New Blogs Part 13
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No sexual abuse is ever acceptable. Sex offense laws and policies should be based on sound research and common sense, not fear, panic or paranoia. Current laws and policies that paint all sex offenders with one broad brush are counter- productive, wasteful, and cause needless harm. Each offense must be judged on its own merits with a punishment that fits the crime and does not waste taxpayer dollars. The public sex offender registry and residency restriction laws do not protect children but instead ostracize and dehumanize individuals and their families. Money spent on purely punitive measures would be better used for prevention, healing, and rehabilitation.
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New Blogs Part 13 Updated September 25 2021
IL: FORMER GOP HOUSE SPEAKER AGREES TO SETTLEMENT WITH MAN WHOM HE ALLEGEDLY MOLESTED AS A CHILD: REPORT
September 16, 2021
Source: rawstory.com 9/15/21
On Wednesday, CBS 2 Chicago reported that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has agreed to a “tentative” settlement with the man who alleges he paid him off to cover up child sex abuse.
“The man, referred to only as James Doe in filings, brought the breach-of-contract lawsuit in 2016 in a bid to force Hastert to pay the unpaid balance of the hush money, nearly $2 million. Hastert’s lawyers said the 2010 deal was void after Doe spoke about it to others,” said the report. “A Kendall County judge ruled last week that the defendant would be named in court if the case went to trial this month.”
Doe alleges that in the 1970s, Hastert, then a wrestling coach at his high school in Yorkville, Illinois, sexually abused him when he was a student athlete. Doe was one of multiple athletes Hastert was accused of molesting. Hastert has argued his innocence, claiming he was treating Doe for a groin injury, but has admitted in court to “mistreating” and “taking advantage of” athletes.
Read the full article: https://www.rawstory.com/dennis-hastert-lawsuit/
FOOD BRANDS FIGHT THE BACKGROUND CHECK
September 16, 2021
Source: tastecooking.com 9/14/21
A growing number of bakeries, restaurants, and ice cream companies are leading the charge to employ the formerly incarcerated.
“It’s the same work I was used to in prison, but the difference is that, in prison, I was working for 10 cents a day.” Alvin Wilson is a 66-year-old baker. Living in New York’s Westchester County with his sister, he’s spent the last seven years mixing brownie batter ingredients and packing the baked result at Greyston Bakery, the organization whose brownies can be found in your favorite scoop of Ben & Jerry’s, from Chocolate Fudge Brownie to Brownie Batter Core. Greyston was founded in 1982 as an “incubator for open hiring,” says the company’s CEO, Joseph Kenner. Open hiring, second-chance employment, and “Ban the Box” activism are company practices that both eliminate background checks and actively recruit formerly incarcerated individuals, who are often up against stigma and discrimination while searching for jobs.
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, 75 percent of returning citizens are still unemployed a year after their release, and a 2021 report by the US Chamber of Commerce says that having a criminal record reduces employment callback rates by 50 percent for white men and 65 percent for Black men. “A lot of doors are closed for formerly incarcerated people such as myself,” shares Mickey Wilkerson, who, after spending only three weeks incarcerated on New York’s Rikers Island, had to put months of initiative (and patience) into getting her driver’s license authorized—much less establishing full-time employment. The irony in Wilkerson’s story, and that of many others, is what Alvin Wilson alludes to when mentioning his horrifying paycheck while behind bars: big-time food corporations have been leaning on incarcerated labor for decades as part of their supply chain. Yet once released, these same individuals are labeled as anything from a threat to the work environment to an unreliable employee, based on archaic, racist stereotypes.
The argument for open or second-chance hiring is first and foremost for companies to respond to this pool of potential workers, made up of Wilkerson and her compatriots, which is too often overlooked. Kenner, Greyston’s CEO, argues that, particularly for an industry with razor-thin margins—which is also currently plagued with one of the greatest labor crunches in a generation—business can thrive when you incorporate open hiring. “Our partners are seeing their time to hire go from an average of 30 days to five or seven,” he shares. “Right off the bat, the time, money, and resources that go into excluding people through background checks, résumé requirements, and interviews are reallocated to better wages and keeping people.”
Read the full article: https://tastecooking.com/food-brands-fight-the-background-check/
KS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE PANEL HASHES OUT POTENTIAL CHANGES TO KANSAS OFFENDER REGISTRY
September 24, 2021
TOPEKA — Criminal justice advocates, experts and law enforcement are debating potential changes to the Kansas drug and sex offender registry, including whether registries should be made public and an exit mechanism for some offenders.
Of primary concern for the Kansas Criminal Justice Reform Commission Subcommittee on Proportionality and Sentencing is whether drug offenders should be included on a public registry or if that information should be available only to law enforcement. Under Kansas law, those with a drug conviction are required to register on the same public list as more than 10,000 convicted sex offenders.
As of March 1, 2021, the Kansas Public Offender Registry contained the names and addresses of 5,777 drug offenders. The full registry, which includes other offenders, is approaching 1% of the state population, leading many critics to argue the list has become bloated.
“I don’t think it should, especially the drug side, keep somebody from getting a decent job if you don’t have a job. That’s just plain common sense*,” said former Marysville Police Chief Todd Ackerman. He said information put together by the Council of State Governments indicated requiring an offender to register for the list did not reduce recidivism.
Ackerman oversees the subcommittee, which met Thursday to prepare a report for the full commission to discuss. Any final recommendations to the Legislature on the public registry will be determined when the commission approves a full report.
* I am glad someone besides me; recently called on people to use common sense, when it comes to the law. If you deny your conscience; you at least can use common sense.
New Blogs Part 13 Updated September 29 2021
This is a great man; who has climb up the ranks in the African American community. It would be a great blessing to have this man get probation and show the world probation works for a intelligent man like this.
Bill Cosby feels R. Kelly ‘got railroaded’ at sex-trafficking trial
September 28, 2021
Bill Cosby feels R. Kelly “got railroaded” in his sex-trafficking trial that ended Monday with guilty convictions on all nine counts against him, according to the newly freed comedian’s rep.
R. Kelly 'can be redeemed,' Rep. Danny Davis says
The 'I Believe I Can Fly' singer is will be sentenced on Wednesday and faces 10 years to life in prison: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/r-kelly-redeemed-anny-davis
New Blogs Part 13 Updated October 15 2021
Once again we see how sex offender laws continue to pervert our law and government.:
STOP SJR 1
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Senate Joint Resolution 1 (SJR 1) undermines the core American principle of being presumed innocent until proven guilty. If passed, it would deepen injustice and racial inequity in Texas’ criminal legal system.
Tell your State Representative: Stop jailing people who may be innocent.
Sign this petition here.: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/stop-sjr-1
If passed, SJR 1 will dramatically increase pretrial jail populations. It could subject more than 100,000 presumptively innocent people each year to unnecessary incarceration. This will disproportionately harm Black and Brown Texans. SJR 1 is a dangerous proposal that would not improve safety, but instead would deepen injustice and racial inequity in our criminal legal system.
My wife and I actually met these people, in a church we attended, in California. They are very intelligent; it was like talking to a college professor. If you read them you can see how they gently defend the Bible in a good way. I like that they are a hard core critic of phycology. There are so many psychotherapists: it must be hard up to find a job. It is this desperation that makes them so vulnerable to the police; especially for the scapegoat; them guilty of sex crimes in court.:
A student who is preparing to become a psychotherapist sent us a long email critical of our biblical position on the integration of Christianity and psychology. This person, like most of those who criticize us, has no idea of our position on either Christianity or psychology. That is because very few of the naysayers have read us!: https://pamweb.org/christian-psychology/bobgan-response-to-critic/
Spreading HIV Is Against the Law in 37 States – With Penalties Ranging Up To Life in Prison
September 26, 2021
Source: usnews.com 9/22/21 Despite the fact that HIV is now a treatable medical condition, the majority of U.S. states still have laws on the books that criminalize exposing other people to HIV. Whether or not the virus is transmitted does not matter. Neither does a person’s intention to cause harm. A person simply must be aware of being HIV-positive to be found guilty. These...: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2021-09-22/spreading-hiv-is-against-the-law-in-37-states-with-penalties-ranging-up-to-life-inprison
FL: DOJ Now Investigating Florida Sheriff’s Office For Using A Federal Grant To Fund Its ‘Predictive Policing’ Harassment Programs
September 27, 2021
Source: techdirt.com 9/21/21 The Pasco County (FL) Sheriff's Office believes in "intelligence-led policing." This is its formal slang for harassing residents until (in the office's own words) "they sue or move." The Sheriff's Office turns anyone with a criminal background into a suspect-for-life. Deputies visit residences and residents on the "intelligence-led" shit list multiple times a month, demanding answers to questions they have no...: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210916/19130747579/doj-now-investigating-florida-sheriffs-office-using-federal-grant-to-fund-predictive-policing-harassment-programs.shtml
To me this says the Supreme Court says this law is wrong and up to the enlightened states and the barbaric states of the south. I am from the south; so I can not be general about that statement. There are so many great people in the south; I hope we all prevail in the government: every single day.
