Virginia’s determined commitment to voodoo science and human captivity
By PHILIP FORNACI and ROGER LANCASTER . . . Philip Fornaci is a civil rights lawyer based in Washington. Roger Lancaster is the author of “Sex Panic and the Punitive
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NARSOL’s North Carolina case clears hurdle, proceeds to discovery
By ROBIN . . . On January 23, 2017, the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) and its affiliate in North Carolina (NCRSOL), along with two John Doe
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NC Newspaper compiles mugshots and data on sex offenders each year
By CAMMIE BELLAMY . . . Sexual abuse against children has come under a laser focus in the Wilmington area this year, following the conviction of a former teacher and investigations
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Registries are useless but politicians love them anyway
Used with permission By MICHAEL HOBBES . . . The first time Damian Winters got evicted was in 2015. He was living with his wife and two sons in suburban
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Federal judge calls Alabama sex offender registration scheme debilitating
By JACOB SULLUM . . . “Sex offenders are not second-class citizens,” writes U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins in a recent decision overturning two provisions of the Alabama Sex Offender Registration
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MI attorney general calls registries punishment and ineffective
By GUY HAMILTON-SMITH . . . Michigan’s Attorney General has entered the cultural and legal conflagration of how we reckon with sexual violence in our society with a remarkable (and compelling) argument:
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Sex offender residency restrictions: every source says wasteful, harmful
By SANDY . . . The Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government in Maine and Representative Danny Martin who heads that committee are pushing for legislation that will expand
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