Fighting for registered citizens and families
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A federal court ruled March 16, 2023 an unconstitutional a state law that makes it a crime for certain sex offenders to reside within 1,000 feet of
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COLIN KALMBACHER — Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned a statement related to an order in a case about the alleged deprivation of constitutional rights for sex offenders. The case surrounded a sex
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Justice Department regulations threaten people with prosecution for failing to register even when their state no longer requires it. JACOB SULLUM — A rule that Attorney General Merrick Garland issued in
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Twenty years ago, the justices deemed registration nonpunitive, accepting unsubstantiated assumptions about its benefits and blithely dismissing its costs. JACOB SULLUM — This Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe,
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Bradley Bass’ case in Colorado says a lot about just how powerful prosecutors are. BILLY BINION — A Colorado school administrator will no longer face child pornography charges for investigating a student
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DWAYNE DAUGHTRY – North Carolina has over 17,000 active citizens on the sex offender registry. Every six months, and sometimes every ninety days, registrants are to appear in person at
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ANNA P. SAMMONS – A court calling the sex offender registry “an overbroad, suffocating net“? Is this the beginning of the end of the registry? No, of course not. But
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