Supreme Court won’t consider whether states can require ID cards for sex offenders
October 4, 2021 – 34 Replies
Source: nbcnews.com 10/4/21 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether states can require ID cards or drivers licenses to identify people as convicted sex offenders. A Louisiana man, Tazin Hill, challenged a state law that required him to carry an identification card that included the words "sex offender" in all-capital letters after he was convicted of having sex with a...https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-won-t-consider-whether-states-can-require-id-n1280702
FL: Florida Faces Challenges On Sex Offender Registry
September 29, 2021
Source: miami.cbslocal.com 9/28/21 TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — Florida is facing two constitutional challenges from men who live in other states and contend they have been improperly kept on public sex-offender registry lists in Florida. Oregon resident Moji Momeni filed a lawsuit Friday in Leon County circuit court alleging that his constitutional privacy and due-process rights have been violated because Florida continues to list him as...: https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/09/28/sex-offernders-florida/
New Study Finds Registries are Ineffective
September 30, 2021
A new study, published this month in the Journal of Experimental Criminology, finds that "SORN policies demonstrate no effect on recidivism." The study is based upon meta-analyses of 18 research articles about 474,640 formerly incarcerated individuals in several states. Read more about the study Download a PDF of the study: The-effectiveness-of-Sex-Offender-Registration-and-Notification-A-meta-analysis-of-25-years-of-findings: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11292-021-09480-z
GA: ‘HER DEATH WOULD NOT BE IN VAIN’: PETITION COULD CREATE NEW SEX OFFENDER ID POLICY FOR ATL NIGHTLIFE: https://www.cbs46.com/news/her-death-would-not-be-in-vain-petition-could-create-new-sex-offender-id-policy/article_dab2b044-2245-11ec-94fc-9fc0c17e2d93.html
Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Bill Cosby for Defending Convicted Sex Offender R. Kelly
October 1, 2021
Source: newsweek.com 9/30/21 Bill Cosby has been criticized by Jimmy Kimmel for defending R. Kelly after the singer's conviction for racketeering and sex trafficking. Cosby faced his own fall from grace in 2018, when he was convicted of three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. However, Cosby was released from prison in June this year, after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated his conviction. Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Bill Cosby for Defending Convicted Sex Offender R. Kelly: https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-kimmel-mocks-bill-cosby-defending-convicted-sex-offender-r-kelly-1634270
C.U.R.E. NATIONAL ACTION ALERT: BRING DOWN UNJUST, EXPENSIVE PRISON PHONE RATES: https://all4consolaws.org/2021/10/c-u-r-e-national-action-alert-bring-down-unjust-expensive-prison-phone-rates/
FL: Citrus County judge says being on the sex offense registry for life is punishment
Source: chronicleonline.com (found by Florida Action Committee) Howard decided on Monday a lifelong label as a sex offender was a suitable punishment for Ashlee _____, the Dunnellon 21-year-old who sexually coerced and molested a teenage boy. After Ashlee _____pleaded no contest to her fate, Howard adjudicated her guilty of soliciting a child for sexual conduct, two counts of lewd and lascivious molestation of a...: https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/crime_and_courts/hernando-man-felon-agrees-to-serve-20-years-in-prison-for-fatal-accidental-shooting/article_9b7a5022-1fb5-11ec-92ed-03a0ea722998.html#tncms-region-article_instory_middle
FL: Former Seminole County assistant state attorney enters plea on 2 felony sex charges
October 14, 2021
FL: Former Seminole County assistant state attorney enters plea on 2 felony sex charges
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Florida. — A former Seminole County Assistant State Attorney has entered a plea on two felony charges of having sex with a minor who worked for him. There was emotional testimony on Thursday in court from the victim, as Andrew Jones took the deal. WESH 2's Bob Hazen explains why he will avoid jail time for the crime. This former prosecutor, who...
October 7, 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_kn0b9jj4c
Senator John Cornyn introduces bill to help child abuse victims following Larry Nassar investigation
October 14, 2021
Source: click2houston.com 10/14/21 HOUSTON – Larry Nassar, the doctor for Team USA Gymnastics, is now a convicted sex offender. ... The proposal would require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other federal law enforcement agencies to utilize the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) model when investigating cases that involve child abuse, which has been seen as one source of the failures during the FBI’s investigation...: Senator John Cornyn introduces bill to help child abuse victims following Larry Nassar investigation
October 14, 2021
Source: click2houston.com 10/14/21 HOUSTON – Larry Nassar, the doctor for Team USA Gymnastics, is now a convicted sex offender. ... The proposal would require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other federal law enforcement agencies to utilize the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) model when investigating cases that involve child abuse, which has been seen as one source of the failures during the FBI’s investigation...: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/10/14/senator-john-cornyn-introduces-bill-to-help-child-abuse-victims-following-larry-nassar-investigation/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated November 05 2021
ABUSE OF POWER TERMINATED
October 17, 2021
Source: msn.com 10/7/21
A sergeant with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office has been terminated after the sheriff’s office said he abused his power during a traffic stop.
An internal investigation into a traffic stop found Vidler purposely targeted Jeremy Dewitte, a registered sex offender who has a history of arrests for impersonating a police officer.
Initially, Vidler said he was pulling the convicted felon over for carrying a firearm, but it turned out to be a pepper ball gun.
A sheriff’s office internal investigation found the pepper ball weapon was in plain view and not concealed, and that Dewitte should have been released, but instead he was taken to jail.
Read the full article: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/orange-county-sergeant-accused-of-abuse-of-power-terminated/ar-AAPfzui
FBI agents had women in office pose as kids to bait sexual predators, watchdog says
October 18, 2021
Source: mcclatchydc.com 8/3/21 FBI agents are accused of using photos of young staffers to lure sexual predators, authorities said. The U.S. Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General recently released a report accusing some FBI special agents of having women in the agency’s support staff — who were not certified to go undercover — pose as minors or sex workers in photos that were...: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article253221073.html?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=4cb5a19c-4ed5-4f5f-ba88-8aa02868a380
India Shocked to Discover that 96 percent of sexual abusers of minors in India are relatives or friends of the family
October 23, 2021
Source: goachronicle.com 10/23/21 Sexual abuse of a child is a horrific and heinous crime. Everyday in different parts of India cases of child sexual abuse are being reported, many however, continue to remain unreported. The most shocking truth about child sexual abuse in India is that in all child sexual abuse case reported in the country which is part of the National Crime Records...: https://goachronicle.com/96-percent-of-sexual-abusers-of-minors-in-india-are-relatives-or-friends-of-the-family/
SEPTA rape case is latest in a U.S. pandemic of police lying. There must be consequences.
October 26, 2021
Source: inquirer.com 10/24/21 The police disinformation about passengers watching the SEPTA rape is just one of a series of cop lies rocking the U.S. political debate. Enough is enough! You know the old adage that a lie travels halfway around the world before the truth gets a chance to put its pants on. In the aftermath of a shocking rape aboard a SEPTA El...: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/philadelphia-septa-rape-police-lying-20211024.html
OH: Ohio to Pay $17.5M to Convicted Child Sex Offender After Prison Guards Boasted About Paralyzing Him
November 4, 2021
Source: toofab.com 11/4/21 "It feels good to know that I played a small part in paralyzing a cho, LMAO." A convicted child sex offender in Ohio is to receive $17.5 million in compensation after prison guards left him paralyzed — and boasted about it afterwards. 21-year-old Seth Fletcher was left in a wheelchair and unable to move from the chest down after he was...: https://toofab.com/2021/11/03/ohio-to-pay-17-5m-to-convicted-child-sex-offender-after-prison-guards-boasted-about-paralyzing-him/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated November 21 2021
NY: MAN IN FISHKILL SUING TO BE REMOVED FROM SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
November 10, 2021
Source: wpdh.com 11/10/21
A man in Dutchess County who’s been forced to register as a sex offender says the registry is unconstitutional and he’s suing to be removed from it.
According to Inner City Press, Karl Pennington was arrested two decades ago for kidnapping a 17-year-old.: http://www.innercitypress.com/sdny40parkersexregistrynyicp110821.html?fbclid=IwAR1Cp5tTT9Y_M5Xw4mhDOHGR4U33jPI6d2kePXr_BeR3aHZdY-qWpYs0R_A
Currently residing at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, Pennington says he was forced to register as a sex offender because the child was under 18 and he was not their parent or guardian.
The crime was part of gang activity and, according to Pennington, is now causing him to stay in prison even though he’s been paroled. Thanks to New York’s Sexual Assault Reform Act, those who are listed on the sex offender registry are not allowed to reside within 1,000 feet of a school. Unfortunately, if that person has friends and family in New York City, that rule makes it virtually impossible to live with them. The residence restriction rules out being able to live in nearly all of Manhattan and the Bronx, as well as most of Brooklyn and Queens.
Because of this, people like Pennington are forced to remain behind bars even after being paroled. That’s why he’s filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality and enforcement of New York’s Sex Offender Registry rules.
Read the full article: https://wpdh.com/man-in-fishkill-suing-to-be-removed-from-sex-offender-registry/
MI: LEGAL EXPERTS WARN KIDS COULD FACE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES FOR TIKTOK CHALLENGE
November 11, 2021
Source: wwmt.com 11/11/21
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — TikTok “school challenges” have brought up alarming trends noticed by school districts.
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He said if it is not consensual and an investigation follows, you can be charged with assault and battery.
“If you don’t have consent to do something, a kiss, a touch, whatever it is, don’t do it,” Jones said.
Jones said it can be worse than that. Especially if you do more than just kiss the person without consent.
There can be a scenario where you grab them inappropriately.
If convicted of a criminal sexual misconduct in the fourth degree, you can be put on a sex offender registry which could ruin any future opportunities for graduating high school students.
“Talking about sex offender registry, that has to be disclosed to a university. A university can rescind what is going on based on that, it’s a potential public safety threat to the campus,” Jones said.
Read the full article: https://wwmt.com/news/local/legal-experts-warn-kids-could-face-legal-consequences-for-tiktok-challenge
CO: PROPOSAL TO CHANGE ‘SEX OFFENDER’ TERMINOLOGY IN COLORADO, SPRINGS DISTRICT ATTORNEY TESTIFYING AGAINST CHANGE
November 15, 2021
Source: kktv.com 11/15/21
According to a draft sent to 11 News from the Sex Offender Advisory Board, it would change the term of ‘sex offender’ to ‘those who have been sexually abusive’.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – The Sex Offender Management Board has voted to make changes in their terminology in how they label sex offenders.
According to Board Chair Kimberly Kline, the Board feels the change is needed after seeing a negative trend with rehabilitation for treatment with sex offenders. According to a draft sent to 11 News from the Board, it would change the term of ‘sex offender’ to ‘those who have been sexually abusive’. The Board believes that changing terminology will reduce risks and re-offending.
“Ultimately, it is about risk reduction,” said Kline. “When we are talking about risk reduction, we are talking about reducing recidivism or re-offense. If we are doing that, it is coming from a very victim centered standpoint. I think everybody can get behind that.”
District Attorney Michael Allen of Colorado Springs is against the proposal and believes the language should not be changed. In a press conference today, Allen says that taking away the label of sex offender is taking away from the crime that they committed with the victim.
“Words have meaning and actions have consequences,” said Allen. “Using the term sex offender recognizes the gravity of deviant sexual behavior committed against another person. This propose change diminishes the harm done to victims of sex offenders.”
Read the full article: https://www.kktv.com/2021/11/16/proposal-change-sex-offender-terminology-colorado-springs-district-attorney-testifying-against-change/
NJ: POLICE OFFICER ADMITS HAVING SEX WITH UNDERAGE GIRL
November 16, 2021
Source: beaumontenterprise.com 11/15/21
A New Jersey police officer has admitted to having sex with an underage girl and exchanging nude photos with her.
Mark Stinnard pleaded guilty in state Superior Court Monday to endangering the welfare of a child. The 37-year-old former Pompton Lakes police officer admitted having a sexual relationship with the girl and requesting that she take nude photos and videos and send them to him.
According to the Passaic County prosecutor’s office, police in Riverdale received a report in April 2018 of a minor being sexually involved with a police officer in Pompton Lakes. An investigation revealed the sexual relationship and that Stinnard would request that the child take nude photos and videos and send them to him.
