By Jacob Sullum . . . Sunday, March 5, [2023] marks[ed]the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe, a U.S. Supreme Court decision that approved retroactive application of Alaska’s sex offender registry, deeming it preventive rather than punitive. That ruling helped propagate several
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Originally published at CT Mirror; published here in full with permission. By Cindy Prizio . . . This year will mark the 25th anniversary of the public Sex Offender Registry (SOR) in Connecticut. The SOR – also called the sexual offense registry by
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By Trevor Baratko . . . A former Fauquier County Public Schools middle school teacher indicted for felony counts of carnal knowledge involving a minor has had her charges reduced to misdemeanors. She will not spend time behind bars and will not
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By Levi Ismail . . . It’s costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars as more people file lawsuits claiming they shouldn’t be restricted by a registry that didn’t exist when they were convicted. Dozens of people have since been removed from the
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By Sandy . . . When the Adam Walsh Act became law in July of 2006, it authorized the U.S. Marshals to “. . . assist state, local, tribal and territorial authorities in the location and apprehension of non-compliant and fugitive sex offenders;
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Registries are totally ineffetive at protecting the public from harm 7-17-2023. Raleigh, North Carolina . . . On July 8 in Rockford, Illinois, a horrible crime took place. A little ten-year-old girl, playing outside in her yard, was kidnapped and murdered close to
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In this timely and extensively researched book, sociologist Emily Horowitz shows how current sex-offense policies in the United States create new forms of harm and prevent those who have caused harm from the process of constructive repentance or contributing to society after
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By Sandy . . . As NARSOL’s impact grows stronger, so do the efforts of those who wish to assign malevolent intent to our organization. Being a strong believer in freedom of speech, I advocate for the right to do that. However,
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From Rushville Treatment and Detentiion Facility in Illinois: Dear Sandy Rozek, My name is XXXX, and on January 19, 2022, after six long years of fighting for my life in the courtroom (self-representation) and in the Cook County, Illinois jail, I pled
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Last week I received a letter from an inmate in Iowa nearing the approach of his release date and terrified that he would be sent to the Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders. He wote about what that facility was like. This
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