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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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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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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A temporary restraining order (TRO) was filed today in federal district court requesting that enforcement of a sex offender ordinance in the City of Lancaster be halted. “The Lancaster ordinance denies the civil rights of more than 100,000 individuals and families in
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March, 2013 What Is Chelsea’s Law? How It Began: Who is John Albert Gardner? John Albert Gardner is an inmate in the California prison system for the rest of his life. This is a timeline of the salient points, beginning in 2000
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