Read the full article: https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Police-officer-admits-having-sex-with-underage-16623255.php
RESULTS OF PUNITIVE, INEFFECTIVE LAWS DRAFTED OUT OF UNFOUNDED FEARS
November 18, 2021 ·9 Comments
Source: floridaactioncommittee.org 11/18/21
I was at the registration office and due to COVID was told to sit outdoors, a ways back from where the glass intake door is. You cannot hear what is going on there, but you can see as you sit and wait in line. As I waited, I saw that the man that was registering was escorted inside the glass door and placed in handcuffs. And I felt an overwhelming sense of sadness. I felt as if a brother in our cause was being imprisoned… again. So much so that I turned to the other person waiting and said, “Did you see that?”
He nodded and said it will probably happen to him, too. I asked why and he said he missed his registration by one day, that he does not have a car and so arrived late when the office was already closed. By then it was my turn and I went up and as I sat the detective asked that man what was he was here for, because it was close to lunch, and she needed to know. The man said he missed his registration day and asked was he going to be arrested? The detective answered not sure and told him to remain where he was and then turned to me and asked the reason I was there. I told her and then asked her, in a low voice so the other man would not hear, whether the prior person arrested was for missing registration day and whether this other man would be arrested as well. She nodded yes.
Read the full article: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/member-submission-results-of-punitive-ineffective-laws-drafted-out-of-unfounded-fears/
CO: AMID CRITICISMS A SEX CRIMES REGISTRY IS ‘OVERLY HARSH,’ COLORADO REBRANDS THE TERM ‘SEX OFFENDER’
November 20, 2021
Source: thefederalist.com 11/20/21
The Sex Offender Management Board of the State of Colorado has voted to rebrand the term “sex offender,” replacing it with the euphemistic phrase, “adults who commit sexual offenses.”
The board’s decision passed following a 10-6 vote on Nov. 19 will not change the language used in criminal justice proceedings, the Colorado Sex Offender registry, or the name of the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board itself. It does, however, apply to the “Standards and Guidelines for the Assessment, Evaluation, Treatment and Behavioral Monitoring of Adult Sex Offenders.” Some on the board argued this new phrasing will aid rehabilitation efforts.
The SOMB reportedly considered a number of other terms to replace the phrase “sex offender,” including people who are “in treatment for engaging in sexually abusive behaviors” and those “who have committed sexual offenses.” Following this vote, the proposed change will be open for public comment for 20 days, and then the board will vote again on whether to alter the decision and make it final.
The rationale for the language shift is reducing stigma against those convicted of sex crimes, with the Denver Post claiming “many attorneys, people on the sex offender registry and even some victims have criticized Colorado’s management of this population as overly harsh and counterproductive to the goal of rehabilitation.”
New Blogs Part 13 Updated December 03 2021
OH NO: Epstein's Pilot Names Trump AND Clinton as Passengers
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, is currently underway and it’s uncovered new revelations about high-profile figures. Maxwell is accused of recruiting and grooming girls with whom Epstein and his associates would have illegal relations. On Tuesday, their former pilot of nearly 30 years, Lawrence Paul Visoski Jr., took the stand and said that while he never witnessed sexual activity on the planes he was flying, he did provide records as to who was on them. Visoski said that he flew planes with famous people including Prince Andrew, and former US Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. There are now many right-wing figures including Congresswoman Lauren Boebert who are claiming that the left must be shaking over the revelations that could surface in this trial, seeming to forget one of the key names involved in this controversy is their dear leader and hero, Donald Trump, who was also on those plane rides with Epstein. Watch here: https://davidpakman.com/2021/12/december-2-2021/
UK: MY OWN PUPILS TARGETED ME IN THE TIKTOK PAEDOPHILE CRAZE – NOW I CAN’T GO BACK TO OUR SCHOOL
November 24, 2021
Source: news.yahoo.com 11/23/21
Teachers have always had to expect a certain amount of stick from their pupils. It’s part of the job; normally we don’t grumble too much about it. Over my 14 years in the profession I’ve worked across nine secondary schools, teaching history in Wales, Blackpool, and Liverpool.
Sometimes, I encountered challenging behavioural problems. I’ve been told to “f— off”; called an “idiot” and a “tw–”. Teenagers can be aggressive, but as a teacher you can’t take any of it to heart. We have to depersonalise the abuse, leaving it at the school gates at the end of the day. Normally, I’m fairly good at doing that. It’s an issue I discuss regularly on Teachers’ Talk Radio, an online radio station I help to direct.
But a week ago, that changed. I was labelled a paedophile by an anonymous TikTok user, presumably a pupil at my school. For the first time in my career I felt truly shocked – and afraid.: https://news.yahoo.com/own-pupils-targeted-tiktok-paedophile-203125819.html
NY: CONVICTION OVERTURNED IN 1981 RAPE OF ‘LOVELY BONES’ AUTHOR ALICE SEBOLD
November 26, 2021
Source: kcra.com 11/24/21
SYRACUSE, N.Y. —A rape conviction at the center of a memoir by award-winning author Alice Sebold has been overturned because of what authorities determined were serious flaws with the 1982 prosecution and concerns the wrong man had been sent to jail.
Anthony Broadwater, who spent 16 years in prison, was cleared Monday by a judge of raping Sebold when she was a student at Syracuse University, an assault she wrote about in her 1999 memoir, “Lucky.”
Broadwater shook with emotion, sobbing as his head fell into his hands, as the judge in Syracuse vacated his conviction at the request of prosecutors.
“I’ve been crying tears of joy and relief the last couple of days,” Broadwater, 61, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “I’m so elated, the cold can’t even keep me cold.”
Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick told state Supreme Court Justice Gordon Cuffy at the court hearing that Broadwater’s prosecution was an injustice, The Post-Standard of Syracuse reported.
“I’m not going to sully this proceeding by saying, ‘I’m sorry.’ That doesn’t cut it,” Fitzpatrick said. “This should never have happened.”
Read the full article: https://www.kcra.com/article/alice-sebold-conviction-overturned-1981-rape-of-lovely-bones-author/38334898
CIA FILES SAY STAFFERS COMMITTED SEX CRIMES INVOLVING CHILDREN. THEY WEREN’T PROSECUTED.
December 1, 2021
Source: buzzfeednews.com 12/1/21
Declassified CIA inspector general reports show a pattern of abuse and a repeated decision by federal prosecutors not to hold agency personnel accountable.
Over the past 14 years, the Central Intelligence Agency has secretly amassed credible evidence that at least 10 of its employees and contractors committed sexual crimes involving children.
Though most of these cases were referred to US attorneys for prosecution, only one of the individuals was ever charged with a crime. Prosecutors sent the rest of the cases back to the CIA to handle internally, meaning few faced any consequences beyond the possible loss of their jobs and security clearances. That marks a striking deviation from how sex crimes involving children have been handled at other federal agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and the Drug Enforcement Administration. CIA insiders say the agency resists prosecution of its staff for fear the cases will reveal state secrets.
Read the full article: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/cia-employees-sex-crimes-children-secret-files-foia
CA: NUMBER OF PETITIONS GRANTED CONTINUES TO GROW
December 2, 2021
Source: ACSOL
Contra Costa County today granted the first petition under its consideration. The petition was submitted on behalf of a registrant convicted of PC 288(a) about 25 years ago who had successfully registered for more than 20 years.
Prior to today’s hearing, the relevant registration office determined that the registrant was eligible to submit his petition. During today’s hearing, the District Attorney’s office stated it had no objection to the petition being granted.
“Today was a great day not only for the registrant whose requirement to register has been terminated, but also for the Tiered Registry Law,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci who represented the registrant in court. “Contra Costa county demonstrated that it could and would follow the requirements of that law.”
It has been reported that petitions have also been granted by judges in two separate court houses in Los Angeles County as well as in San Diego. According to attorney Michele Kumaus, the San Diego Public Defenders office has filed at least 60 petitions and more than 20 of them have been granted.: https://all4consolaws.org/2021/12/ca-number-of-petitions-granted-continues-to-grow/
Since I found these two story's by accident, both from within the past 24 hours and I was updating this page today; I must be meant to post them.:
West Virginia man set up suicide attempt to avoid registering as a sex offender; Police say
Posted: Dec 3, 2021 / 11:14 AM EST / Updated: Dec 3, 2021 / 03:14 PM EST
A West Virginia man was arrested after police say he attempted suicide to elude being registered as a sex offender.: https://www.wtrf.com/news/west-virginia-headlines/west-virginia-man-set-up-suicide-attempt-to-avoid-registering-as-a-sex-offender-police-say/
Milton pastor on trial for child sex crimes commits suicide in Tennessee parking garage
Posted: Dec 2, 2021 / 06:15 PM CST / Updated: Dec 2, 2021 / 09:19 PM CST
The 66-year-old Milton pastor was on trial this week in Murfreesboro for multiple sex crimes against two teenage girls. Police say he was awaiting a jury’s verdict when the incident occurred.: https://www.wkrg.com/northwest-florida/santa-rosa-county/milton-pastor-on-trial-for-child-sex-crimes-commits-suicide-in-tennessee-parking-garage/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated December 08 2021
I compare the way so called sex offenders are treated in our country to the way Nazi's treated the Jewish people all the time and never regret one word of it. Once and a while the good people of the LGBT rights movement do the same thing; concerning LGBT people. Here is a recent article like that:
We’ve seen these disgusting attacks on women & LGBTQ people before
The common thread running through Nazi ideology was their intense campaign to control the bodies of members of entire communities in an attempt to control their minds.
Monday, December 6, 2021 : https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/weve-seen-disgusting-attacks-women-lgbtq-people/
If you want to be technical; our country does not treat so called sex offenders exactly like the Nazi's treated the Jewish folks. But if you count up all that were rounded up compared to how many were killed, to the smaller number of so called RSO's and how they have been killed, for being RSO's and those who have committed suicide; it is very comparable. Or you could say it is like just before they started to kill every Jewish person they could; when they realized the end was near for them. They are very similar as far as human rights violations during that barbaric period in history; compared to today. Learn from history or be doomed to repeat it. The main thing is we have completely ignored the constitution and will lose because of that.
New Blogs Part 13 Updated December 10 2021
Josh Duggar found guilty in child pornography trial
Josh Duggar worked for a hate group, telling people that LGBTQ rights are a threat to children. It turns out he was the real threat.
Thursday, December 9, 2021: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/josh-duggar-found-guilty-child-pornography-trial/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated December 11 2021
TN: TO END RETROACTIVE PUNISHMENT, A JUDGE HAS ORDERED THE REMOVAL OF EIGHT MEN FROM THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
December 3, 2021
Source: washingtonnewsday.com 12/4/21
To end retroactive punishment, a judge has ordered the removal of eight men from the sex offender registry.
