A big news item in the past few months–read more here–has been Sheriff Gordon Smith of Bradford County, Florida. Sheriff Smith made national headlines when he placed large, red “A Sexual Predator Lives Here” signs, complete with names, in the yards of
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“Justice for All: A Conference to Reform Sexual Offense Laws,” will be held in Los Angeles during Labor Day weekend. The conference will begin on Thursday, August 29, with an evening social gathering and continue through noon on Sunday, September 1. The
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USA FAIR, an organization that advocates for an intelligent sex offender registry, suggests that such a registry would remain public but would limit those subject to public scrutiny. As the executive director of USA FAIR explains, “USA FAIR does not oppose the
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A federal lawsuit has been filed against 3 sex offender extortion websites by Attorney Janice Bellucci of California RSOL, financially supported, in part, by Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc. Donations from people like you to our Legal Fund have made funding this lawsuit
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May 27, 2013 Regarding S.954, the Farm Bill, and the Vitter amendment #1056 to end food stamp eligibility for some citizens. For immediate release National Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc. (RSOL) and its affiliate organizations in 39 states protest the inclusion of Senator David Vitter’s
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National RSOL’s Legal Action Project and PA No More Labels are hosting a telephone conference for those in PA affected by the new SORN laws there. It will be on May 3rd beginning at 7 p.m. eastern time. The call in number
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Raised on the Registry: The Irreparable Harm of Placing Children on Sex Offender Registries in the US,” was over a year in the making. 111 pages long, this report is having a tremendous impact across the country. Nicole Pittman, the researcher and
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April, 2013 Are We Looking at Sex Offender Management Backwards? For some states, the legislative sessions are over or drawing to a close; for others, they are still in full swing. One would be hard-pressed to find even one state in which
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“From good to better to stupendous!” That was Lloyd Swartz, president of Reform Sex Offender Law’s New Mexico affiliate, describing the national organization’s fourth annual 3-day conference that closed Sunday at the Ramada Conference Center in Albuquerque. RSOL’s Executive Director Brenda Jones
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On December 20, RSOL sent a press release to 130 news outlets, and a few legislators, primarily in PA, announcing that it would soon challenge sections of Senate Bill 1183 (Pennsylvania’s new sex offender registration requirements) on multiple constitutional grounds. Constitutional challenges
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