasn’t a personal experience or…
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PA Court upholds sex offender registration as constitutional August 7, 2022
An attempt by a Petersburg man to be released from lifetime sexual offender registration failed last month when Pennsylvania’s Superior Court asserted registration is a “non-punitive, collateral consequence of his conviction” and not a violation of his constitutional rights. … According to the decision issued by the Superior Court in Howard’s case, Read more […]
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Tennessee nurses push for new law to add protection from sex offenders August 7, 2022
Nurses in Nashville are hoping to put a new bill on the books that would add another layer of protection against registered sex offenders. “We face anything from any gross sexual comments, people have been threatened, and unfortunately, they have been trapped in a room where the patient Read more
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Authorities conduct sex offender compliance op in Union County area August 7, 2022
Law enforcement officers conducted a “large-scale sex offender operation” around Union County late last month to ensure that convicted sex offenders in the area were in compliance with state laws, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Officials said teams from UCSO, the U.S. Marshals Service Read more
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Joliet, IL update; plan for “pocket park” moves forward August 4, 2022
By Sandy . . . The Joliet, IL City Council met the evening of August 2. One of the agenda items was the purchase by the city of a property on N. Center Street, one block from the NewDay Apartments on Cora Street. This is the property that Joliet mayor Bob O’Dekirk has announced would be bought in order to erect…
Sandy
Joliet mayor Bob O’Dekirk, please do the right thing August 2, 2022
Also published at the Joliet Patch Publication By Sandy . . . Much has been made recently of an apartment building in Joliet, Illinois, housing six individuals on the Illinois sex offense registry. Joliet’s mayor Bob O’Dekirk has consistently supported attempts to have the men removed. He has been very vocal about this. Frustrated by a federal ruling superse […]
Sandy
75% Of Sex Offenders On The Registry Have Not Offended Children | Tammi Mac July 29, 2022
Tammi and her guests talk about the effectiveness of the sex offender registry and the fact that 75% of offenders on the list have NOT been involved in crimes that involve children.
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Law enforcement actions make situation worse July 28, 2022
Also posted on the Fort Bragg Patch and the Fayetteville Observer By Sandy . . . In Fayetteville, North Carolina, what could and should have been a warm, human-interest story was re-shaped by law enforcement into something entirely different. The real story is about those who take very literally the Biblical admonitions to serve the least of those in society […]
Sandy

Scams targeting registrants: 2022 updates August 13, 2022
These are the ones I have identified. If you know of one in a state not here, send a link to a 2022 news article to communications@narsol.org Virginia; July: https://www.wakg.com/2022/07/27/vsp-warns-of-sex-offender-phone-scam/ Tennessee; June:https://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/sex-offender-registry-scams-widespread-in-state/article_4b83fef2-ed9a […]
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In Wisconsin: Important Seventh Circuit Decision on the Ex Post Facto Clause August 10, 2022
By Adele Nicholas . . . We achieved a small but important victory in the Seventh Circuit this week. The Seventh Circuit found that a municipal ordinance enacted by the Village of Hartland, Wisconsin, that banned registrants from establishing a home in the Village is retroactive within the meaning of the ex post facto clause. The ruling opens an important ave […]
Adele Nicholas
Sex Offender Registries TW: Abuse August 9, 2022
Someone asked me once how I determined which topics to cover. I answered that I have all these topics in my mind but one at a time they move to my heart and I get really curious and passionate enough to research and teach — to sexplain. This is what happened with the registry. There wasn’t a personal experience or…
admin
PA Court upholds sex offender registration as constitutional August 7, 2022
An attempt by a Petersburg man to be released from lifetime sexual offender registration failed last month when Pennsylvania’s Superior Court asserted registration is a “non-punitive, collateral consequence of his conviction” and not a violation of his constitutional rights. … According to the decision issued by the Superior Court in Howard’s case, Read more […]
admin
Tennessee nurses push for new law to add protection from sex offenders August 7, 2022
Nurses in Nashville are hoping to put a new bill on the books that would add another layer of protection against registered sex offenders. “We face anything from any gross sexual comments, people have been threatened, and unfortunately, they have been trapped in a room where the patient Read more
admin
Authorities conduct sex offender compliance op in Union County area August 7, 2022
Law enforcement officers conducted a “large-scale sex offender operation” around Union County late last month to ensure that convicted sex offenders in the area were in compliance with state laws, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Officials said teams from UCSO, the U.S. Marshals Service Read more
admin
Joliet, IL update; plan for “pocket park” moves forward August 4, 2022
By Sandy . . . The Joliet, IL City Council met the evening of August 2. One of the agenda items was the purchase by the city of a property on N. Center Street, one block from the NewDay Apartments on Cora Street. This is the property that Joliet mayor Bob O’Dekirk has announced would be bought in order to erect…
Sandy
Joliet mayor Bob O’Dekirk, please do the right thing August 2, 2022
Also published at the Joliet Patch Publication By Sandy . . . Much has been made recently of an apartment building in Joliet, Illinois, housing six individuals on the Illinois sex offense registry. Joliet’s mayor Bob O’Dekirk has consistently supported attempts to have the men removed. He has been very vocal about this. Frustrated by a federal ruling superse […]
Sandy
75% Of Sex Offenders On The Registry Have Not Offended Children | Tammi Mac July 29, 2022
Tammi and her guests talk about the effectiveness of the sex offender registry and the fact that 75% of offenders on the list have NOT been involved in crimes that involve children.
admin
Law enforcement actions make situation worse July 28, 2022
Also posted on the Fort Bragg Patch and the Fayetteville Observer By Sandy . . . In Fayetteville, North Carolina, what could and should have been a warm, human-interest story was re-shaped by law enforcement into something entirely different. The real story is about those who take very literally the Biblical admonitions to serve the least of those in society […]
Sandy