To stop their retroactive sanctions, U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger ordered the removal of eight individuals from the sex offender list.
In her order on Friday, Trauger said, “Tennessee officials continue to defy the Constitution’s guarantees.” “The same analysis applies… to Tennessee’s own, very comparable scheme and practices, according to federal district courts in this state. Officials in Tennessee have continued to apply the state’s long-held-to-be-illegal policy on others in similar situations “Regardless of the rulings, she stated.
According to The Associated Press, the Ex Post Facto provision of the United States Constitution prohibits governments from increasing the punishment for a crime done before. To determine a clause violation, a judge must decide that the statute being applied retroactively is criminal. The violation, according to Trauger, is based on the law’s punitive aspect rather than the plaintiffs’ hardship.
Read the full article: https://washingtonnewsday.com/news/to-end-retroactive-punishment-a-judge-has-ordered-the-removal-of-eight-men-from-the-sex-offender-registry/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated December 13 2021
THE GREAT (FAKE) CHILD-SEX-TRAFFICKING EPIDEMIC
December 11, 2021
Source: theatlantic.com 12/9/21
A poster in the window of Cahoots Corner Cafe—great potatoes, good coffee—advertised a family event at the Oakdale, California, rodeo grounds. There would be food trucks, carnival games, live music, a raffle, and the opportunity to support the cause of “freeing child sex slaves.”
The event, called the Festival of Hope, was a fundraiser for the anti-child-sex-trafficking group Operation Underground Railroad, which was founded in Utah in 2013 and has achieved immense popularity on social media in the past year and a half, attracting an outsize share of attention during a new wave of concern about imperiled children. It is beloved by parenting groups on Facebook, lifestyle influencers on Instagram, and fitness guys on YouTube, who are impressed by its muscular approach to rescuing the innocent. (The nonprofit group is known for taking part in overseas sting operations in which it ensnares alleged child sex traffickers; it also operates a CrossFit gym in Utah.) Supporters commit to “shine OUR light”—the middle word a reference to the group’s acronym—and to “break the chain,” which refers to human bondage and to cycles of exploitation.
“PEDOPHILES CAN BE ANYONE,” Laura Pamatian, at the time a Palm Beach–based volunteer team leader for Operation Underground Railroad, wrote on Facebook in June. “They look just like you and me. They work with us … they sit next to us at our favorite restaurant … they are shopping with us at the grocery store.” To raise awareness, and funds, for Operation Underground Railroad, Pamatian helped organize a statewide motorcycling event. “It’s about saving children who are being raped and abused by pedophiles 10, 20, 30 times a day!” she wrote. “And I don’t say that to sensationalize the topic, I say it because it’s TRUE and it’s happening and NO ONE is talking about it!” Her volunteer chapter claimed that “upwards of 300,000” children are victims of sex trafficking in the United States every year.
New Blogs Part 13 Updated December 16 2021
I got this email from: https://www.collindemocrats.org/ and was very impressed with it. I will post the parts that really stood out to me. :
And a few weeks ago, workers in downtown Dallas were entertained by the QAnon nut cases gathering for the return of JFK junior, who according to them will run as 45’s Vice President in 2024 (never mind that he died in a plane crash twenty years ago.). News reports from even last week still had some of them there.
Much of this is just bizarre. But at the same time, I’m old enough to remember when we were mocking the Mullahs in Iran shutting down movie theaters because they were “anti-Islamic”, and then they took over the country.
As well, the transformation of Germany in the 1920s and 1930s into a NAZI state didn’t happen overnight. It happened gradually, so gradually that many didn’t realize it was happening. It happened because too many didn’t recognize the threat or take it seriously, and because “good Germans” looked the other way. And this is what is happening now in the Republican Party. Since the 2016 Presidential Election they have gradually but undeniably abandoned not just traditional conservative principles, but also democracy and the rule of law. They have made allegiance to the disgraced former President the sole litmus test for being a “true” Republican.
Since I am constantly comparing the treatment of so called RSO's to the way Nazi's treated the Jewish folks; I thought these few paragraphs would go good here. Since both sides call each other Nazi's is this the way we are going? Like I said a few days ago here: Learn from history or be doomed to repeat it.
Something came to me, in the past few minutes, since I posted here last.: What if all this was meant to be? What if I was chosen, to be the one to protest all this; since 1997? How ever we meet the righteous indignation, of our bitter end; I hope you will remember that I was the first one to warn you and that the end started, with the way we treated the so called RSO's.
New Blogs Part 13 Updated December 18 2021
Inmate Charged With Child Molestation Dies Of Apparent Suicide
A man facing multiple charges, including aggravated child molestation was found dead less than a week after he was arrested.: https://patch.com/georgia/decatur/inmate-charged-child-molestation-dies-apparent-suicide
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Department of Corrections said Thursday that it is investigating the death of an inmate as a possible suicide.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office said prison staff reported finding 47-year-old Leon Demel Latham unresponsive Tuesday morning in his private cell at the William Donaldson Correctional Facility.
He was pronounced dead at the prison infirmary about 40 minutes later.: https://www.enewscourier.com/news/inmate-death-under-investigation-as-apparent-suicide/article_1ecd5818-5a0b-11ec-b283-abe2255c885b.html
New Blogs Part 13 Updated December 21 2021
Sign this please!: https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/tell-attorney-general-merrick-garland-fire-trump-appointees-doj/
Tell Attorney General Merrick Garland: Fire Trump appointees in the DOJ!
Petition to Attorney General Merrick Garland:
Trump appointees have no place in the Biden administration. We demand that you fire Trump appointees still working in the Department of Justice.
Almost an entire year after leaving office, Donald Trump’s political appointees are still working in the Department of Justice.1 Even worse, there’s never been any investigation into whether Trump broke personnel rules by hiring them. That’s because Attorney General Merrick Garland says he’s not “looking backward.”2
As a nation, we can’t collectively move forward past the Trump administration if his cronies are still burrowed deep inside the Department of Justice.
Sign the petition: Tell AG Merrick Garland to investigate and remove Trump appointees in the DOJ!
Having Trump appointees installed in career positions at the DOJ is a ticking time bomb for the Biden administration. One of them, Deputy Solicitor General Chris Gannon went against the Biden administration and argued, in front of the Supreme Court, to deny Social Security benefits for residents of Puerto Rico.
Another Trump appointee, Alexander Haas, has used his position as Director of the Federal Programs Branch to weaken protections for student-borrowers from predatory for-profit colleges.
These cases may seem small but they impact real people, and the longer these Trump appointees remain in the DOJ the more likely they could become involved in high-profile cases like voting rights, immigration, or reproductive rights.
President Biden can’t afford to keep Trump aides inside the DOJ. If Attorney General Merrick Garland truly wants to look forward and not backward, he can start by removing Trump’s cronies from his agency.
Sign the petition: Tell AG Merrick Garland to investigate and remove Trump appointees in the DOJ!
Sources:
1. The American Prospect, “The Trump Officials Still Running Biden’s Justice Department,” December 13, 2021.
2. Washington Post, “Merrick Garland Will Not Deliver Your Catharsis,” July 19, 2021.
New Blogs Part 13 Updated December 27 2021
Chaim Walder, Charedi author accused of sex abuse, found dead in suspected suicide
The body of Israeli children's writer, who faced claims of abuse by several teenage girls, was found in a Petah Tikva cemetery
December 27, 2021, 9:02 pm
Chaim Walder, an Israeli Charedi children’s book author who was accused last month of sexual abuse by several teenage girls, was found dead Monday in an apparent suicide.
His body was found in a cemetery in Petah Tikva, in central Israel, after a passerby heard a gunshot and called police, according to Israeli news reports.: https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/chaim-walder-charedi-author-accused-of-sex-abuse-found-dead-in-suspected-suicide/
GA: GEORGIA SEX OFFENDERS TAKE FIGHT OVER ‘NO-TRICK-OR-TREAT’ WARNING SIGNS TO 11TH CIRCUIT
December 18, 2021
Source: courthousenews.com 12/18/2021
A group of registered sex offenders have asked the appeals court to overturn a federal judge’s ruling in favor of a sheriff’s office that posted signs telling trick-or-treaters to keep away from the offenders’ homes on Halloween.
ATLANTA (CN) — A class of registered sex offenders asked an 11th Circuit panel Friday to overturn a federal judge’s ruling allowing Georgia sheriff’s deputies to put warning signs on their lawns before Halloween.
The Butts County Sheriff’s Office has argued in legal briefs that it was merely trying to protect “unwary trick-or-treating children from coming face-to-face with sex offenders” when it began a policy in 2018 of putting signs in front of the homes of every registered sex offender in the county.
The signs read: “Warning! No Trick-or-Treat At This Address!! A Community Safety Message From Butts County Sheriff Gary Long.”
A leaflet was also given to residents of the homes, warning them that tampering with the signs is a criminal offense.
A class of sex offenders led by Christopher Reed, Reginald Holden, and Corey McClendon alleged in a lawsuit against the sheriff’s office that the signs violated their First Amendment rights. The men claimed they were unfairly required to appear to endorse the message.
“The signs deprived [plaintiffs] of their autonomy to determine what they would and would not say on their own property,” the plaintiffs argued in a brief submitted to the 11th Circuit.
Though the men won a court order in 2019 blocking the deputies from putting out the signs that year, the victory was short-lived.
Read the full article: https://www.courthousenews.com/georgia-sex-offenders-take-fight-over-no-trick-or-treat-warning-signs-to-11th-circuit/
CO: COLORADO BOARD REVERSES CONTROVERSIAL CHANGE TO “SEX OFFENDER” LABEL
December 21, 2021
Source: denverpost.com 12/20/21
Under pressure from the governor and the state’s public safety director, Colorado’s Sex Offender Management Board has reversed its controversial November decision to scrap the term “sex offenders” in its own guiding principles in favor of “adults who commit sexual offenses.”
The board, commonly referred to as the SOMB, voted 16-2 on Dec. 17 to “table” the language-change matter and refer it back to a subcommittee. It’s possible the board votes again to change terminology in the future, but the tabling means it’s not likely to happen anytime soon.
This decision followed a 10-6 vote by the board in November to stop using “sex offenders” in its own principles and policies. The board controls treatment standards for people convicted of sex offenses, and changing the language in this way would not have affected treatment or management policies. But it was hailed by supporters as an important step away from labels and toward “person-first” language that research shows can improve rehabilitation prospects.
After the November vote, however, the board opened a public comment period. That’s where things went off track.
