RSOL Executive Director Brenda Jones calls for registry reform in the wake of a double murder in South Carolina. GREENVILLE, SC FOX Carolina 21– At its heart, law enforcement agencies across the country say that the sex offender registry is a great
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By Sandy . . . Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc. (RSOL) denounces the brutal murders of Gretchen and Charles Parker and calls for immediate action to be taken to render sex offender registries less effective as vigilante hit lists. We specifically ask
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There is a battle going on. It is exemplified perfectly in these two opposing headlines that were right next to each other in a list of subject-related articles: “Prevent Rape and Kidnapping With a Sex Offender Map Online” and “Nature of sex
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Can I get a passport? Are there places that I can’t go if I am on a sex offender registry in the United States? How about just in the U.S.? Get the answers to these questions and more at the RSOL “Justice
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As long ago as 2003, based on the misapplication of an estimate, the number “100,000” was coupled with the phrase “missing sex offenders,” and America’s own Big Lie was born. By the time the phrase was showing up on child-advocacy websites, even
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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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