Witch Hunt Mentality Equals A Win For Registrants
Author: Kimberly
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…