civil rights challenges, lawsuit updates, and court rulings
Litigation seeks to terminate Oklahoma’s practice of marking certain driver’s licenses and state identification cards with the prominent label of “SEX OFFENDER.” A lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District of Oklahoma to challenge the state’s practice of labeling the driver’s
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By Larry . . . The case is Bruce Henry v. the Sheriff of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, in his official capacity, the District Attorney of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, in his official capacity, and the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, in
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By Sandy . . . Texas HB 3499 , authored by Rep. Vincent Perez, will remove the homestead exemption from the property tax responsibility of Texas’ registered citizens—every one of them homeowners occupying the property. This piece includes what was sent to
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By Sandy . . . The Michigan Supreme Court, on July 29, 2024, issued an opinion that may result in close to 300 people being removed from Michigan’s sex offender registry. The case, People v. Lymon, revolved around whether individuals who had
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By Mark . . . On May 31, 2024, the parties filed their opening summary judgment briefs in Antrim v. Carr, 19-cv-396 (Eastern District of Wisconsin), in which plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s statutory scheme requiring that certain individuals convicted of sexual offenses
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On Friday, January 19, 2024, NARSOL filed a federal lawsuit in Illinois challenging the constitutionality of a parole restriction that prohibits individuals with convictions for sexual offenses from using erectile dysfunction medication. The two plaintiffs in the case are NARSOL on behalf of
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NARSOL’s legal team . . . NARSOL is publicly releasing for the first time copies of two expert reports filed last week in Antrim v. Carr, 19-cv-396 (Eastern District of Wisconsin). The case challenges Wisconsin’s statutory scheme requiring that certain individuals convicted
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By Janice and Sandy . . . Registrants in Missouri were not required to post a Halloween sign on their home this year, a sign that for all practical purposes identified the property as being residence to someone on Missouri’s sex offender
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Reprinted in full with permission; first published in the Delaware Daily State News Oc. 26, 2023 By Margaret . . . Kudos to our legislators for passing House Bill 186 during Delaware’s 2023 legislative session and to Gov. John Carney for signing
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By Sandy . . . When Johnny Brown was 18, he committed a felony which resulted in a sentence of five years’ imprisonment and five years’ parole. Johnny served out his full sentence of incarceration, and his release date was January 30,
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