The basis for litigation reform and the results of civil rights litigation vary widely from state to state and jurisdiction to jurisdiction. This presentation examines a number of challenges from the past couple of years and seeks to understand the key constitutional arguments that have been made, what has been successful, and the reason why there are such disparate results…
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CBS Miami’s Eliott Rodriguez discusses the relocation of homeless, sexual offenders and the controversy surrounding it with Miami-Dade Homeless Trust chairman Ron Book and Miami ACLU board member Jeanne Baker.
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Dean’s Lecture: From Hysteria to Hope – Bringing Reason to the Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse
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Everyone who watched the debate last night – All the laws requiring those convicted of sex offenses to put their names in a registry should be abolished – will agree; Emily Horowitz, defending the affirmative, was cool, calm, collected, and convincing. She was the voice of reason and facts in the debate. NARSOL is so proud to call her our friend. Thank you, Emily!…
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Lisa Ling explores the legal and social consequences of convicting adolescents and young adults of sex offenses. “This is Life” airs Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CNN. https://narsol.org/av/brenda/secure/Age%20of%20Consent.mp4
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By David Feige . . . I met Shawna a year into filming “Untouchable,” a documentary that examines sex offender laws through the lives of individuals on the sex offender registry. It was at an Oklahoma treatment center where she was participating in a mandatory group therapy session. She was there because fifteen years earlier, Shawna was deemed to be…
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David Feige of Untouchable fame brings us a new film. This one is short, only a little over eight minutes. Titled “A ‘frightening’ myth about sex offenders,” the video is posted in the New York Times‘ Opinion section and referred to an an “Op-Doc.” You can also read David’s written analysis accompanying the “Op-Doc.” It traces the “frightening and high”…
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