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 […]
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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 […]
Federal court slams NC’s registration procedure for lacking any process 5
By ROBIN . . . Jonathan Merideth moved to North Carolina in 2004 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor sexual […]
Grady heads back to N.C. Sup. Court 2
By EMERY P. DALESIO . . .North Carolina’s Supreme Court is re-evaluating whether forcing sex offenders to be perpetually tracked […]
NC COA: Satellite based monitoring unreasonable without evidence it works 4
Associated Press . . . North Carolina’s second-highest court says authorities can’t force a sex-offender to wear a monitoring device […]
Lawsuit moves forward in twice-delayed hearing on Motion to Dismiss 5
By ROBIN . . . At a hearing in federal court (Middle District, NC) on Monday, April 16, 2018, NARSOL, […]
Federal judge lifts ban on sex-offender’s calls to daughter
Illinois is one of the few states that prohibit registered sex offenders from contact with anyone under the age of […]
NCRSOL asks Sheriff Harrison, others, to obey the law on social media restrictions 6
By ROBIN . . . Overwhelmed by reports coming in from several counties throughout the state, NCRSOL is getting aggressive […]
A thousand feet from where, officer?
By JAMIE MARKHAM . . . Under G.S. 14-208.16, a registered sex offender may not reside “within 1,000 feet of […]
Registration requirements inconsistent & incomprehensible from state to state
By JAMIE MARKHAM . . . North Carolina requires certain people to register as sex offenders in North Carolina for […]
New York Times: “Vanishingly” little evidence of high re-offense rate 6
By ADAM LIPTAK . . . Last week at the Supreme Court, a lawyer made what seemed like an unremarkable […]
Justice Breyer: You’re going to have everybody convicted [] not being able [] to discuss anything 2
By SANDY . . . “There are three principal features of North Carolina’s law that make it a stark abridgment […]