The language change had gotten coverage on talk radio, on Fox News and in The Daily Caller, in addition to various Colorado outlets. More than 400 people submitted comment on the matter, an overwhelming number for a state board that tends to generate little public attention.
Public defenders and people who’ve committed sexual offenses, plus their family members and advocates, were supportive of the change. But comments from victim advocates and members of the general public were by far in favor of no language change. Law enforcement leaders have also opposed the change from the start.
“The coddling from some of the offender-affiliated representatives was repugnant,” tweeted Colorado sex assault survivor and motivational speaker Kimberly Corban, two days after the vote on a language change. “This shift is offensive for those of us who have experienced victimization at the hands of sex offenders who don’t like their ‘label.’”
Read the full article: https://www.denverpost.com/2021/12/20/sex-offender-label-colorado-jared-polis/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated January 03 2022
LMDC inmate dies after suicide attempt Published: Jan. 2, 2022 at 10:04 AM CST
On Jan. 1, UofL Hospital staff notified Metro Corrections and confirmed that the inmate was taken off life support and died.
“Gary Wetherill had been booked into Metro Corrections on Dec. 27, 2021,” said Steve Durham. Durham said Wetherill was arrested for failure to register as a sex offender and other charges.
New Blogs Part 13 Updated January 08 2022
SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that could come up in the 2022 legislative session would change restrictions for sex offenders. The bill is sponsored by Utah state Sen. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine.
The bill that could come up in next month’s legislative session would amend the state’s sex offender registry. Senate Bill 0052 would allow registered sex offenders to go to places like schools and parks, if they are with an adult. Also, if passed, the bill would replace the term “sex offender” with “registrant.”
Utah residents, find your Utah senators so you can call and write them to support this bill: https://senate.utah.gov/contact/
ID: SEX OFFENDER FREED AFTER APPEAL
January 4, 2022
Source: cdapress.com 1/4/22
COEUR d’ALENE — A man previously convicted of sexually abusing two children is free after the Idaho Supreme Court ruled that he was deprived of his right to a fair trial.
A jury convicted 39-year-old Robert J. Farrell-Quigle in 2018 of two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16, a felony punishable by up to life in prison.
First District Judge John Luster sentenced Farrell-Quigle to 25 years in prison, with 12 years fixed and 13 years indeterminate.
That meant Farrell-Quigle would spend at least a dozen years behind bars before becoming eligible for parole.
But an appeal to the state’s highest court and a subsequent plea deal set Farrell-Quigle free after a little more than three years.
Read the full article: https://cdapress.com/news/2021/dec/30/sex-offender-freed-after-appeal/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated January 16 2022
University of Michigan Fires Its President Over Inappropriate Relationship
Mark Schlissel’s contract was terminated immediately for interactions with a subordinate, the Board of Regents said.
Jan. 16, 2022
Updated 5:31 p.m. ET
The president of the University of Michigan, Mark S. Schlissel, has been fired for having a relationship with a subordinate that the university’s Board of Regents said violated university policy and was carried out “in a manner inconsistent with the dignity and reputation of the university.”
The board terminated Dr. Schlissel’s employment effective immediately after a special meeting on Saturday, ordering him to return all university property and canceling an agreement that would have continued paying him his base salary of $927,000 for two years after his contract was supposed to end in 2023.
The board named a former president, Mary Sue Coleman, as interim president.
In a letter to Dr. Schlissel on Saturday informing him that he was being fired, the board said that it had received an anonymous complaint on Dec. 8 that Dr. Schlissel had been involved in an inappropriate sexual affair with a subordinate.
“There can be no question that you were acutely aware that any inappropriate conduct or communication between you and a subordinate would cause substantial harm to the dignity and reputation of the University of Michigan,” the letter said.
Allegations of sexual misconduct in academia are not rare, but they more commonly involve students and professors, not university presidents. Dr. Schlissel’s firing is notable because it involved the leader of one of the country’s most prestigious universities.Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/us/mark-schlissel-fired.html
FL: Former Coral Springs Cop Sentenced For Soliciting Sex From Teen
January 10, 2022
Source: coralspringstalk.com 1/10/22 A former Coral Springs Police officer has been sentenced to 14-and-a-half months in state prison after pleading guilty to two counts of using a computer to sexually exploit a child, court records show. Steven Daniello, 64, who was arrested in January 2021, will also serve nearly four years of probation after completing his prison term, according to documents filed in Broward...https://coralspringstalk.com/former-coral-springs-cop-sentenced-37144
New Blogs Part 13 Updated January 25 2022
What do I think of the following article (below this paragraph)? I wonder how such things exist in a civilized society. If man lies to himself and says it is not unconstitutional or not inhuman to have RSO's; than they are lying to themselves. When you trust in your own lies to yourself; you trust in man. Jeremiah 17:5 “Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.”
11TH CIRCUIT DECLARES HALLOWEEN SIGNS VIOLATE FIRST AMENDMENT
January 19, 2022
Source: ACSOL
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today that declares Halloween signs posted in a registrant’s front yard violate the First Amendment. Specifically, the Court ruled that the signs violated the registrant’s right to be free from being forced to host a government message on his private property. At issue were signs posted by the sheriff in Butts County, Georgia.
In its decision, the Court stated “that the Sheriff’s interest in protecting children from sexual abuse is compelling. However, the yard signs are not narrowly tailored to achieve that goal.” The Court also stated “that yard signs alerting people to the residences of registered sex offenders on Halloween would prevent the sexual abuse of children” was not supported by evidence. Further, the Court dismissed the sheriff’s argument that “all convicted sex offenders pose enough of a recidivism risk to justify his signs.”
“ACSOL commends the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on the wise decision it issued today,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “ACSOL hopes that other circuit courts of appeal will follow this precedent.”
Today’s decision applies directly only to one of the three plaintiffs in the case because the court distinguished between the registrant who is a homeowner and the two registrants who are living in their parents’ homes. The Court noted, however, that the parents of the two registrants could challenge the Halloween signs and it is expected that they would receive a similar decision from the courts.
Attorney Mark Yurachek of Atlanta, Georgia, represented the three plaintiffs in this case. ACSOL submitted an amicus brief in support of this challenge to Halloween signs.
Download a PDF of the decision: https://all4consolaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/McClendon-11th-Cir-Halloween-signs-Jan-2022.pdf
McClendon – 11th Cir – Halloween signs – Jan 2022
I would think this (the article below) is a good decision (it is). Nevertheless I honestly believe social media is a huge waste of time and will only end in total disaster for human existence. It resembles mob mentality at it's best. At it's worst it is a murdering machine responsible for more and more deaths per week. I do not know the exact statistics but I assume someone dies in one way or the other related to so called social media; at least once a week.:
NY: SOCIAL MEDIA BAN ENDS FOR SOME SEX OFFENDERS IN NYS
January 24, 2022
Source: news10.com 1/24/22
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — People on the sex offender registry in New York State can now access the internet and social media platforms without restrictions, except in some cases. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Rutgers Law School Constitutional Rights Clinic, and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York secured a settlement on January 24 ending the ban.
The original Jones et al. v. Stanford complaint was filed against https://www.nyclu.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/ecf_1_complaint_w_civil_cover_sheet_2020-03-12.pdf the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) and New York Board of Parole in March 2020. The complainants challenged New York’s Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP) and DOCCS Directive 9201.
In 2008, e-STOP was put in place by former Governor Andrew Cuomo while he was Attorney General. The act originally targeted social media platforms like MySpace, AIM and Facebook to keep sex offenders off of those sites. According to NYCLU, e-STOP has since expanded its definition of social media to include websites with profiles, log-ins and subscription services.
The DOCCS website currently says e-STOP applies for those https://doccs.ny.gov/community-supervision-handbook/community-supervision on the sex offender registry if they meet one of the following criteria:
The victim of the offense was under the age of 18 at the time
They have been designated a Sex Offender Registry Level 3 sex offender
The internet was used to facilitate the commission of the crime
According to the amended Jones et al. v. Stanford complaint https://www.clearinghouse.net/chDocs/public/CJ-NY-0016-0002.pdf , Directive 9201 completely banned all internet access for sex offenders under community supervision. This complaint was filed in June 2020.
A major focus of the complaint was that sex offenders who did not use of the internet for the offense were also banned from using the internet. The complaint emphasizes what a vital part of life social media has become and the ban is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech.
In September, a preliminary injunction was put in place https://www.nyclu.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/37-_pi_decision.pdf , blocking the state from imposing social media restrictions on people convicted of sex offenses who did not use the internet. The approved settlement puts in place a permanent injunction. https://www.nyclu.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/jones_so_ordered_settlement.pdf
“This is a crucial settlement that underscores the reality that in the 21st Century the internet and social media are prerequisites for speech and participation in society,” said Daniel Lambright, senior staff attorney at the NYCLU. “With this settlement in place, people convicted of sex offenses that did not involve the use of internet or social media will no longer be banished en masse from an essential resource that helps them reintegrate into society by staying in touch with family, searching for jobs and housing, and reading the news.” : https://www.news10.com/news/ny-news/social-media-ban-ends-for-some-sex-offenders-in-nys/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated January 27 2022
Witness Can Confirm Matt Gaetz Was Told He Had Sex With a Minor
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED
One of the key interactions Joel Greenberg claims to have had with Matt Gaetz is a phone call informing Gaetz that they’d been sleeping with a minor. Someone witnessed the call.
Updated Jan. 26, 2022 9:28PM ET / Published Jan. 26, 2022 7:45PM ET
On Sept. 4, 2017, according to his confession letter, Joel Greenberg called his friend Rep. Matt Gaetz with some bad news.
A teenager both men had paid to have sex with was underage, Greenberg claimed. Now, two sources tell The Daily Beast, a cooperating witness can confirm details of that call for one damning reason: He was in Greenberg’s office when the call took place.
The witness, “Big Joe” Ellicott—Greenberg’s longtime best friend and an employee at the Seminole County tax office—recently pleaded guilty to fraud and drug charges as part of a cooperation agreement with federal prosecutors.
Read full article here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/witness-can-confirm-matt-gaetz-was-told-he-had-sex-with-a-minor
No charges yet for former LMPD detective, despite investigation concluding he broke law
Reporting Jan 26, 2022 Updated 12 hrs ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Two internal investigations concluded that a former Louisville police detective pressured multiple confidential informants into performing sexual acts on him and lied about it to investigators — and that his actions broke the law.
