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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 rehabilitation,” meaning he is no longer

Nearly 20 years ago, Congress passed a law requiring people convicted of certain sex offenses to register with their states. But Congress also left it entirely up to the U.S. Department of Justice, a part of the executive branch, to write the rules governing who must register, how often, what information they must provide, and when they have broken the

Organizers of the largest festival in Burke County are responding Tuesday after allowing the Artimus Pyle Band to headline one of the nights. Channel 9 spoke with Pyle who denies the allegations. The Historic Morganton Festival in September attracts tens of thousands of people each year, filling the streets of downtown Morganton. This year, an online petition is trying to

Rick Swearingen is a name we might only be familiar with because he has been the Defendant in a number of lawsuits brought against the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) challenging the enforcement of different aspects of the Florida Sex Offender Registry over the years. The standard caption “Doe v. Swearingen” is about to change, now that Swearingen has

Oklahoma SB 1619 would prevent licensing agencies from using old crimes to disqualify applicants, setting a time limit of five years from the date of conviction or release from prison, whichever is later. However, boards will still be able to consider violent felonies or crimes that trigger sex offender registration, no matter how long ago those offenses occurred. SOURCE

Stephanie is a hero. Stephanie is the Plaintiff in the Ex Post Facto Plus II lawsuit. Stephanie is her real name. It’s not “Jane Doe” or some other pseudonym used in this post to protect her anonymity, because she can’t. She is forced to bear the stress of proceeding as the plaintiff without the right to anonymity, on top of

This morning at 9AM, Oral Argument will take place in the Ex Post Facto I case. We believe the argument will be simulcast from this website: https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/live-streaming-oral-arguments (but we may be wrong). In either case, the recording will be available online after. PLEASE send lots of prayers, wishes and good Karma to Todd and Val!

A Duval County investigation is under way into whether 22 sex offenders illegally voted in the 2020 election, expanding a prior probe that resulted in the rare arrest of a Jacksonville man on voter fraud charges. The only arrest so far from those complaints occurred in April when XXXXX XXXXXXX, was charged with three counts of voter fraud punishable by

Garvin County authorities say an Oklahoma wife and her accomplice are facing hefty felony charges after taking more than 800 screenshots of child pornography to frame the husband before an upcoming child custody battle.