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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Federal court slams NC’s registration procedure
By ROBIN . . . Jonathan Merideth moved to North Carolina in 2004 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor sexual offense in the state of Washington. Upon arriving, Merideth checked
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Grady heads back to N.C. Sup. Court
By EMERY P. DALESIO . . .North Carolina’s Supreme Court is re-evaluating whether forcing sex offenders to be perpetually tracked by GPS-linked devices, sometimes for the rest of their lives,
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NC COA: Satellite based monitoring unreasonable without evidence it works
Associated Press . . . North Carolina’s second-highest court says authorities can’t force a sex-offender to wear a monitoring device for decades because evidence fails to show that tracking protects
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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 eighteen years of age. That same law extends to parents
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NCRSOL asks Sheriff Harrison, others, to obey the law on social media restrictions
By ROBIN . . . Overwhelmed by reports coming in from several counties throughout the state, NCRSOL is getting aggressive about calling out local sheriffs who are deliberately misleading registered
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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 the property on which any public or nonpublic school or
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