By Sandy . . . When Johnny Brown was 18, he committed a felony which resulted in a sentence of five years’ imprisonment and five years’ parole. Johnny served out his full sentence of incarceration, and his release date was January 30,
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By Stephen . . . Federal civil suits have been filed in both Arizona and Missouri challenging the constitutionality of state-imposed registry laws. In Arizona, John Doe, an activist within AZRSOL, a NARSOL Affiliate, filed a broad suit encompassing multiple parts of the
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By Allen . . . I had been involved with child pornography since I was eleven years old. This persisted into my early twenties. I realized I had crossed a line at some point and had tried to stop several times, but
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By Kyle . . . In August, 2017, Federal Judge Richard Matsch ruled in a Denver federal court that the Colorado Sex Offender Registry is unconstitutional based upon the Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment and the Fourteenth Amendment tenet
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By Jon Cruz . . . My SORA hearing has come and gone, and it would be an understatement to say it went very well. New York is one of relatively few states not to classify people required to register for past
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By Jaden Edison . . . During counseling programs he’s attended throughout adulthood, Aaron Kearney has been told not to let mistakes define him and not to let the past hijack his future. But for a quarter-century, the 52-year-old has worn a
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By Sandy . . . The headline sounds rather bad: “Peoria council points to sex offender at vice mayor’s house as grounds for resignation.” The first part of the accompanying piece lays out some seemingly valid reasons for concern: Derek Lawson, registered in
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By Larry . . . NARSOL is excited to report on a win in the case of Montana v. Richard Hinman. We just learned of the case although it was decided on June 14, 2023. The question and issue before the court
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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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