But two years after the investigations began, Brian Bailey has not been criminally charged. The commonwealth’s attorney’s office says it’s still deciding whether to charge Bailey, now more than seven months since it received the bulk of the evidence from the Louisville Metro Police Department’s criminal investigation. Read more here: https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/no-charges-yet-for-former-lmpd-detective-despite-investigation-concluding-he-broke-law/article_4d744000-7ec8-11ec-8ac5-3f1cb460ae1d.html
Biden signs order criminalizing military sexual harassment
01/26/22 04:14 PM EST
President Biden
JOE BIDEN
Wednesday signed an executive order making sexual harassment a criminal offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and enhancing the military’s response to domestic violence and wrongful distribution of intimate visual images.
The order follows the sweeping military justice reforms included in the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that for first time criminalizes the offense under the code.
“The Biden-Harris administration thanks Congress for the bipartisan commitment to pass monumental reforms to our military justice system,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. “We also look forward to continuing to work with Congress to support the safety and dignity of our service members.”: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/591516-biden-to-sign-order-criminalizing-military-sexual-harassment
New Blogs Part 13 Updated January 29 2022
FL: IS PROFIT DRIVING FLORIDA’S SEX OFFENSE REGISTRY?
January 28, 2022
‘More Sex Offenders Equals More Money’
So why does Florida feel the need to include dead or incarcerated individuals, and people not even residing in the state of Florida, in the FDLE database?
Here’s the Orlando Weekly’s answer, published in 2005: “Besides portraying Florida as crawling with offenders, the overall figure can help determine how much money Florida gets to comply with registry laws…. More sex offenders equals more money.”
Has anything changed since then? My experience suggests nothing has. But there’s more to ponder about the nature of federal grants to communities that are aimed at reinforcing sex offender laws.
A rarely discussed provision of the federal Adam Walsh Act (AWA) penalizes states that refuse to adopt the controversial Sex Offender and Community Notification (SORNA) guidelines. These states lose 10 percent of their Justice Assistance Grants (JAG) or “Byrne” Grants.
(In reality, that number is closer to 6 percent, since only the funds that goes to the state, not local, law enforcement agencies are penalized. Under JAG/Byrne, 60 percent goes to state police and 40 percent goes to local agencies.)
Currently, only 18 states are considered “substantially compliant” with SORNA guidelines. However, states can file extensions to use the otherwise lost Byrne/JAG funds towards SORNA implementation.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, 34 states and U.S. territories were not compliant with SORNA’s requirements. These jurisdictions received a combined $5,265,649 reduction to their FY 2020 JAG awards. They were allowed to apply to reallocate the 10 percent penalty to promote SORNA implementation.
Eleven SORNA-noncompliant states did not apply to reallocate the penalty (up from six states in FY 2016). Per the Act, the $2,014,088 withheld from these jurisdictions will be reallocated to SORNA-compliant states as part of the FY 2021 JAG award, the BJS said.
This penalty is divided among the 18 states and four U.S. Territories currently considered “substantially compliant” with SORNA, with larger states receiving more money. Out of the $1,972,552 in penalty funds reallocated to SORNA-compliant states for the FY 2020, Florida collected an additional $378,143.
The next largest states, Michigan and Ohio, received only around $180,000. The Northern Mariana Islands, the territory with the smallest population of Registrants, received only $1,627.
This scheme is far more lucrative than becoming compliant with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). Florida received only $7,718 in bonus funds for compliance with PREA.
Overall, Florida received around $14.5 million in JAG/Byrne funds for FY 2020.
Florida has understood for years that Predator Panic is a lucrative business, and the Florida legislature is quite adept at propagating fear and loathing among the public.
Read full article here: https://thecrimereport.org/2022/01/27/is-profit-driving-floridas-sex-offense-registry/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated February 04 2022
ACSOL NEW JERSEY ACTION ALERT: PETITION TO ABOLISH OR REFORM THE NEW JERSEY SVP CIVIL COMMITMENT LAW
January 31, 2022
Source: Jim Grushack started this petition on Change.org to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy
The symbol above is associated with the legal system and the principles of fairness and equity.
Then, why is it that the symbol of justice, is wearing a blind fold? Is it because the legal system only wants to see, what it wants to see? Plus, she is carrying a sword, to protect and to cut through to the truth. So what truth is she protecting, certainly not the accused sex offender?
Eleanor Roosevelt once stated, “Justice cannot be for one side alone but must be for both which needs to be fair and equal.”
So why is it that sex offenders are the only ones civilly committed and placed on a Sex Offenders Registry, after serving their required sentence, why not all offenders, where is the fairness? What is good for one offense should be good for all offenses.
Under the New Jersey (SVP) Sexually Violent Predator Act, a Sex Offender after serving their sentence, they are petitioned by the state to be civilly committed as an SVP offender. Once the person is designated as an SVP offender, they are to be place for an indeterminate amount of time in custody of the state, and to receive sex offenders treatment within the confinement of a state secure facility. This treatment is at the Special Treatment Unit, connected to the East Jersey State Prison. The facility is run by D.O.C.(Dept. of Correction) for security, and D.H.S.(Dept. of Human Services), for Sex Offenders Treatment . (For information on the cruel and punishing Civil Commitment please see attached links at the bottom of this petition).
Read the full petition and sign it: https://www.change.org/p/abolish-or-reform-the-new-jersey-svp-civil-commitment-law
GA: 11TH CIRCUIT SAYS A SHERIFF VIOLATED THE FIRST AMENDMENT BY POSTING WARNING SIGNS ON THE LAWNS OF REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS
February 2, 2022
Source: Reason.com 2/1/22
Butts County, Georgia, Sheriff Gary Long cited no evidence to support his pre-Halloween stunt.
JACOB SULLUM | 2.1.2022 6:25 PM
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 unconstitutional government-compelled speech. The decision strikes a blow against irrational policies that stigmatize sex offenders without any plausible public safety payoff—in particular, panicky precautions against the special danger they allegedly pose on Halloween.
Several days before Halloween in 2018, two sheriff’s deputies put up cautionary signs in the front yards of all 57 registered sex offenders in Butts County. “WARNING!” the signs said. “NO TRICK-OR-TREATING AT THIS ADDRESS!!” This “community safety message,” the signs explained, was “from Butts County Sheriff Gary Long.” After trespassing on private property to publicly shame the people living there, the deputies told the affected residents they were not allowed to remove the signs.
In a message on his official Facebook page, Long explained that “my office has placed signs in front of every registered sex offender’s house to notify the public that it’s a house to avoid.” He claimed “Georgia law forbids registered sex offenders from participating in Halloween, to include decorations on their property.” As Long later conceded, that was not true.
Read the full article: https://reason.com/2022/02/01/11th-circuit-says-a-sheriff-violated-the-first-amendment-by-posting-warning-signs-on-the-lawns-of-registered-sex-offenders/
MI: ACLU SUES STATE OFFICIALS FOR THE FOURTH TIME OVER UNCONSTITUTIONAL MICHIGAN SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT
February 2, 2022
Source: aclumich.org 2/2/22
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 over the latest version of the law. It is the fourth federal lawsuit the civil rights organization has filed challenging SORA in the past decade. The federal courts and the Michigan Supreme Court have repeatedly ruled that the earlier iteration of SORA was unconstitutional.
Today’s lawsuit, Does v. Whitmer, or Does III, filed in U.S. District Court, argues that the new SORA statute, which went into effect in 2021, is also unconstitutional. Specifically, SORA fails to provide for individual review or an opportunity for removal, forcing tens of thousands of people, including people who didn’t even commit a sex offense, to be branded as sex offenders and subjected to extensive, and in most cases life-long restrictions, without any consideration of their individual circumstances, which is a violation of their due process and equal protection rights. The 193-page complaint also argues that SORA imposes unconstitutional retroactive punishment, including by retroactively extending the registration terms of thousands of people to life.
Michigan has one of the largest registries in the country; there are approximately 45,000 Michigan registrants, and almost 10,000 more who live out of state.
“For nearly a decade, we have been fighting to put an end to an ineffective, bloated and unconstitutional registry that not only fails to protect survivors, but in fact makes families and communities less safe,” said Miriam Aukerman, ACLU of Michigan senior staff attorney. “The latest version of SORA is more of the same, and still puts tens of thousands of people on this list automatically without any consideration of their individual circumstances. What we’re asking for is very simple: consider the facts in each case before someone is tarred as a sex offender for life. Dying shouldn’t be the only way a person can get off the registry.”
New Blogs Part 13 Updated February 18 2022
I do not post these stories for people to feel sorry for people guilty of sex offences. I post them to show how people would rather die than be charged with such a crime. It is proof positive of cruel and unusual punishment.
Garnet Valley man who pleaded to sexual assault may have committed suicide
PUBLISHED: February 17, 2022 at 8:30 p.m. | UPDATED: February 18, 2022 at 5:51 a.m.
MEDIA COURTHOUSE — A bench warrant was issued Thursday for a Garnet Valley man who may have died of suicide in Philadelphia after pleading guilty last year to a consolidated count of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child.: https://www.delcotimes.com/2022/02/17/garnet-valley-man-who-pleaded-to-sexual-assault-may-be-suicide/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated February 20 2022
Meta Exec Out After He Admits to Sexting With 13-Year-Old
Published Feb. 18, 2022 5:20PM ET
A global community manager at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, lost his job after he appeared in a viral video admitting to graphic, inappropriate communications with a 13-year-old boy. It is unclear whether Jeren Miles resigned or was fired after video went viral on YouTube in which he made the shocking admission. Miles deleted his Facebook and Twitter profiles, according to TechCrunch. He is not accused of carrying out, or intending to carry out, any kind of sex act with the boy. A Meta spokesperson said, “The seriousness of these allegations cannot be overstated. The individual is no longer employed with the company. We are actively investigating this situation and cannot provide further comment at this time.”: https://www.thedailybeast.com/meta-global-community-manager-admits-to-sexting-with-13-year-old-loses-job
New Blogs Part 13 Updated February 24 2022
SOTOMAYOR HAS CONSTITUTIONAL CONCERNS IN CASE OF SEX OFFENDER WHO COULDN’T FIND HOUSING
February 23, 2022
Source: abajournal.com 2/23/22
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is expressing “serious constitutional concerns” in the case of a sex offender forced to spend additional time in prison because he couldn’t find housing far enough away from schools in New York City.
Sotomayor raised her concerns in a Feb. 22 statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to deny certiorari in the case of Angel ____.
Sotomayor said she agreed that Angel’s cert petition doesn’t satisfy the court’s criteria for hearing cases. But she raised questions about the effects of a New York law that bans certain sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school after their release, which is “no easy task” in New York City.
Angel had proposed living with his mother and daughter in their New York City apartment when he qualified for release to community supervision. But the residence was too close to a school, as were dozens of other addresses that he proposed.
