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Community Notification Upheld by Three Circuits

Article • April 15, 1998 • from PLN April, 1998

Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Double jeopardy (Hearings), Disclosure of Records, Ex Post Facto

Community Notification Upheld by Three Circuits by In the December, 1997, PLN we reported Doe v. Gregoire , 960 F. Supp. 1478 (WD WASH. 1997), wherein a district court ruled that Washington's "community notification" statute violates the ex post facto clause insofar as releasing information to the public regarding sex …

Washington Sex Offender Notification Enjoined

Article • December 15, 1997 • from PLN December, 1997

Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration

Washington Sex Offender Notification Enjoined by The federal district court for the western district of Washington has issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the state from retroactively applying the provision of Washington's Community Protection Act of 1990 calling for the "community notification" of recently released sex offenders. The plaintiff, identified only …

New Jersey Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated

Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997

Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Injunctions, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Disclosure of Records

New Jersey Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated by In the July, 1995, issue of PLN we reported Artway v. Attorney General of New Jersey, 876 F. Supp. 666 (D NJ 1995) where a district court held that a New Jersey sex offender registration law was constitutional as far as requiring …

New York Sex Offender Registration Enjoined

Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997

Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Disclosure of Records, Ex Post Facto

New York Sex Offender Registration Enjoined by A federal district court in New York held that a state law allowing public notification of sex offenders released from prison violates the ex post facto rights of those offenders convicted before the law was passed. Since 1990 at least 46 states, starting …

TRO Granted in Alaska Sex Offender Registration

Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995

Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Ex Post Facto

TRO Granted in Alaska Sex Offender Registration by Since 1990, when Washington state passed the Community Protection Act (CPA), many states have followed suit and copied its provisions. The Washington CPA is one of the most draconian laws of its type in the country concerning the registration and civil commitment …

WA Passes Record Anti-Prisoner/Defendant Legislation

Article • August 15, 1995 • from PLN August, 1995

Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Medical Expenses, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Victims, Boot Camps, Overcrowding, Staffing, Exercise, Hygiene Supplies, Public Defenders, Prisoner Privileges, Education, Good Time, Parole, Probation, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Restitution, Immigration, Extended Family Visiting, Religious Names, State Legislation

WA Passes Record Anti-Prisoner/Defendant Legislation by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In the March, 1995, issue of PLN I gave a rundown on most of the anti-prisoner and defendant legislation then pending in the legislature. After we had gone to press for that issue Ida Ballasiotes, the rabid chair of …

NJ Sex Offender Registration Ruled On

Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995

Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Disclosure of Records

NJ Sex Offender Registration Ruled On by In 1990 Washington state passed the Community Protection Act which contained provisions requiring that sex offenders register with police and it also allowed law enforcement officials to notify the public of the sex offender's address, criminal history, etc. Since then several other states …

Federal Crime Bill Passes

Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994

Filed under: Transfers, Police Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Sex Offender Registration, Tuberculosis, DNA Testing/Samples, Drug Testing, Crime/Demographics, Crime, Databases, Overcrowding, Education, Disclosure of Records, Consent Decrees, Limitations, Good Time, Three Strikes, Immigration, Death Penalty, Federal Legislation, Fathers in Prison, Mothers in Prison

Federal Crime Bill Passes by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In the October and November, 1993, issues of PLN, I wrote articles about the "anti-crime" proposals that had been submitted in the US Congress by democrats and republicans, respectively. I predicted then the most repressive aspects of both proposals would …

WA S.Ct. Upholds Sex Offender Registration

Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994

Filed under: Discrimination, Sex Offender Registration, Disclosure of Records, Ex Post Facto

WA S.Ct. Upholds Sex Offender Registration by In 1990 the Washington state legislature passed RCW 9A.44.130(1) which requires that all persons who have been convicted of a sex offense and reside in Washington to register with the sheriff in the county in which they reside. Two sex offenders who had …