No evidence registries increase public safety
By NOAH BERLATSKY . . . “He is a lifetime sex registrant. That doesn’t expire. Just like what he did to me doesn’t expire, doesn’t just go away after a
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Packingham petition offers hope for change at nation’s highest court
By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . Among the more significant cases concerning registered citizens that have made their way to the United States Supreme Court, few have had as much
Read moreNorth Carolina, most states, ignore solid facts when enacting residency restrictions against SOs
By JEN FIFIELD . . . In the last couple of years, the number of sex offenders living on the streets of Milwaukee has skyrocketed, from 16 to 205. The
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 moreFederal court guts NC premises statute, permanently enjoins prosecutions
By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . Frustrated by the state’s refusal to offer any facts supporting its “conjectural” and “anecdotal” evidence defending section a(2) of North Carolina’s premises statute (N.C.G.S.
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 moreHastert avoids the punishment he helped impose on American citizens
By ROY STORM . . . Decades after Dennis Hastert’s alleged sexual abuse of high school wrestlers he coached, the then-Speaker of the House helped pass a tough-on-sex-crimes law known
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