“Despite the empirical evidence, legislatures and agencies are often not receptive to the plight of people convicted of sex offenses and their struggles in returning to their communities,” Sotomayor wrote. “Nevertheless, the Constitution protects all people, and it prohibits the deprivation of liberty based solely on speculation and fear.”
Read the full article: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/sotomayor-has-constitutional-concerns-in-case-of-sex-offender-who-couldnt-find-housing
‘Cult-Like’ Ohio Church is Secret Hotbed of Incestuous Abuse, Minister’s Niece Says
‘SYSTEMIC FAILURE’
Serah Bellar alleges her mother, father, uncle, brothers, and a local cop abused her for years while covering it up from local authorities.
Published Feb. 23, 2022 6:16PM ET
Athens County Prosecutor’s Office; Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail
An Ohio woman who escaped her family’s home after years of what she described as horrific, religiously-motivated abuse has filed a lawsuit accusing her mother, father, uncle, brothers, and a local cop of not only causing the abuse, but allowing it to continue, then covering it up once authorities became suspicious.
In the 22-page civil suit, filed Feb. 21 in Cincinnati federal court, Serah Bellar says her parents “mandated” that all of their 18 biological children and one adopted child attend their uncle’s Dove Outreach Church in Waverly, Ohio.
“This cult-like ‘church’ is owned, operated, and ministered by Defendant James Bellar, the brother of Defendant Robert Bellar,” the suit states. “Defendant James Bellar preaches that siblings are meant to procreate with one another.”
James Bellar’s ministry “is here according to the call of God to serve you in Jesus' name,” his website tells visitors. “If you have a need that I am able to help you with just ask. This Homepage will provide you with useful tools and information to help any along in their spiritual walk; who will turn from the world of sin unto God the Father in the name of the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ.” Read whole article here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/serah-bellar-niece-of-dove-outreach-church-minister-in-waverly-ohio-accuses-family-of-sex-abuse-in-lawsuit
New Blogs Part 13 Updated March 01 2022
Pharr Child Sex Assault Suspect Commits Suicide
March 01, 2022
A Pharr man and suspected child molester who was about to be arrested shot and killed himself in front of police.
An arrest warrant had been issued Sunday for 56-year-old Loren Pogue on a charge of child sexual assault. A Pharr police officer spotted Pogue driving on I-2 Monday afternoon and pulled him over in Donna.
Police say Pogue got out of his vehicle, drew a weapon, and shot himself in the chest. He was rushed to the hospital where he died a short time later. Police have not released details on what led to the child sexual abuse warrant.: https://www.kurv.com/pharr-child-sex-assault-suspect-commits-suicide/
BIDEN’S SCOTUS NOMINEE JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON ONCE ARGUED JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS ‘UNFAIR’ TO so called SEXUAL PREDATORS
March 1, 2022
Source: thepostmillennial.com 2/28/21
President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson once authored an unsigned “Note” in the Harvard Law Review arguing that America’s judicial system is “unfair” to sexual predators, according to findings discovered by an American Accountability Foundation investigation.
Jackson argued the unconstitutionality of certain preventative measures adopted as common practices by state governments and applied to confirmed sex offenders.
Per the Harvard Law Review article “Prevention Versus Punishment: Toward a Principled Distinction in the Restraint of Released Sex Offenders,” she argued that America’s judicial approaches might be unfair to sex offenders.
“This Note critiques current judicial approaches to characterizing sex offender statutes and suggests a more principled framework for making the distinction between prevention and punishment,” Jackson wrote in the piece.
Jackson maintained that “even in the face of understandable public outrage over repeat sexual predators, a principled prevention/punishment analysis evaluates the effect of the challenged legislation in a manner that reinforces constitutional safeguards against unfair and unnecessarily burdensome legislative action.”
However, her reasoning isn’t one of legal precedent however—state governments have been using these practices for decades. She argued from a position that looks to protect offenders from what she described as a cultural atmosphere of hate.
“In the current climate of fear, hatred, and revenge associated with the release of convicted sex criminals, courts must be especially attentive to legislative enactments that use public health and safety rhetoric to justify procedures that are, in essence, punishment and detention,” Jackson wrote.
Read the full article: https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-scotus-nominee-judicial-system-unfair-sexual-predators
President Biden has just nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court – an exceptionally well qualified woman who has demonstrated over the span of her career a commitment to upholding the constitutional values of equality and justice for everyone.
By nominating Judge Jackson, President Biden has also honored his commitment to nominate the first Black woman to our nation’s highest court – providing a long overdue and historic opportunity to expand diversity on the Court.
This is an incredibly joyful moment in our nation’s history, which we should celebrate.
Sign our petition now and urge the Senate to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as quickly as possible! >>: https://act.pfaw.org/sign/confirm-kbj-blueamp/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated March 02 2022
BIDEN’S SCOTUS NOMINEE JUDGE KETANJI BROWN JACKSON ONCE ARGUED JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS ‘UNFAIR’ TO so called SEXUAL PREDATORS
Sign and send to your U.S. senators: Confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court to expand representation.
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American nominated to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He spent his life fighting for equal treatment under the law, dismantling racial segregation, and the dignity of all mankind.: https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/letters/sign-and-send-to-your-us-senators-confirm-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-the-supreme-court-to-expand-representation
Sign the petition to the U.S. Senate: Confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court without delay
President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court. This is a historic nomination – of the 115 justices who have served on the Supreme Court bench, 108 have been white men. There has never been a Black woman on the bench, and there have only been three justices of color in the court’s entire history.: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-to-the-us-senate-do-not-delay-confirm-bidens-scotus-nominee
Add your name: the Senate must confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
President Biden just announced his pick to replace Justice Breyer on the Supreme Court, marking two years since he made his initial pledge to choose the first Black woman justice.
This nomination is cause for joy and celebration. As the Supreme Court is poised to imminently overturn Roe v. Wade
, despite the vast majority of Americans supporting the right to abortion care, we need the Senate to do everything possible to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
Join us in demanding that the Senate swiftly confirms Biden’s pick for Supreme Court Justice.: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/add-your-name-the-senate-must-confirm-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-the-supreme-court
Constitutional Rights Blog Updated March 03 2022
President Biden has just nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court – an exceptionally well qualified woman who has demonstrated over the span of her career a commitment to upholding the constitutional values of equality and justice for everyone. By nominating Judge Jackson, President Biden has also honored his commitment to nominate the first Black woman to our nation’s highest court – providing a long overdue and historic opportunity to expand diversity on the Court.
This is an incredibly joyful moment in our nation’s history, which we should celebrate.
Sign our petition now and urge the Senate to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court as quickly as possible!: https://act.pfaw.org/sign/confirm-kbj-blueamp/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated March 04 2022
Ride-share driver accused of sexually assaulting passenger dies by suicide
Thursday, March 3rd 2022
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The ride-share driver accused of sexually assaulting a passenger in Las Vegas died by suicide last month, the Clark County Coroner's office confirmed.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said they found Dawed Mekonene, 30, unconscious at Clark County Detention Center on Saturday, Feb. 19.
He was taken to UMC, where he died three days later.: https://news3lv.com/news/local/ride-share-driver-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-passenger-dies-by-suicide-las-vegas-dawed-mekonene-sex-assault-battery-crime-nevada-lvmpd-metro-police-clark-county
ALI COUNCIL APPROVES MOST OF MODEL PENAL CODE
The Council of the American Law Institute (ALI) has approved most of the model penal code (MPC) adopted by its members. The Council’s approval took place during its meeting held this week following a decision in January to delay consideration of the model penal code.
The most significant portions of the MPC include: (1) significant reduction in the number of offenses that require registration, (2) maximum registration period of 15 years, (3) elimination of all public registries and (4) prohibition against many collateral consequences.
“The American Law Institute is to be commended for its decision to approve most of the model penal code,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “They did so despite strong opposition from the U.S. Department of Justice as well as thirty-seven state attorneys general.”
Specifically, the ALI Council approved MPC limits the number of registerable offenses to a total of 11 offenses. The offenses include (1) sexual assault by aggravated physical force or restraint, (2) sexual assault by physical force, (3) sexual assault of an incapacitated person, (4) sexual assault of a vulnerable person, (5) aggravated offensive sexual contact, (6) sexual assault of some minors, (7) incestuous sexual assault of a minor, (8) exploitative sexual assault of a minor, (9) fondling some minors, (10) aggravated offensive sexual contact with a minor under 18 and actor is more than 5 years older and (11) sex trafficking.
Individuals convicted of a registerable offense would be required to register a maximum of 15 years which could be reduced to 10 years for some individuals. In order to qualify for the 10-year registration period, an individual must not re-offend as well as comply with parole, probation or supervised release conditions.
The ALI Council approved the elimination of public registries and would limit most disclosures of information on the registry to law enforcement. Registry information could be available upon application to adult victims and parents of minor victims, as well as qualified public and private organizations that work with minors, the elderly, the disabled and other vulnerable populations.
Included in the MPC approved by the ALI Council are prohibitions in most cases regarding residency restrictions, access to schools and access to the internet. These prohibitions can only be waived after an evidentiary showing that there are special circumstances in that case and only for a limited period of time.
In a sharply worded letter from the U.S. Department of Justice, the federal government stated it would “urge U.S. jurisdiction not to change their law to accord with it (the model penal code).” The two-page letter criticizes the ALI, in general, and the model penal code, in particular. According to that letter, provisions of the International Megan’s Law “could not function” if states adopt the model penal code.
“We must remember that ALI’s approval of the model penal code is the first of many steps leading to new registration laws in this nation,” stated Bellucci. “The next step will be to lobby state legislatures to adopt the model penal code.”
Related article:
9-Year-Olds Are Being Forced to Register as Sex Offenders. That Might Finally Change.
You may not have heard of the Model Penal Code, but it affects most of our lives. It was first published by the American Law Institute—an independent organization of thousands of lawyers, judges, and scholars—in 1962, with the goal of encouraging U.S. states to standardize their criminal codes. Though not legally binding, the Model Penal Code was hugely influential, with a majority of states adopting it wholly or in part. The current revision, almost a decade in the making, will guide states to update their laws based on knowledge that we’ve acquired over the past 60 years.: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/02/john-walsh-sex-offender-registry-change.html
New Blogs Part 13 Updated March 09 2022
MN: Group pushes to take children off Minnesota’s Predatory Offender Registry
March 7, 2022
Source: msn.com 3/5/22 MINNEAPOLIS — Patty Wetterling just wanted the person who kidnapped her son to be caught. She never imagined her pursuit would lead to the creation of a list of more than 18,000 predatory offenders in Minnesota that could include children as young as 10 years old. "It was never intended to have 10-year-olds on the sex offender registry," said Wetterling, whose...: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/group-pushes-to-take-children-off-minnesotas-predatory-offender-registry/ar-AAUF5BH?li=BBnb7Kz
ACSOL Nationwide Action Alert: Write to Support the Approved ALI Model Penal Code
March 7, 2022
Source: ACSOL During its May 2022 meeting, Members of the American Law Institute (ALI) will consider revisions to the Model Penal Code approved by the ALI Council last week. "ALI members must vote upon the version of the Model Penal Code approved by the ALI Council," stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci.
