Sex offender activists increasingly turn to federal courts for relief
By MAURICE CHAMMAH . . . Mary Sue Molnar estimates that she gets at least five calls a week from Texans on the sex offender registry who can’t find a
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Sixth Circuit rejects Michigan residency & premises restrictions
By Jonathan H. Adler . . . Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held that recent amendments to Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) are unconstitutional because
Read moreSex offender restrictions are the new Jim Crow
By GREG BARNES . . . On Sept. 1, a registered sex offender will be breaking the law if he continues to work at a car repair shop that sits
Read moreMegan’s Law a total failure; harms families, children
By DANIEL WALMER . . . It was every parent’s worst nightmare. Seven-year-old Megan Kanka left her New Jersey home on July 29, 1994, for a summer afternoon bike ride
Read moreFilm about sex offenders wins best new documentary director award at Tribeca
By JONATHAN LEAF . . . Why would a law mandate that ex-convicts be homeless and virtually unemployable? And what sort of government imposes such rules? That’s the question of
Read moreKS Sup. Court simultaneously reverses itself: Registration IS punishment, but NOT
By TONY RIZZO . . . In an apparently unprecedented series of events, the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday overruled three of its own opinions, also released Friday, regarding the
Read moreVirginia governor restores voting rights to more than 200,000 felons
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ERIK ECKHOLM . . . Gov. Terry McAuliffe of Virginia used his executive power on Friday to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 convicted
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