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Pedophilia And The Media: A Message From The Comms Director of a Sexual Offense Law Reform Advocacy Group
By Sandy Rozek | January 11, 2023
Sandy Rozek argues in this opinion piece for TCR's Viewpoint series that media outlets should be careful about the words they use when discussing pedophilia, child sex abuse and those on the sex offender registry.
Which of these would you favor as a husband for your beloved daughter?
‘The slick fella, too handsome for his own good, whose shifty eyes furtively appraised the family silver,’ or, ‘the well-dressed, good-looki...
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Their Time Served, Sex Offenders Are Kept in Prison in ‘Cruel Catch-22’
New York prisons will not release people convicted of some sex offenses until they find housing far from schools. But that is hard to do, especially from behind bars.
“In effect,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, “New York’s policy requires indefinite incarceration for some indigent people judged to be sex offenders.”Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times
By Adam Liptak
March 7, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON — A...
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11th Circuit Says a Sheriff Violated the First Amendment by Posting Warning Signs on the Lawns of Registered Sex Offenders
Butts County, Georgia, Sheriff Gary Long cited no evidence to support his pre-Halloween stunt.
JACOB SULLUM | 2.1.2022 6:25 PM
(Butts County Sheriff's Office)
A Georgia sheriff violated the First Amendment when he posted signs on the lawns of registered sex offenders to warn away trick-or-treaters, a federal appeals court said in a recent ruling. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit unanimously concluded that the signs amounted to unconstitut...
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9-Year-Olds Are Being Forced to Register as Sex Offenders. That Might Finally Change.
Sex offender registry laws don’t work. Here’s what might. | Column
OPINION
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Guest Column
Meghan M. Mitchell,
Kristen M. Zgoba,
Alex R. Piquero
The uncomfortable truth? Those who commit sexual offenses are usually not strangers.
There are roughly half a million sexual assault incidents in the United States every year — and more than 11,000 in Florida alone. These numbers are troubling.
Kristen M. Zgoba [ Provided ]
So it’s no surprise that people search the sex offender registration website to make sure that no one convicted o...
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UNTOUCHABLE
NARSOL is making the award-winning film UNTOUCHABLE available for institutional streaming to all of its members and affiliates from December 4th thru 7th 2021. SOPRI has reserved a screening slot on December 5th at 5:30 pm where we will use Zoom and stream the film to those who would like to watch the film together and discuss it afterward. If you are unable to make the SOPRI Zoom screening, don’t worry we can also send a link with credentials that will allow you to watch the film during the ope...
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NCMEC ignores its own research and lies about “stranger danger”
NARSOL rebuts NCMEC's false claims opposing ALI recommendations
Raleigh, North Carolina | October 18, 2021 -- The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) was co-founded by John and Reve Walsh and is funded by the U.S. Dep’t of Justice. Along with the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) and the American Law Institute (ALI), NCMEC seeks to protect our nation’s children and improve the safety of our society as a whole.
NCMEC recently issued a pres...
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Is the Tide Turning Against Public Sex Offender Registries?
https://filtermag.org/public-sex-offender-registry/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=filter
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American Law Institute Adopts Revisions to Model Penal Code That Include Major Changes to Sex Offender Registries
Posted: June 16, 2021
By Professor Ira Ellman
On June 8, 2021 the membership of the American Law Institute gave its final approval to a revision of the Model Penal Code’s chapter on Sexual Assault and Related Offenses. The American Law Institute, established in 1923, is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. The current Council of the ALI includes 7 members of the United States Courts of...
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