The Idaho Children’s Trust Fund says prevention is more important than focusing on penalties for offenders

The Idaho Children’s Trust Fund Executive Director Roger Sherman says when it comes to sexual abuse of children, the focus should be on prevention rather than focusing on penalties for offenders.  (Idahonews.com, April 3, 2022) Lauren’s Kids, which was founded by CEO Florida Senator Lauren Book, has a leaflet placed in all Florida car registration notices, saying, “Child abuse occurs

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CALL TO ACTION #2 for SB 1252 — Red Lettering on Driver’s Licenses

This Call To Action has been SUPERSEDED. Comments are now disabled. CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW CALL TO ACTION (NOTE: Rep email addresses have been fixed. 3/31) Major Concerns About This Bill: This is the Senate companion bill to HB 1085, which is moving through the House committees. SB 1252 would require “SEXUAL PREDATOR” and “943.0435” to be printed in

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CALL TO ACTION #4 for HB 1085 – Moved to new committee: Infrastructure Strategies Committee

This Call To Action has been SUPERSEDED. Comments are now disabled. CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW CALL TO ACTION Major Concerns About This Bill: The bill states that all driver’s licenses and identification cards for people on the registry “shall have printed in the color red all information otherwise required to be printed on the front of the license or identification card.” This

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Many people in the leadership of Warwick, Rhode Island see no benefit from the residency restrictions

As reported by the Warwick Beacon, the chief of the Warwick Police Department “gets it”, as he says, “The elimination of residency restrictions for Level III sex offenders does not pose a danger to students at local schools.”  Chief Bradford Connor goes on to say, “I do not believe that the elimination of the 1,000-foot law will add any more

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Member Submission: Activists Unite!

One of the most discouraging aspects of the fight against registries is the lack of allies. Civil rights movements do not succeed without the broad support of citizens and organizations. Few injustices have been made right through the sole efforts of victims. The need to recruit powerful and committed allies against registries is a matter of urgency. Nobody needs to

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CALL TO ACTION #1 for SB 1252 — Red Lettering on Driver’s Licenses

This Call To Action has been superseded. Comments are now disabled. CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW CTA This is the Senate companion bill to HB 1085 that is also moving through the House committees. Now the Companion Bill is starting to move through the Senate committees.  Initially, the Senate version did not include the red lettering; however, it was recently

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