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- Retroactive GPS-Monitoring of Sex Offenders Ruled Unconstitutional October 6, 2014
- Gov. Christie Signs Ban-the-Box Bill Into Law August 13, 2014
- Individuals need to sign on to federal lawsuit challenging S276 requiring posting of the names of all ADTC-releaseess March 31, 2014
- This Blog page is for discussion of concerns and/or questions regarding CSL/PSL March 28, 2014
National Center for Reason and Justice- Please Join us for an Important Educational Event! January 22, 2021A Conversation with Judith Levine February 5, 2021 @ 11:10am EST via Zoom RSVP to ehorowitz@sfc.edu for Zoom link Join Judith Levine and Emily Horowitz for a conversation about Judith’s new book THE FEMINIST AND THE SEX OFFENDER (Verso, 2020).…rbchatelle
- Rest in Peace Donald Connery January 18, 2021We were deeply saddened last Friday to receive a message from Don’s daughter, informing us that her wonderful father had left us the Monday before. I first met Don 24 years ago, at a conference about wrongful convictions in Salem, …rbchatelle
- NCRJ Supports Gay Man Unjustly Labeled Sexually Violent Predator November 12, 2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 12, 2020 Contact: Anne Kelsey, akelsey@hivlawandpolicy.org, 914-294-2881 CHLP Brief Calls Out Homophobic Bias in Case of Gay Man Unjustly Designated a “Sexually Violent Predator” Civil rights and LGBT organizations challenge extreme punishment of gay man …rbchatelle
- A very important message from Bill Dobbs October 19, 2020The Dobbs Wire: Time sensitive request. Do you have a friend or loved one who is locked up in jail, prison or a sex offense civil commitment facility? They may be eligible for a $1,200 stimulus payment and not know …rbchatelle
- The not so bold Peabody-Essex Museum September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Dave Olson, Editor The Salem News 300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 107 Danvers, MA 01923 Dear Editor, My name is Robert Chatelle and I live in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Since its founding in April of 2002, I have served …rbchatelle
- Questioning Corporate Media’s Thirst for Scandal in the Age of #MeToo August 16, 2020The Times Literary Supplement in a rave review of JoAnn Wypijewski’s provocative new book states: “It is thrilling and cathartic to watch Wypijewski slice through our culture’s flabbiest orthodoxies.” On this week’s installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” Wypijewski talks to …rbchatelle
- Funeral Services for Bruce Perkins July 24, 2020Carol called me this afternoon. She sounded very tired. But reconciled that Bruce was finally at rest. She does regret Bruce not ever getting to meet so many of his friends before he left. I told her we all knew …rbchatelle
- Joseph Allen Parole Hearing July 23, 2020The NCRJ has been sponsoring the case of Joseph Allen since 2004. It is a terrible case. Joseph was once even freed, with no restrictions, for a number of years after a judge ordered his acquittal. But the corrupt forces …rbchatelle
- Great News in the Wilcox-Aldridge Case! June 19, 2020“COLUMBUS — The state of Ohio will pay $1.2 million to M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Aldridge, former Huber Heights residents who were wrongfully convicted in 1985 of 23 child molestation charges and told it’d be 60 years before they’d …rbchatelle
- End the Sex-Offender Registries? May 29, 2020Yesterday I watched an excellent panel discussing the evidence for ending the sex-offender registries. If you were unable to tune in, you can now watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQUJR9X-kvM&t=621shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQUJR9X-kvM&t=621s…rbchatelle
- Please Join us for an Important Educational Event! January 22, 2021
- SO Law Litigation Across the Country
- Group sues over passport marker for sex offenders January 14, 20181-11-18 California: SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A group representing sex offenders sued again Thursday to challenge a law that requires a marker to be placed in the passports of people convicted of sex offenses against children. Attorney Janice Bellucci filed the lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles on behalf of her nonprofit organization, the Alliance […]
- Lawsuit over Indiana sex offender registry requirement January 14, 201812-21-17 Indiana: Three men have filed a lawsuit over an Indiana requirement that they register as sex offenders when moving to the state. They say they're being treated differently than other residents in similar situations. The men were convicted out of state, and before the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act was enacted. The lawsuit says […]
- New Passport Rules for Sex Offenders January 11, 20181-11-18 National: The US State Department has begun revoking the passports of registered child sex offenders. The change has been made in order to comply with a law passed last year, the International Megan’s Law. Under the new law, registered sex offenders who have been convicted of an offense against a minor will no longer […]
- Scarlet-Letter Passports Are Unjust and Irrational January 11, 201811-1-17 Washington DC: The new "unique identifier" for sex offenders stigmatizes people who pose no threat. The notice, which will appear on the second-to-last page of U.S. passports, is officially known as an "endorsement," but it is more like a badge of shame. "The bearer was convicted of a sex offense against a minor," it […]
- Sex offenders settle lawsuit over living in 'school zones' December 22, 201711-14-17 Michigan: GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Three Grand Rapids men on Michigan's Sex Offender Registry have settled a federal lawsuit against the state over housing requirements that restrict where they can live. They had been told they could not live in homes that were within 1,000 feet of a school zone. Attorney Sarah Riley Howard […]
