A piece of legislation called International Megan’s Law—HR 4573—passed the U.S. House of Representatives, according to this article, June 20. The bill’s sponsor, U.S. Congressman Chris Smith, has been pushing this bill, in various forms, for years. It is aimed at sex
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This opinion piece masquerading as a public safety announcement has mastered the art of double-speak to a high degree. The stated purpose of the piece is to inform their reading public that they will be publishing names and information on all registrants who move into
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On April 17, 2014, RSOL became aware of a document purporting to claim how one might legally avoid being placed on the sex offender registry; it was written by the research and legal staff of Safe Streets Arts Foundation. The Safe Streets
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Sex trafficking is the new sex offender industry buzzword. The media propaganda machine, fueled by the political opportunists, is up and going, and the numbers being thrown around stagger the imagination. If the number of innocent children–some snatched off the street never
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According to Merriam and Webster, a tipping point is the critical point in a situation, process, or system beyond which a significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place. Maybe overload point would be a better descriptor. In Chicago, a sort of
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Newbie Georgia Republican legislator Sam Moore has struck a blow–albeit an unpopular one–for constitutional rights, fact-based legislation, and common sense. His bill would remove restrictions on registered citizens, once their sentences are satisfied, that restrict their movements and prohibit their presence in
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Compiled by Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc. http://nationalrsol.org/ Facilitating successful reentry is always a challenging endeavor, but with sex offenders specifically, several unique dynamics and barriers make the transition even more difficult. For example, myths about sex offenders and victims, inflated
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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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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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