WomenAgainstRegistry.org ~ Arizona Chapter
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. […]
For those unaware, when the Adam Walsh Act was passed by Congress in 2006, they delegated the implementation to the Department of Justice (DOJ) who then formed the Sex Offender Sentencing Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART) office. The SMART office then developed guidelines for states to meet in order to continue to receive their […]
The Coronavirus pandemic is a global emergency. People confined against their will in high concentrations at close proximity in notoriously overcrowded facilities are extremely vulnerable to this invisible, quickly spreading threat. Civil rights and human rights organizations have called on officials to release persons from the traditional legal system but have overlooked people confined to […]
As a partial Abstract from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1068316X.2017.1421640 on “Labeling” please refer to the link to read this very important article. Pass on to your local Police Dept Detective or your Probation Dept as well as other members of your family and friends. Labeling a person by their past behavior or a criminal conviction is commonplace throughout […]
