An Oklahoma Supreme Court opinion on June 25 stated that the Oklahoma Department of Corrections officials have been violating the Oklahoma Constitution by retroactively applying a 2007 state law which increased the time former sex offenders had to remain listed on the
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Nicole Pittman, author of “Raised on the Registry,” is seeking information for another investigative project. This is from Nicole: Dear Potential Participant, My name is Nicole Pittman and I am a national expert on the harmful application of sex offender registration and
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A horrible thing has happened. A little girl, only eight, has been murdered, and the prime suspect is a man who has been on the sex offender registry in Florida since 1993 for attempted kidnapping and has had some misdemeanor sexual charges since.
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This is an excellent analysis of the registrant situation in Florida written by Gail Colletta, president of our affiliate there, the Florida Action Committee.
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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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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