ACSOL sees Halloween Victory in Simi Valley California.

Good News for People on Simi Valley Sex Offender Registry One month ago we posted that the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws in California, filed a Federal Lawsuit against the City of Simi Valley, California, that barred registered sex offenders from opening their doors to trick-or-treaters, decorating their homes and requires they turn off their lights on Halloween. Simi

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Indiana sex offenders who plead not guilty cannot be forced to take sex offender treatment

Court Victory regarding Sex Offender Treatment A recent Federal Court in the Southern District of Indiana ruled that registered sex offenders who plead guilty could not be compelled to take a sex offender treatment class that forces participants to confess guilt in the crimes for which they are charged, give written consent to disclosure of confession and submit to a

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Share your comments on Patch’s “Sex Offender Maps”

News on Sex Offender Registry As we mentioned in our weekly update, every year, patch.com publishes city maps, highlighting the addresses of registered sex offenders, claiming they are “Halloween Safety Maps”. Well they are not. As NARSOL points out in a letter to Patch, this type of fear mongering is counter-productive and creates hysteria where none exists. Please see their

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Foul play suspected in death of missing sex offender

News About Florida Sexual Offender Last week, Hernando County deputies put up an alert about a missing sex offender who they reported had cut off his ankle monitor and disappeared. Yesterday, the man was found dead, with the Hernando Sheriff calling him the “victim of foul play” We will continue to monitor this case to determine whether the registrant was

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Another Michigan Sex Offender Registry Case

News About Sex Offender Registry – Michigan The Michigan Supreme Court is hearing a case today concerning a man who decades ago touched a girls breasts. His probation and community service were completed in 1997 and his case was dismissed. He has no conviction. Even though his criminal case is sealed and the general public would otherwise have no knowledge

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ClearMyCase: a warning to registrants

Sex Offender Registry News Although FAC has not been served yet, we have been made aware that clearmycase.com has sued us for defamation. While it’s generally not advisable to comment on pending litigation, we wanted to keep our members informed, especially in light of yesterday’s article in the Miami Herald which implied this was a dispute among sex offender advocates.

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Is de-listing sex offenders even possible? Lawsuit claims it is

News About Florida Sex Offender Registry Maybe we should call it a war between sex offender advocates? Strange lawsuit filed in a local federal court: A Texas-based service that claims to help sexual offenders get off the state registry that limits where they can live and work is suing a Boynton Beach nonprofit that wants to loosen registry rules. “I

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Sex offenders may soon be able to live closer to schools, day care centers in Jacksonville

News About Florida Sex Offender Laws JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Registered sex offenders in the River City may soon be able to live closer to schools, public libraries and other places children frequent if the Jacksonville City Council has anything to say about it. The city council will undergo a second reading of city ordinance 2017-667 on Tuesday. The bill’s primary

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Lisa Ling to feature “Age of Consent” on CNN’s ‘This is Life’

Lisa Ling  CNN special on Teen Sex Offenders This Sunday, at 10PM EST, CNN will air ‘This is Life, with Lisa Ling’ This week’s topic is “Age of Consent” and it talks about the legal and social consequences of convicting adolescents and young adults of sex offenses; when teenage sexuality crosses the line and becomes a crime. How Sex Offender

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Amended Complaint Filed in Miami-Dade SORR Challenge

News Regarding Florida Sex Offender Registry Laws An Amended Complaint was filed this week in the Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Restriction challenge. The original action, which was brought in 2014 by the Florida Action Committee and Individuals who were legislated into homelessness by the Miami-Dade Ordinance which prevented registered sex offenders from living within 2500 feet of a school, was

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