Witch Hunt Mentality Equals A Win For Registrants
U.S. Supreme Court Denies Appeal Of Sex Offender Decision-January 2018
https://cumberlink.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/u-s-supreme-court-denies-appeal-of-sex-offender-decision/article_6057d6e8-2e8d-59b2-ba4c-9d4cb053a6b0.html
House Bill 1952, June 12, 2018
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2017&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1952
PA Legislature Revises Sorna In Attempt to Fix Unconstitutional Megans Law Provisions
https://goldsteinmehta.com/blog/recent-changes-in-sorna
“Challenging the Punitiveness of the ‘New” Generation’ SORN Laws”
Wayne Logan has a terrific new article on the recent challenges to sex offender registration and notification laws, forthcoming in the New Criminal Law Review. Here is the abstract: Sex offender registration and notification (SORN) laws have been in effect nationwide since…
HOW OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING LAWS HARM PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED
“In some states virtually the only ‘profession’ open to a once-convicted felon is that of burglar; he is barred from other activities because he is presumed to be a person of bad moral character, regardless of the nature of the felony or its relevance…
ACSOL CONFERENCE: SEX OFFENSE LITIGATION AND POLICY FELLOW TO SPEAK
Guy Hamilton-Smith, a fellow at the Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Research Institute, will speak at the ACSOL conference on both June 15 and June 16. As a speaker, he will address two issues — child pornography and how to…
Memo to Senators: Swallow Your Doubts About the First Step Act
The House bill passed last week won’t solve every problem facing our justice system, but it’s a lot better than doing nothing, says a former inmate who hosts the “Decarceration Nation” podcast. Last week, legislation designed to accelerate reentry for…
Time analysis of impact of SORN
Please see the link below, this is PDF of an analysis of the impact of SORN. It is quite lengthy but it is so very worth the read. Abstract: Sex offender registration and notification (SORN) laws were implemented to protect communities…
Encouraging responsible news coverage
Check out this article from one reporter calling on his colleagues to step up their game and do actual fair and balanced reporting instead of encouraging hype and hysteria. http://www.lifeonlist.org/why-reporters-should-stop-using-predator/
The courts are starting to catch up…
Back in July, the PA supreme court ruled that retroactive application of individuals sentenced before SORNA was applied is unconstitutional. Finally, the court’s are catching on with what the data and those who are familiar with constitutional law have been…
Amazon Smile
This Father’s Day, please remember WAR when shopping for dad on Amazon! You can do this through Amazon Smile. Happy Father’s Day!
Help for those with a record
With the United States holding 25% of the world’s prison population, more organizations such as the below should exist. Especially since every department that plays a part in the DOJ system doesn’t seem to think that leading in this area…
What does the National Center for Exonerations data show?
Take a look for yourself in the link at the bottom of the page. This is from the National Registry of Exonerations. Please note which charge has the highest percentage of perjury/false accusation and the 2nd highest percentage of official…
Where laziness and carelessness are allowed to roam
Once noticed, it’s hard to ignore. It’s like becoming well acquainted with a language and trying to avoid reading a single word when staring at the interior of a book. This becomes all the more blantant and frusturating as it…
2016 Crime Review: A look at the effectiveness of sex offender registries
It may run counter to conventional wisdom, but it is exceedingly rare for a person registered as a sex offender to be charged with a new sexual offense in Cumberland County. Of the 75 charged sex crime cases in Cumberland…
Youth Act in D.C. gives all but juvenile registrants a break
In the D.C. judicial system, there is a second chance act that is designed to give those juveniles who have been accused of committing non-sexual crimes a second chance. Or third. Or fourth. Or fifth. When granted by a judge,…