- In bizarre case, 4th Circuit panel finds forced erections unconstitutional December 12, 201712-11-17 Virigna: A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in favor of a Virginia man who, as a teen, was once ordered by a lower court to be photographed while masturbating in the presence of armed police officers. That warrant was ostensibly part of an ongoing sexting investigation into the then-teen, Trey Sims, who had exchanged […]
- Federal court says state can put sex offender status on driver's licenses December 12, 201711-29-17 Oklahoma: Federal judges say red letters on driver’s licenses are not cruel and unusual OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court has ruled that Oklahoma can include aggravated sex offender status on driver’s licenses. The 2007 state law allows for the note to be included in red letters in three places on the driver’s license. […]
- COA: Churches aren’t school property; sex offenders can attend November 29, 201710-24-17 Indiana: Three convicted Boone County sex offenders can return to their church congregations after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined that churches are not considered “school property,” so state statute cannot prohibit the offenders from going to church, even when children are present. The appellate court handed down that decision Tuesday in John Doe […]
- Sex offender sues West St. Paul over its rule limiting where he can live November 19, 201711-19-17 Minnesota: Tom Evenstad moved into his friend’s West St. Paul home on Aug. 21. Three days later, a West St. Paul police investigator called the landlord and said Evenstad had to go. The city cited Evenstad’s first-degree criminal sexual conduct conviction in 1999 as the reason he could not live in the home, a […]
- Here's why sexual assaults are less of a problem in Canada November 14, 201711-14-17: MONTREAL — As reports of celebrity sexual assaults escalate in the United States, Americans might want to look to its northern neighbor for clues as to why it's less of a problem in Canada. The rate of reported sexual assaults and rapes in Canada is roughly half that in the U.S. There were 431,840 […]
- Group sues over passport marker for sex offenders January 14, 2018
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- NARSOL announces exciting new project January 25, 2021Lives on the Registry is a new project spearheaded by NARSOL; this time, we hear directly from the people whose lives are affected by the registry in short documentary-style films. It is well documented that the registry has included people from all walks of life; most of these people have suffered in silence for one […]admin
- Coming soon; Lives on the Registry January 22, 2021Coming soon! Watch https://youtu.be/8mHGd_D1tww and visit https://lives.narsol.org to learn more and follow the channel.admin
- Sex offenders at Moose Lake protest harsh conditions after deaths from COVID-19 January 21, 2021A group of sex offenders at a northern Minnesota treatment center is refusing to attend therapy sessions, while others are wearing black clothing as a show of solidarity, amid growing unrest after three men housed there died and scores more were sickened by the novel coronavirus. The acts of defiance were organized to call attention […]admin
- VIRGINIA BILL WOULD END CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS January 21, 2021[abcnews.go.com – 1/19/21] RICHMOND, Va. — Two Virginia Democratic lawmakers are spearheading a push to repeal a decades-old law that allows the state to hold certain sex offenders at psychiatric facilities indefinitely after their criminal sentences if they are deemed “sexually violent predators.” Critics say civil commitment laws are fundamentally unfair and violate the constitutional […]admin
- Laws based on inaccuracies lead to lifetime of shame for those who offended as juveniles January 12, 2021By Kristan N. Russell and Shawn C. Marsh . . . Few crimes stimulate such visceral reactions and deep-seated fears as sexual offenses. Accordingly, societal responses to sexual offending such as registration and notification laws tend to be quite punitive and highly stigmatizing for the offender. Yet these social control practices are widely considered by the public to […]admin
- 4th Circuit Strikes Bans on Internet, Legal Pornography For Sex Offender January 11, 2021[fd.org – 1/10/21] The Fourth Circuit held (link is external) that conditions of supervised release banning legal pornography and internet access are too restrictive and cannot be sustained as “reasonably related” under 18 U.S.C. 3583(d)(1) and are overbroad under 18 U.S.C. 3583(d)(2). The court explained that the district court abused its discretion in imposing an […]admin
- NARSOL and Vivante boards hold annual planning session January 11, 2021By Sandy . . . The NARSOL and Vivante boards, for the past several years, have met the first or second weekend in January to analyze their programs and progress of the previous year and to agree on the priorities for the new year. January 2021 differed in only one respect; rather than gathering together […]Sandy Rozek
- Shame — Part III January 11, 2021By a daughter seeking kindness See also Part I See also Part II Part III — What will the future be? Dad is still going through the court system. They want him to take a plea, but he will not. He is not […]admin
- Seventh Circuit orders names of six Indiana registrants removed from registry January 8, 2021By Olivia Covington . . . Six men required to register as sex offenders after moving to Indiana can have their names removed from the sex offender registry, the 7th Circuit has held, finding that the state’s registration law discriminates between offenders who have consistently lived in Indiana and those who more recently moved into the […]admin
- Shame — Part II January 6, 2021By a daughter seeking kindness Also see Part I “How it started” Part II – What it is now Page forward to March 2019. My dad had a new accusation against him and immediately was placed in handcuffs at age 71 while eating dinner. He was taken away without […]admin
- NARSOL announces exciting new project January 25, 2021