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Seventh Circuit affirms Wisconsin’s lifetime GPS monitoring July 6, 2022
By Larry . . . NARSOL is disappointed in the outcome of a GPS challenge just decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from Wisconsin. The case is Benjamin Braam, Alton Antrim, and Dan Olszewski v. Kevin Carr, Wisconsin Secretary of Corrections. Wisconsin Statute § 301.48(2)(a)(7) requires lifetime monitoring of offenders who ha […]
Larry Neely
Entrapment and ineffective assistance of counsel win the day — Illinois Supreme Court vacates conviction June 30, 2022
By Larry . . . The People of the State of Illinois v. Shane Lewis (Docket No. 126705) decided June 24, 2022, deals with an egregious abuse by law enforcement and was clearly entrapment by any objective standard. Shane Lewis was charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, traveling to meet a minor, and grooming. At trial, he asserted…
Larry Neely
Paul Shannon at NARSOL’s conference awards banquet “Is this really the way we want to live?” June 22, 2022
By Paul Shannon . . . To begin, I’d ask all of you to just look at this group and realize how amazing it is that such a gathering even exists — I’d ask you to consider what a great bunch of people we have as we take on the most volatile and difficult of issues that face us — and all…
Paul Shannon
NARSOL’s 2022 conference is a wrap June 20, 2022
June 17, 18, and 19, at the Sheraton Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina, close to 200 people gathered, with close to 100 more online, for NARSOL’s 14th annual conference. It was, by all accounts, a huge success. The plenary speakers, from first to last, were excellent. Chrysanthi Leon told us what she learned from research with people who work with…
Sandy
FL sheriff posts “blue & red house” map on Facebook, ignores threats to registrants June 14, 2022
By Sandy . . . “I’m worried for my family,” he wrote. “Today the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office decided to put a picture of a map of all the houses where registered citizens live on its Facebook page. The comments that were allowed are absolutely disgusting.” As I read the email, I could feel the fear that the writer was expressing.…
Sandy
“Sex offender registries don’t make us any safer; abolishing them would” June 4, 2022
By Emily Horowitz . . . Watching the Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, I was struck by how Republican senators pounced on the judge’s thoughtful, considered, and mainstream sex offense sentencing. My research examines why our sex offense policies are based on fear-driven myths and how excessive criminal-legal responses do not g […]
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Organization in Illinois helps persons with sexual crime convictions with housing, draws wrath of vigilante neighbors June 2, 2022
By Sandy . . Joliet, Illinois has been making the news lately because several individuals with previous sexual crime convictions are living in an apartment building in a family-oriented neighborhood. What a shame. One source quotes a mother describing her daughter as coming from school “in tears because she was afraid that she was going to be snatched.” Wha […]
Sandy
Man NOT on sex offender registry in any state could be convicted by Feds for not keeping registration current June 1, 2022
By Jacob Sullum . . . Twenty-six years ago, when he was 23, a California man was convicted of a crime involving sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl. The federal government says he therefore must register with the state as a sex offender. But California says he can’t, because the state subsequently expunged his record and issued a “certificate of…
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NARSOL’S conference awards banquet features Paul Shannon May 31, 2022
The highlight of the conference each year is the awards banquet. Wherever the conference is held, the banquet food is delicious, the MC is charming and engaging, and the speaker is wonderful. Past speakers include Mary Sue Molnar and Lenore Skenazy. Paul Shannon needs no introduction to NARSOL supporters. He has been active in advocacy and organizing for ove […]
Sandy
Proposed sex offender registry legislation doesn’t make communities safer May 28, 2022
DE: Proposed sex offender registry legislation doesn’t make communities safer May 28, 2022 House Bill 306 is before the Delaware State Legislature. For the 4,500-plus Delawareans who appear on the state Sex Offender Registry the proposed legislation changes the “Restrictions” designation on the front of their driver’s licenses from the current “Y” to “SO.” […]