ACSOL members are encouraged to send letters soon to ALI to voice their support for the Model Penal Code that was already approved by the ALI Council. Ask that ALI’s members approve them at their meeting May 16 through 18.
Letters can be sent by email to
ali@ali.org
or by U.S. mail to
The American Law Institute
4025 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Here is ACSOL’s letter. Please write your own letter in your own words:
ALI Letter – March 202203072022: https://all4consolaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ALI-Letter-March-202203072022.pdf
ACTION ALERT: PLEASE TAKE THIS ONCEFALLEN SURVEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND PERSONS FORCED TO REGISTER
March 9, 2022
Source: Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com
Over the years, various individuals and groups seeking to reform and/or abolish sex offense laws have experienced harassment on social media platforms. Some, like Facebook, are known to allow attacks against Registered Persons. Law Enforcement even use social media to pass along registry information. And many social media platforms are hosts to online “anti-pedo” or “anti-Predator” groups that actively harass and threaten Registered Persons.
Please take this this survey if you are a Registered Person, the loved one of a Registered Person, or if you are simply involved in efforts to reform/abolish post-conviction sex offense laws like the registry or civil commitment
AND
If you currently use, OR have used, social media in the past (particular current popular sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, or SnapChat), then this survey is for you.
Even if you have never personally experienced harassment online, so long as you’re a Registrant/loved one/ anti-registry activist AND you use or have used a popular social media platform, then please take my survey.
Also, please share my survey on your website, blog, social media platform, etc. This is the full link: https://www.supersurvey.com/Q1G41DK3G
I need as many as possible to take this survey, as I plan to use the results in future reports and possible meetings with social media platforms. It only takes 5-10 minutes tops to do, it is 15 multiple choice questions, and the last question is just “additional comments.”
Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com
Registered Citizen/ Civil Rights Advocate
#abolishtheregistry
New Blogs Part 13 Updated March 23 2022
Russian Soldier Accused of Raping Ukrainian Woman After Killing Her Husband
3/23/22 AT 11:42 AM EDT
Ukraine has opened its first rape investigation against a Russian serviceman accused of repeated assaults on a Ukrainian woman after killing her unarmed husband near Kyiv, the country's prosecutor general said on Tuesday.
Allegations of rape have circulated since Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24, in a war that has left thousands dead and massive destruction, but this is the first time prosecutors have said there is enough evidence to start a legal process.: https://www.newsweek.com/russian-soldier-rapes-ukrainian-after-killing-her-unarmed-husband-prosecutors-1690894
THE TRAILER: HOW CAMPAIGN RHETORIC ABOUT CHILD PORN MADE IT TO THE SUPREME COURT HEARING
March 23, 2022
Source: washingtonpost.com 3/22/22
In this edition: Why Republicans are talking about pedophilia this week, how contempt is shaping Ohio’s U.S. Senate primary, and what’s happening in the race to replace Don Young.
Treat a senator: Print out your favorite part of the newsletter and turn it into a big, scary poster. This is The Trailer.
The White House dismissed it with a joke. A National Review columnist called it a “smear.” And the paid media campaigns against Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court have ignored it completely.
And yet, on Tuesday morning, the first accusation Jackson was asked to respond to was the one first made by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) — that she had given sexual predators and people caught with child pornography the most “lenient” sentences she possibly could.
New Blogs Part 13 Updated March 25 2022
Earlier today, in an unprecedented showing of bipartisanship among Republicans and Democrats on a death penalty case, liberals and conservatives in the Texas state legislature held a press conference in support of clemency for Melissa Lucio. Melissa is currently scheduled to be executed on April 27 for a crime that didn’t happen.
"I have never seen a more troubling case than the case of Melissa Lucio," Rep. Jeff Leach said. "We gotta use that voice to save an innocent person.”
Nearly 90 members of the state legislature have signed a letter urging the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. Abbott to grant clemency for Melissa.
Take a moment to hear Texas Republican and Democratic officials speak out in support of Melissa Lucio now. Then, add your name to the petition calling on Texas to stop the execution and text SAVEMELISSA to 97016.
P.S. If you’re near San Antonio, Texas, we encourage you to attend the 26th Annual Cesar E. Chavez March for Justice in San Antonio on Saturday, March 26, 2022, beginning at 8:30 a.m. CST. Details can be found here. Bring your Save Melissa signs and join supporters.
State policies shape people’s daily lives, and state-level political battles shape the national landscape. But too many state government stories go under-reported or unreported; local news coverage is on the decline in states across the country.: Add Your Name: https://innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop-execution-of-innocent-melissa-lucio-texas/
TX: Public awareness event at the Texas Civil Commitment Program
March 18, 2022
posted on FAC website 3/18/22 April 9th, 10:30am Central Time, in front of the Texas Civil Commitment Center, 2600 S. Sunset Ave, Littlefield, Texas 79339 @ 10:30am Please join us for a public awareness event at the Texas Civil Commitment Program on Saturday, April 9 to rally against abuses within the program and call for a meaningful pathway to release. Our plan for those...: https://all4consolaws.org/2022/03/tx-public-awareness-event-at-the-texas-civil-commitment-program/
GOP Self-Humiliates Over SCOTUS Nominee: https://davidpakman.com/2022/3/march-24-2022/
Tell the Senate to Confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson!: https://act.pfaw.org/sign/confirm-kbj/
New Blogs Part 13 Updated April 05 2022
EXPERTS SAY SEX OFFENDER REGISTRIES DON’T WORK. CAN THEY BE FIXED?
March 24, 2022
Source: news.yahoo.com 3/24/22
What’s happening
During confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Republicans hammered away at her record in cases involving sex offenders. Much of that centered around misleading claims about sentences she handed out to people convicted of possessing child pornography. But GOP senators also repeatedly questioned Jackson on her views on sex offender registries, a topic she wrote about as a law student in the 1990s.
In 1994, Congress enacted a law mandating that all states create registries of people convicted of sex offenses and crimes against children. Two years later, it passed what’s known as Megan’s Law, a follow-up bill that made information in those registries available to the public. Since then, a broad slate of new laws has been passed, which expanded the types of crimes that classify someone as a sex offender and imposed strict rules they must meet to avoid further criminal punishment. As of 2018, there were an estimated 900,000 people in the U.S. listed on sex offender registries.
The vast majority of Americans believe sex offender registries make their communities safer, according to polls. A growing body of research, however, suggests otherwise. A long list of studies using decades of data have found no significant evidence that registries prevent sex crimes. Some even indicate that the laws imposed on sex offenders may make them more likely to commit crimes in the future.
Unlike most criminals, sex offenders face strong restrictions on where they can live, work and travel that last long after their sentence has been completed — often for the rest of their lives. Many report experiencing “social death” that makes it difficult to maintain employment or be part of their communities. For example, sex offenders are often barred from living within a certain distance of schools or other areas where kids gather. In some dense areas of the country, that rule can make entire cities inaccessible and, in the most extreme situations, force sex offenders to remain in jail or live clustered together in makeshift encampments.
New Blogs Part 13 Updated April 07 2022
Russian troops commit horrific acts as they ‘rape a 3-year old’ then dump her lifeless body on top of her sister
APR 22 12:54 PM
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT OF WAR CRIMES
Russian soldiers have been accused of raping a 3-year-old girl in Ukraine and then throwing her lifeless body on top of her dead 17-year-old sister.: https://londonlovesbusiness.com/russian-troops-commit-horrific-acts-as-they-rape-a-3-year-old-then-dump-her-lifeless-body-on-top-of-her-sister/
Digital Desk: Over 300 incidents of rape by Russian soldiers, including children aged 12 to 16, have been recorded in Ukraine, according to the country's Armed Forces on Monday.
Apr 7, 2022
"Among these are gang rapes and rapes in front of minors," she explained. "There have also been allegations of sexual assault by Ukrainian military and civic defense groups." : https://pragnews.com/international/over-three-hundred-cases-of-rape-sexual-violence-by-russian-forces
New Blogs Part 13 Updated April 12 2022
Former Republican staffer sentenced to 12 years in prison for operating child pornography ring
Friday April 08, 2022 · 9:42 AM CDT
The Department of Justice detailed the evidence against Ruben Verastigui, and this case is extremely disturbing.
[Warning: Graphic description of the DOJ’s case is listed ]: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/4/8/2090794/-Former-Republican-staffer-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-operating-child-pornography-ring
Pedophilia accusations were once a fringe QAnon belief. Now it’s a standard GOP tactic.
LGBTQ people and Justice Ketanji Jackson Brown are the latest examples of how Republicans have laundered a crackpot QAnon theory and made it an all-purpose political libel.
Sunday, April 10, 2022
New Jersey, USA - November 2nd, 2020 - Day Before Election Day Trump Rally - Hooded man wearing a Qanon sweatshirt at Trump Rally with Truck and Flags in front of him .: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/04/pedophilia-accusations-fringe-qanon-belief-now-standard-gop-tactic/
He was good in Snow Dogs. I really liked that movie. The first dog I owned when I was about 11 years old was a Alaskan Husky. He was good in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machete_Kills too.
Cuba Gooding Jr. Pleads Guilty to Forcible Touching
Mr. Gooding had faced a criminal trial on charges of unwanted sexual touching of three women in Manhattan restaurants and nightclubs in 2018 and 2019.
Cuba Gooding Jr. in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday.
April 13, 2022
Updated 3:52 p.m. ET: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/nyregion/cuba-gooding-jr-guilty.html
New Blogs Part 13 Updated July 06 2022
What bothers me about this article is the naked men around children and not getting arrested. This is what I have been saying for years; rich and rural neighborhoods and arrest people left and right for sex offences; yet no one seems to care about the many sex offences that are perpetrated in the city's everyday. Maybe it is double standard for the police in the cities; not being able to afford the draconian laws on sex offenders. If it was all measured in its entire true scope; at least the mentally challenged, sentences on our citizens imprisoned, would be much less. It is all wrong no matter how you look at it. :
Jul 1, 2022 DailyWire.com
One Seattle Pride event featured several men riding their bicycles naked as some children watched; during another event some men paraded around naked in front of children, according to footage posted of the event.: https://www.dailywire.com/news/seattle-preacher-arrested-during-pride-event-says-crime-was-reading-bible-in-park
