WomenAgainstRegistry.org ~ Arizona Chapter
Critics of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson have portrayed her as too lenient on sex offenders, drawing in part of a law review article she wrote decades ago as a student. “All 50 states have sex offender registries but Judge Jackson doesn’t think perverts should have to register. She says it ‘stigmatizes’ THEM,” Lars Larson, a […]
Newswise — The U.S. government spent an estimated $5.4 billion last year at the state and federal level to incarcerate adults convicted of sex crimes against children under age 18, according to a new study led by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health researcher. The study calculated annual spending on incarcerated adults convicted of […]
When city density makes it impossible to live far enough away from a school, New York sex offenders end up in indefinite incarceration. EMILY ZANTOW / February 22, 2022 WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court turned down a challenge Tuesday from a convicted sex offender whom the state refused to let out of prison when he […]
Civil rights organization says it’s unconstitutional to label people for life without individual review DETROIT – Today the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU), on behalf of 10 people who all previously won federal court rulings that Michigan’s Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) is unconstitutional, filed a federal class action lawsuit against state officials […]
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that at least 95 percent of all state prisoners will be released from prison at some point. However, convicted sex-offenders almost exclusively face the vengeful, additional punishment of registration under the Sex Offender Registry and Notification Act (SORNA). Generally, under SORNA, an individual who is required to register as a sex offender […]
There are several new notice and form requirements for the landlord and the tenant that can have significant impacts on the unlawful detainer process. An unlawful detainer can only be filed and granted after the landlord receives a Certificate of Participation from a DRC. Landlords are required to participate or offer ERP. Tenants are not […]
Good read on CO DA and Lobbyist working toghether. Read the full article here: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/20/colorado-prosecutors-police-influence-legislature/ Excerpts…. Tom Raynes has helmed the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council for a decade. It used to have a lot more power, he said, recalling a talk he had years ago with his predecessor. “He said, ‘In my day, I’d […]
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Online sex offender registries, which all 50 states maintain as a condition of federal funding, stigmatize the people listed in them long after they have completed their sentences, creating obstacles to housing and employment while exposing registrants to public humiliation, ostracism, threats, and violence. Three years ago, a federal judge ruled that such consequences amounted to cruel […]
Willman v. United States Attorney General, No. 19- cv–10360 (6th Cir. 2020) Nature of Case: Plaintiff brought a § 1983 civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of federal SORNA on various grounds, including Ex Post Facto, Double Jeopardy, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, First Amendment, Privileges and Immunities, Overbreadth, Vagueness, and Fourth Amendment. Federal defendants sought dismissal. […]
