Today, the Assembly unanimously approved Senate amendments to Assembly Bill 1994 by Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes (D-Corona), sending it to Governor Jerry Brown for his consideration. AB 1994 will provide law enforcement with the … Read More >>
Read MoreMonth: August 2018
Pastor convicted of child porn gets probation
An associate pastor who told police he kept child porn on his computer as part of research for “a possible lesson involving Cupid, love and human trafficking” has been sentenced to eight years’ probation. ____ ____, 79, also was ordered… Read More >>
Read MoreNew Missouri law goes into effect Tuesday
Starting Tuesday, August 28, a new law goes into effect that’s expected to drop the number of registered sex offenders in Missouri. It will be a three-tiered system that punishes people based on the severity of their offenses. Full Article… Read More >>
Read MoreThe real danger in stranger-danger
By Lenore Skenazy . . . This summer in India, two dozen innocent people died at the hands of mobs convinced that they were meting out justice to kidnappers. One was a software engineer beaten to death after giving chocolates to children outside a school. One was a 65-year-old woman who got lost on a trip to a temple with her family…
Read MoreRegistry Matters Episode 39 – How Coerced Testimonies Are Like A School Bully
On the Registry Matters Podcast Episode 39: We start with the story of the police department staffer saying that registrants should be shot and segue into reasons to hire someone who went to prison. Other issues include: failed background checks in Idaho; a nationwide prison labor strike; California prison volunteer firefighters denied jobs on the outside; former AG says broad…
Read MoreRegistry Matters Episode 38 – How vigilante justice can make you sick
In this week’s episode of the Registry Matters Podcast, Larry and Andy discuss the fact that teens are the victims of registerable offenses, but that teens are also the ones committing the offenses. Also discussed are: the unlikelihood that the recent Catholic Church abuse scandals will lead to any convictions; the governor of NY, Cuomo, revisiting the statute of limitations…
Read MoreIllinois appeals court finds sex offender registration requirement too harsh
By Scott . . . For the second time this year, an Illinois state appellate court has overturned sex offender registration conditions placed on a defendant. The unanimous decision was issued by a panel of Illinois’ 3rd District Appellate Court on 8/20/18. The court found that Illinois’ Sex Offender Registration Act and related restrictions, as applied to Devin M. Kochevar,…
Read MoreWhen running into a juror who wrongly convicted me
I ran into this cop on many occasions, but one in particular I’d like to share. Immediately after I was released I set about contacting groups about my wrongful conviction. I contacted several lawyers, called and wrote the innocence project, and hit the public library. I enter our public library and at the
Read MoreIndiana: rights not violated by extension
An Allen County sex offender’s constitutional rights were not violated when the period of time he was required to register as a sex offender was extended under a law amended after he was convicted of the sex crime, the Indiana Court of Appeals… Read More >>
Read MoreOregon Has the Fewest Sex Offenders Per Capita
[portlandmercury.com – 8/21/18] A new study shows that Oregon has the fewest sex offenders per capita of any state, with only 195 sex offenders per one million residents. The company that put out the study, called A Secure Life, looked… Read More >>
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