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Citrus County Judge Richard Howard ruled Monday that being on the Florida sex offense registry for life was a suitable punishment for a 21-year-old woman who sexually coerced and molested a teenage boy.  Please make sure that you read carefully the part that said the registry was suitable PUNISHMENT. The woman plead no contest to two counts of lewd and

The Minnesota Sex Offender Program originally established the civil detention program for those individuals convicted of a crime and diagnosed with a psychopathic personality.  It did not take long, though, for the program to shift to those convicted of a sexual offense.  What was initially called a civil commitment center has now become an expansion of Minnesota’s state prisons.  

Pedophilia is a clinical diagnosis which does not apply to most people who commit a sex offense, but there is a small percentage who do suffer from this condition.  Why?  What makes them different?  Are they truly bad people wanting to hurt others?  The science on this subject gives a resounding NO!   For over a century, numerous treatments have

As Patch continues to put out their fall maps, they have started toning it down a bit, as this is the second year that they have included information on why these maps might not be as helpful as they once touted them to be. This particular article lets the reader know: Registries play only a limited role in preventing sex

Living on the registry is punitive enough, but when you are also on sex offense probation, life is even worse.  Besides the ankle monitor and the strict liability laws that go with it, everyone agrees that SO probation is far worse than any other type of probation, including that for released murderers. We have a member that would like to

This study looked at 25 years of Sex Offender Registration and Notification (SORN) evaluations and their effects on recidivism.  Results were looked at from 18 research articles which included 474,640 formerly incarcerated individuals.  This is the first study to ever use a meta-analysis of SORN’s effectiveness on recidivism, combining statistical results of numerous studies into one comprehensive study of SORN.

Two U. S. citizens have filed separate lawsuits in Leon County, Florida, alleging that their constitutional privacy and due-process rights have been violated since their names continue to be listed on the Florida registry even though they do not live in Florida.   One man lived in Florida from 2012 to 2019 but now resides in Oregon.  The other man

Date of Event: September 30, 2021 Time: 7:00 to 9:00 Eastern NARSOL will have a two-hour conference call on September 30, beginning at 7:00 eastern time. We will be discussing NARSOL’s new relationship with Paul Dubbeling. Mr. Dubbeling is an attorney based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina who is now on retainer with NARSOL. He will be leading our reinvigorated Scarlet

It was recently reported that the Kansas State Supreme Court ruled that the registry is not punitive.  It turns out that this registry includes more than just people with a past sex offense.  The Kansas Criminal Registry is one of the most sweeping in the country, including people convicted of drug, violent and sex crimes. The court wrote in its

Washington D.C.’s Metro Board had proposed that anyone arrested on SUSPICION of committing a sex offense or a crime involving a firearm should have a temporary ban from using the stations, trains and buses.  Apparently, the people arrested would be guilty until proven innocent. The bigger issue here, though, is that the board has dropped the proposal as a result