By Jon Cruz . . . My SORA hearing has come and gone, and it would be an understatement to say it went very well. New York is one of relatively few states not to classify people required to register for past
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By Sandy . . . The headline sounds rather bad: “Peoria council points to sex offender at vice mayor’s house as grounds for resignation.” The first part of the accompanying piece lays out some seemingly valid reasons for concern: Derek Lawson, registered in
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By Larry . . . NARSOL is excited to report on a win in the case of Montana v. Richard Hinman. We just learned of the case although it was decided on June 14, 2023. The question and issue before the court
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By Larry and Sandy . . . After all the hoopla over the past several days regarding the booking of former president Donald Trump, NARSOL agrees with a recent article published by Reason Magazine. Mugshots are not taken for the purpose of
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By Jacob Sullum . . . Sunday, March 5, [2023] marks[ed]the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe, a U.S. Supreme Court decision that approved retroactive application of Alaska’s sex offender registry, deeming it preventive rather than punitive. That ruling helped propagate several
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Notice anything different? Check out our brand-new and improved website; we hope you like what you see! This has been a work in progress for some time now, and we are very excited to get it up and running. The tech committee
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