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Year: 2016

Current Issues

Life in a Florida ghetto — uh — a registered sex offender camp

December 29, 2016May 12, 2023NARSOLLaw and Policy17 Comments

Photograph courtesy of OnceFallen….   By Sandy . . . Derek Logue – OnceFallen – has followed the situation of homeless registrants in Florida ever since abhorrently stringent residency restrictions created the Julia Tuttle Causeway scandal in 2007. After being ousted from
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Advocacy

NARSOL to Supreme Court: Throw out social media bans on SO’s

December 24, 2016May 12, 2023someone outside of NARSOLFighting for change, NARSOL Initiatives27 Comments

By Robin . . . On December 22, the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL), formerly known as Reform Sex Offender Laws (RSOL), filed a brief of Amicus Curiae before the U.S. Supreme Court in conjunction with North Carolina RSOL
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Advocacy

NARSOL to SCOTUS: End social media bans

December 24, 2016May 12, 2023someone outside of NARSOLFighting for change, NARSOL Initiatives18 Comments

By Robin . . . On December 22, the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL), formerly known as Reform Sex Offender Laws (RSOL), filed a brief of Amicus Curiae before the U.S. Supreme Court in conjunction with North Carolina RSOL
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Current Issues

Christmas in the tent in the woods

December 23, 2016May 12, 2023someone outside of NARSOLLaw and Policy4 Comments

  Day after tomorrow is Christmas. Families, even the poorest, will gather together in their homes, share a meal, and exchange gifts. Steve Folster’s home, however, is still a tent in the woods in Chester County, South Carolina. He has been living there
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Current Issues

Christmas in a tent in the woods

December 23, 2016May 12, 2023someone outside of NARSOLLaw and Policy3 Comments

  Day after tomorrow is Christmas. Families, even the poorest, will gather together in their homes, share a meal, and exchange gifts. Steve Folster’s home, however, is still a tent in the woods in Chester County, South Carolina. He has been living there
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Current Issues

Sex offender registration policies increasing danger to public

December 21, 2016May 12, 2023someone outside of NARSOLLaw and Policy19 Comments

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 sleeping on a park bench and reportedly asked if she wanted to
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Current Issues

Registration policies increase danger

December 21, 2016May 12, 2023someone outside of NARSOLLaw and Policy17 Comments

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 sleeping on a park bench and reportedly asked if she wanted to
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Advocacy
Advocacy

How Metaphors Kill / Douard

December 19, 2016July 19, 2023NARSOLNARSOL Conference6 Comments

The public tends to view sex offenders as monsters, and the law reflects that dehumanizing metaphor. At our 2016 conference in Atlanta, Mr. Douard explained how the monster metaphor points in the direction of Draconian recidivism prevention strategies, such as registration and civil commitment laws,
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Advocacy

Jones and panel – Let’s Get Fearless!

December 12, 2016July 19, 2023NARSOLNARSOL Conference5 Comments

FEARLESS groups are support groups aimed at providing a safe place for registrants and their loved ones to get together, build community, and learn ways to step out and take charge of their lives and overcome the stigma they face. At RSOL’s
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Current Issues

*NEW UPDATES*–In the rain, in the cold, tent in woods still stands

December 6, 2016May 12, 2023Sandy RozekLaw and Policy32 Comments

NEW UPDATES in comments… We have lots of news and updates about “Jerry” and “Susi” and their struggle with the South Carolina residency restrictions laws. First, total transparency: Jerry and Susi are Steve and Lila, and we will be using their real
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