NARSOL - National Assoc. for Rational Sexual Offense Laws

People v. Shaver — A Victory for Those Convicted Under Michigan’s Unconstitutional Registry Law

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 may now have an opportunity to have those...

7 Jul

NARSOL asks TN. governor to remove registrant addresses from online registry

By Sandy . . . Vigilantes killing individuals required to be on a sex offender registry is nothing new. The first recorded case we found was in Nevada in 2005. Since then these murders have occurred in Maine (a double murder), in Washington State (twice, both double murders), another in...

NARSOL banner over Baltimore skyline at sunset: Navigating Safe Harbors Baltimore 2026.

28 Jun

NARSOL’s 18th conference is a wrap

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 the brave advocacies of Peter Dross and Grant...

the Digest

NARSOL is proud to offer the Digest as the oldest regularly published journal focused on the expansion of public registries in the United States and the individuals who are entangled in it. Started as an online newsletter in 2007, today’s Digest has grown in every way. NARSOL now publishes four editions of the Digest that circulate bi-monthly. The print edition is supported by well over a thousand paid subscribers, many of whom are incarcerated in state and federal prisons for sexually based offenses.