NARSOL has received sad news. Our dear friend and one of our faithful and extremely competent gatekeepers, Ken Roberts, died Sunday morning, June 12, from complications related to congestive heart failure. Ken was 74. In 2012, Ken was “on paper,” on probation.
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By Savannah . . . In May 2026, the Michigan Supreme Court issued an important decision in People v. Shaver, holding that its landmark 2021 decision in People v. Betts applies retroactively. People who were convicted years ago for violating Michigan’s unconstitutional registration law
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By Sandy . . . Vigilantes killing individuals required to be on a sex offender registry is nothing new. The first recorded case we found was in Utah in 2005. Since then these murders have occurred in Maine (a double murder), in
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NARSOL’s 18th conference hit the ground running Friday morning, June 26, and didn’t slow down for two and a half days. With powerball speakers such as Catherine Carpender and Miriam Auckerman, the deeply moving stories of Amber Vlangas and Shawn Barrera-Leaf, and
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By Philip Charleston, WV – June 17, 2026 – The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) has filed a second federal lawsuit in the Southern District of West Virginia challenging the state law that imposes a $125 annual fee on individuals required to
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Defendant, believed to be a Proud Boys member, never responded to the lawsuit. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A man who spent months posting false allegations about the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) on Facebook, including a fabricated claim that
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By Sandy . . . Is there anything more despicable than a scam? Schemes that use fear to extract money from those already living in fear go a step beyond despicable. Scams targeting people required to be listed on sex offender registries
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Updated 4/23/2026; originally published 2/4/2025 at narsol.org as Sex offender residency restrictions: bad, bad public policy.” By Sandy . . . Residency restrictions for persons required to register as sexual offenders are often enacted for no reason other than neighboring towns
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By Calvin Till . . . Across the United States, one of the most significant barriers faced by people on the registry is not employment or supervision; it is housing. Without stable housing, successful reentry becomes exponentially more difficult, and individuals leaving
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Charleston, WV – March 13, 2026 – The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) has filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of West Virginia challenging West Virginia’s registry law that requires individuals on the State’s sex offense registry to
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