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

May 27, 2018 — 0 Comments

Utah officials considering changes to the sex offender registry September 19, 2020
By Mark Shenefelt SALT LAKE CITY — State officials are considering changes to the sex offender registry, starting with deeper data gathering to determine whether it is safe for more offenders to be removed from the system after long-term treatment and no repeat crimes. Monica Diaz, Utah Sentencing Commission executive director, said a lack of more precise an […]
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7th Circuit Court reviews lifetime tracking September 19, 2020
By Joe Kelly . . . CHICAGO (CN) — The Seventh Circuit on Friday weighed the intrusiveness of a Wisconsin statute that institutes lifetime GPS monitoring of certain convicted sex offenders against the necessity of preventing further offenses from that particular class of criminals. The underlying suit was first filed as a federal class action by eight registe […]
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California SB145 — an anti-discrimination bill September 16, 2020
By Sandy . . . NARSOL’s response to California’s SB 145, drafted by Sen. Scott Wiener, passed by a majority of both houses, and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, is that the bill is not a sexual offense bill but an anti-discrimination bill. It puts the available legal options for criminal oral and anal sex equal to what they have…
Sandy Rozek
Peaceful assembly and protest planned September 8, 2020
A protest and peaceful assembly is being organized by W.A.R. for September 24 at the courthouse housing the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado. For more information, see the following: Pushback Again! Last year WAR organized a massive media campaign with a focus on Halloween the impact to registered citizens and families. That campaign we […]
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The truth behind virtually all child sex trafficking rings: there are no rings September 7, 2020
By Michael Hobbes . . . Human trafficking has been having an eventful summer. In July, internet sleuths accused online retailer Wayfair of selling missing children in overpriced cabinets. In August, QAnon supporters (along with some well-meaning if ill-informed influencers) held nationwide “Save the Children” rallies. And last week, there was the trailer sto […]
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The insidious policy of blanket exclusions for registered sex offenders September 4, 2020
Abstract reprinted with permission by author By Catherine L. Carpenter . . . Saying something is true does not make it so. And saying it louder does not make it truer. But such is the legislative posture behind modern day sex offense registration laws that punish those who commit sex crimes because of entrenched myths that overstate the laws’ positive…
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NARSOL has its own social media platform September 1, 2020
NARSOL now has its own social media site at https://connections.narsol.org. Connections has the look and feel of Facebook and is intended to provide a way for people on the registry to socially interact. If you are craving social interaction with a group of people who understand what you have to deal with, this platform may be perfect for you! And feel…
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Proposed AWA amended regulations more significant after new Sixth Circuit court decsision August 30, 2020
Revised and reposted 8/31/20 By Larry, Brenda, and Sandy . . . The new Adam Walsh Act amended regulations are out for comment for 60 days, and after the comment period will likely be adopted, finalized, and published in the Federal Register. NARSOL had posted an article stating there is reason for concern but not reason for panic. We removed that…
Larry Neely
Another letter to NPR about its erroneously written sex offender piece August 28, 2020
Cheryl, My name is Christopher E. Pelloski, MD. I have written two books that chronicle my experience within and research about the current U.S. criminal justice system and sex offender registry, Trauma, Shame, and the Power of Love, and A Torturous Path. I listened to your recent piece about the sex offender registry on NPR, and I believe some key…
Christopher Pelloski
Police sex offender entrapment stings produce convictions without victims August 28, 2020
By Michael Winerip . . . Jace Hambrick worked as an apprentice laborer during the week, renovating homes around Vancouver, Wash., and at a neighborhood gas station on weekends. Much of the rest of his life was online. He was hard-core, amassing a collection of more than 200 games. People told him it wasn’t smart to be so cut off…
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