WomenAgainstRegistry.org ~ Arizona Chapter
Labeling theory proposes that self-identity and behavior of individuals may be determined or influenced by the words used to describe or classify them; the stigma and isolation resulting from labels attached to those who deviate from social norms can be demeaning and may become deeply entrenched in one’s self-concept (Goffman, 1963; Maruna, LeBel, Mitchell, & […]
I’m a public defender. My clients would rather go to jail than register as sex offenders. by Rachel Marshall on July 5, 2016 When I first became a public defender, I believed the worst punishment that my clients would face would be time in jail. Since then, I’ve learned that incarceration is not the only […]
CARSON CITY — A judge Thursday will consider an emergency motion filed by lawyers for 17 unnamed plaintiffs seeking an 11th-hour stay of a Nevada law implementing new sex offender registration requirements. Clark County District Judge Douglas Smith scheduled the hearing Tuesday, a day after attorneys Maggie McLetchie and Alina Shell filed a 96-page motion […]
Federal Officials Ignored Years of Internal Warnings About Deaths at Private Prisons Twenty thousand pages of previously unreleased documents reveal constant alarm from investigators—and disregard from leadership. In February, The Nation reported that at least 38 men died in the BOP’s privately run prisons from 1998 to 2014 in the wake of inadequate medical care. […]
Recently Congress passed and President Obama signed International Megan’s Law. The new law allows a “unique identifier” to be added to the passports of registered citizens. The alarming thing about this law is the same as the public registry. There is simply no empirical evidence supporting a need for such punitive and humiliating action. Janice Bellucci, […]
Most everyone in AZ is familiar with Hunter Osborn, a 19-year-old student at Red Mountain High School in Mesa who exposed a private part in a picture of the school’s yearbook. His “case” was presented on the Dr. Drew show, the 4th of May, this year. The day after this show aired, ALL charges against […]
For lack of a better title to this story I think this says it all. A Mesa football player was booked on 70 counts related to a team photo that shows him exposing himself, the number of charges could be reduced or dropped according to USATodayHSS where a prosecutor in Mesa, AZ says, Mesa police booked […]
Please read this story from semissourian.com to understand how inane the laws of our Country have become and how afraid of dealing with our American Veterans just because of a “label.” http://www.semissourian.com/story/2296311.html Please read the comments at the bottom of this story when you get a chance. There are comments from both-sides-of-the-fence which will show […]
State appeals ruling keeping boy off sex offender registry LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s attorney general is appealing a federal judge’s decision to block the state from putting a 13-year-old boy who moved to Nebraska from Minnesota on its public list of sex offenders. Suzanne Gage, a spokeswoman for the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, said […]
mass-market magazine continues to sway court cases
What’s the Real Rate of Sex-Crime Recidivism? One sentence in a 1986 mass-market magazine continues to sway court cases involving sex offenders. By Steven Yoder In the early 1980s, rehabilitation counselor Robert Longo could hardly have known that his work with convicted sex offenders would make him a minor celebrity. At the time, he was […]