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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CBS-North Carolina misrepresents truth about sex offenders, pornography
By ROBIN . . . Among the more annoying things our movement must contend with is the endless amount of slop and imprecise reporting by professional journalists and broadcasters. The
Read moreNew York Times: “Vanishingly” little evidence of high re-offense rate
By ADAM LIPTAK . . . Last week at the Supreme Court, a lawyer made what seemed like an unremarkable point about registered sex offenders. “This court has recognized that
Read moreColumbus Dispatch declares boldly, courageously, correctly
By JOHN FUTTY . . . After his conviction for attempted rape in 2011, Brian L. Golsby was required to participate in a sex-offender treatment program in prison. The specific
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By STEVEN YODER . . . On Sept. 30, 2016, in a Los Angeles suburb, 48-year-old Michael Zinzun, a homeless man on the California sex offender registry, approached a woman
Read moreSex offender registries cost millions; Provide no benefit
By DON THURBER . . . Last month, a new chapter was written in one of America’s oldest real-life murder mysteries. The body of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling was finally found,
Read moreRight speech, right time, right now. Engage.
By MICHAEL ROSENBERG . . . The criminalization of the speech of registered citizens ensures Tom and Jane Public can continue with a campaign of blissful ignorance; the proliferation of
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