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Seventh Circuit affirms Wisconsin’s lifetime GPS monitoring July 6, 2022
By Larry . . . NARSOL is disappointed in the outcome of a GPS challenge just decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from Wisconsin. The case is Benjamin Braam, Alton Antrim, and Dan Olszewski v. Kevin Carr, Wisconsin Secretary of Corrections. Wisconsin Statute § 301.48(2)(a)(7) requires lifetime monitoring of offenders who ha […]
Larry Neely
Entrapment and ineffective assistance of counsel win the day — Illinois Supreme Court vacates conviction June 30, 2022
By Larry . . . The People of the State of Illinois v. Shane Lewis (Docket No. 126705) decided June 24, 2022, deals with an egregious abuse by law enforcement and was clearly entrapment by any objective standard. Shane Lewis was charged with involuntary sexual servitude of a minor, traveling to meet a minor, and grooming. At trial, he asserted…
Larry Neely
Paul Shannon at NARSOL’s conference awards banquet “Is this really the way we want to live?” June 22, 2022
By Paul Shannon . . . To begin, I’d ask all of you to just look at this group and realize how amazing it is that such a gathering even exists — I’d ask you to consider what a great bunch of people we have as we take on the most volatile and difficult of issues that face us — and all…
Paul Shannon
NARSOL’s 2022 conference is a wrap June 20, 2022
June 17, 18, and 19, at the Sheraton Hotel in Raleigh, North Carolina, close to 200 people gathered, with close to 100 more online, for NARSOL’s 14th annual conference. It was, by all accounts, a huge success. The plenary speakers, from first to last, were excellent. Chrysanthi Leon told us what she learned from research with people who work with…
Sandy
FL sheriff posts “blue & red house” map on Facebook, ignores threats to registrants June 14, 2022
By Sandy . . . “I’m worried for my family,” he wrote. “Today the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office decided to put a picture of a map of all the houses where registered citizens live on its Facebook page. The comments that were allowed are absolutely disgusting.” As I read the email, I could feel the fear that the writer was expressing.…
Sandy
“Sex offender registries don’t make us any safer; abolishing them would” June 4, 2022
By Emily Horowitz . . . Watching the Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, I was struck by how Republican senators pounced on the judge’s thoughtful, considered, and mainstream sex offense sentencing. My research examines why our sex offense policies are based on fear-driven myths and how excessive criminal-legal responses do not g […]
admin
Organization in Illinois helps persons with sexual crime convictions with housing, draws wrath of vigilante neighbors June 2, 2022
By Sandy . . Joliet, Illinois has been making the news lately because several individuals with previous sexual crime convictions are living in an apartment building in a family-oriented neighborhood. What a shame. One source quotes a mother describing her daughter as coming from school “in tears because she was afraid that she was going to be snatched.” Wha […]
Sandy
Man NOT on sex offender registry in any state could be convicted by Feds for not keeping registration current June 1, 2022
By Jacob Sullum . . . Twenty-six years ago, when he was 23, a California man was convicted of a crime involving sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl. The federal government says he therefore must register with the state as a sex offender. But California says he can’t, because the state subsequently expunged his record and issued a “certificate of…
admin
NARSOL’S conference awards banquet features Paul Shannon May 31, 2022
The highlight of the conference each year is the awards banquet. Wherever the conference is held, the banquet food is delicious, the MC is charming and engaging, and the speaker is wonderful. Past speakers include Mary Sue Molnar and Lenore Skenazy. Paul Shannon needs no introduction to NARSOL supporters. He has been active in advocacy and organizing for ove […]
Sandy
Proposed sex offender registry legislation doesn’t make communities safer May 28, 2022
DE: Proposed sex offender registry legislation doesn’t make communities safer May 28, 2022 House Bill 306 is before the Delaware State Legislature. For the 4,500-plus Delawareans who appear on the state Sex Offender Registry the proposed legislation changes the “Restrictions” designation on the front of their driver’s licenses from the current “Y” to “SO.” […]
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