By Shelly Stow . . . I watched the film Untouchable through live streaming as it was shown at the RSOL National Conference that has just concluded in Atlanta, Georgia. This film could well have been named, âPortrait of a bitter, angry
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By David Post . . . I wanted to add a few words to co-blogger Jonathan Adlerâs posting about the recent 6th Circuit decision in Doe v. Snyder, in which the court voided application of the Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA)
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By Mark Joseph Stern . . . A new sex offender law took effect in North Carolina on Thursday, restricting offendersâ freedom of movement and association by barring them from libraries, recreational parks, pools, and fairs. The law is designed to replace
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By Jonathan H. Adler . . . Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held that recent amendments to Michiganâs Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) are unconstitutional because they impose retroactive punishment on sex offenders in violation of the Constitutionâs
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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 within 300 feet of the Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland County
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By Barbara Gale & Larry Neely…. Victimsâ advocates, particularly those who advocate for victims of sexual assault, argue that we should always believe the victimâs story. Simply believing a person who claims to be a victim of a criminal offense is extremely
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By STEVEN YODER . . . Last last month, two state senators in New YorkâJeffrey Klein and Diane Savinoâissued a report laying out an apparently scary set of numbers. In New York City, PokĂ©mon from PokĂ©mon Go were spotted in front of
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by Sandy Rozek and Robin Vanderwall . . . The Pokémon Go craze is sweeping the nation and beyond, sending young people scurrying through the streets, phones in hand, frantically seeking these fictional little creatures. It also has politicians scurrying to find
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By Sandy….. The current Pokemon Go craze is sweeping the nation and raising concerns this could put children and youth in “proximity” to registered sex offenders. This is shaping up to be the new “Halloween boogie-man” scare. Now that enough people have
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By Eric Dexheimer….. Mark Lay had been a registered sex offender for more than five years before he heard there might be a way to erase his name from the public Texas list. Convicted in 2008 of a single count of
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