The Dobbs Wire: Plain talking!

Below are a few items with blunt truths, have a look!  If you know of similar material, please send it our way.  And if you or a friend want to join The Dobbs Wire mailing list, send us a note.  –Bill Dobbs, The Dobbs Wire  Email:info@thedobbswire.com  Twitter:  @thedobbswire.com Here’s something that will tell you quite a bit about the sex

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Women intimately involved with registrants: Zoom presentation

Thank you to ACSOL for sharing this event. Dr. Lisa Anne Zilney will give a Zoom lecture on her book, Impacts of Sex Crime Laws on the Female Partners of Convicted Offenders: Never Free of Collateral Consequences (Routledge, 2020). This event will be Wednesday, February 23 at 9:30 AM Pacific Time, 12:30 PM Eastern time. To attend, email Dr. Emily Horowitz

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ALL EXCEPT FOR: ANIMUS THAT DRIVES EXCLUSIONS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

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 impact on public safety and exaggerate recidivism rates of offenders. And it is

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Suspects accused of having sex in Cincinnati parks after police sting

An undercover sting operation by Cincinnati Police has resulted in multiple arrests of people accused of having sex in city parks. Mt. Airy Forest was targeted by the sting due to the high number of people engaging in sexual acts there over the last few years, according to Fraternal Order of Police President Sgt. Dan Hils. “Don’t come to our

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From Bill Dobbs: 4th Circuit LOSS

Doe v. Settle U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Case No. 20-1951 Opinion and decision filed Jan. 28, 2021 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/201951.P.pdf Another victory for endless punishment. So while Doe may have felt lucky to only be charged with indecent liberties, given the potential for a lower prison sentence, that plea ended up condemning him to worse treatment on the

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Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after serving more than two decades on the nation’s highest court, Supreme Court and Biden administration sources tell NPR. Breyer is expected to make the announcement at the White House on Thursday. Breyer — professorial, practical and moderately liberal — wrote many of the court’s legally important but less glamorous decisions and

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Only 31 days in jail for LEO arrested for sex crime (other than the registration part)

A former ICE agent has pled guilty to flashing several students at a Florida High School. Ruben Rosado-Milan pled guilty to seven charges and will spend 31 days in a Lee County jail after he flashed several students at Riverdale High School in Fort Myers. According to authorities, Rosado-Milan, who worked as a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, was

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NY: Social media ban ends for some sex offenders in NYS

People on the sex offender registry in New York State can now access the internet and social media platforms without restrictions, except in some cases. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Rutgers Law School Constitutional Rights Clinic, and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York secured a settlement on January 24 ending the ban. The original Jones et al. v.

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