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UPDATED – Dr. Lisa Anne Zilney was our Guest Speaker for the Monthly Membership call Thu Oct 1 at 8pm ET. Click here to listen to Dr. Zilney. Dr. Zilney discussed this article on “Guilt by Association: Labeling Research” and introduced her latest book “Impacts of Sex Crime Laws on the Female Partners of Convicted Offenders: Never Free of Collateral

The phrase “jump the shark”, according to the Urban Dictionary, is the point at which something loses its touch and begins to grasp at straws. It was coined by Jon Hein, who wrote a book citing examples of television shows that reached a peak and then began to go downhill. It refers to an episode of “Happy Days” in which

A “sex offender registration case” filed a petition for a writ of certiorari before the Supreme Court of the United States. Before we tell you about the case, keep in mind that approximately 98% of these requests from the losing party in a lower court decision to have the supreme court review, are denied. In this case, it was the

The legal challenge involves an anonymous man who was convicted in another state under a law outlawing oral or anal sex. Lawyers for the man say he performed oral sex on his wife more than 20 years ago. In Idaho, that crime requires registration as a sex offender for life. The ACLU of Idaho represents the man. SOURCE

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft won’t be facing trial on charges that he paid for sex on consecutive days at a Jupiter, Florida, massage parlor. According to court papers filed on Thursday, Florida prosecutors are dropping the prostitution charges against Kraft. The decision comes after a court blocked the prosecution from using a video that allegedly shows Kraft soliciting

DeSantis and Patronis on Wednesday blocked Meade’s request for a pardon, with DeSantis saying the panel should take the issue “under advisement” until it can gather more information. Fried supported granting the pardon, while Moody recused herself. Meade, executive director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, has achieved international acclaim as an advocate for Amendment 4, a constitutional amendment that

A federal court in Tallahassee has ruled that City Walk Urban Mission can again operate in Wakulla County and can open up three other transition homes within the county. Tuesday, the court approved a settlement between the organization and the county. The county agreed to settle the case for $160,000. In addition to the $160,000 Wakulla County agreed to pay

Below are highlights of ACSOL‘s breakdown of the proposed SORNA changes:   Section 72.3 – Federal law, that is SORNA, will apply to all individuals convicted of a sex offense regardless of when the offense occurred and whether the state where the offense occurred has implemented SORNA. There are currently only 17 of 50 states that have implemented SORNA. Section

Raleigh, North Carolina — Every year as Halloween approaches, many Patch media outlets, as well as others, publish articles featuring “red-dot” maps showing addresses, and sometimes names, of persons listed on sexual offense registries. Within the last few years, this practice has been adopted by some local police departments on their Facebook pages. According to the editors and publishers of such pieces, this

Victims who allege they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein have endorsed new legislation to ban lifelike sex dolls that resemble children in an effort to protect minors. The bill builds upon the CREEPER Act, an existing bill introduced to Congress in 2017. The original bill banned the transportation and importation of child sex dolls but languished in the U.S. Senate.