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Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Easing Residency Restrictions Helps Curb Homelessness Among Registered Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke Spurred by a growing number of homeless registered sex offenders, some states, cities and towns have begun relaxing stringent restrictions on where sex offenders may live – a trend supported by public officials and advocates who argue …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Filed under: Sex Offender Residence
Dismissal of Challenge to Texas City’s Sex Offender Restrictions Reversed by Matthew Clarke Dismissal of Challenge to Texas City’s Sex Offender Restrictions Reversed by Matt Clarke The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the dismissal of a challenge to the constitutionality of a city’s sex offender residency restrictions. In …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers by Derek Gilna Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of California ADA Suit Against Parole Officers by Derek Gilna In a decision that displayed its displeasure with California parole officers’ disregard for both the spirit and statutory requirements of the Americans …
California: Local Ordinances Banning Sex Offenders from Parks Invalidated by Mark Wilson California: Local Ordinances Banning Sex Offenders from Parks Invalidated by Mark Wilson On April 23, 2014, the California Supreme Court refused to review two lower court decisions that invalidated local ordinances barring sex offenders from parks and other …
Article • January 12, 2015
Michigan Law Allows Sex Offenders to Use Emergency Shelters Within 1,000 Feet of School by Michigan Law Allows Sex Offenders to Use Emergency Shelters Within 1,000 Feet of School Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act (SORA) permits a registered sex offender to use emergency overnight shelters that are within 1,000 feet …
No KORA Violation without Change of Residence by No KORA Violation without Change of Residence   The Kansas Supreme Court held that a sex offender did not violate the state's 10-day reporting requirement by failing to report while traveling.   Under the Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA), sex offenders must …
SORNA Does Not Violate Ex Post Facto Clause, 11th Circuit Rules by SORNA Does Not Violate Ex Post Facto Clause, 11th Circuit Rules   The federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) is a civil and non-punitive regulatory scheme that does not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause, the …
Article • September 20, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Sex Offender Residence
South Florida Landlord Bucks Trend, Offers Housing to Sex Offenders by South Florida Landlord Bucks Trend, Offers Housing to Sex Offenders Laws that restrict where sex offenders can live when they are released from prison leave many homeless, but one south Florida apartment manager is providing housing opportunities by leasing …
Eighth Circuit Holds No SORNA Registration Requirement after Leaving U.S. by Matthew Clarke Eighth Circuit Holds No SORNA Registration Requirement after Leaving U.S. by Matt Clarke The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals held in August 2013 that the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) does not require a registered …
Article • September 15, 2014 • from PLN September, 2014
Filed under: Sex Offender Residence
Do Residency Bans Drive Sex Offenders Underground? by Steven Yoder Do Residency Bans Drive Sex Offenders Underground? by Steven Yoder Early last year, Los Angeles set aside a sliver of land in its Harbor Gateway neighborhood for the city’s newest and smallest park: two jungle gyms on a fifth of …
Article • June 6, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014
Ninth Circuit: Heck Allows § 1983 Parole Condition Challenges by Mark Wilson Ninth Circuit: Heck Allows § 1983 Parole Condition Challenges by Mark Wilson On July 31, 2013, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals joined the Seventh Circuit in holding that the Heck doctrine does not bar all parole condition …
Article • May 19, 2014 • from PLN May, 2014
California: Sexually Violent Predators May be Conditionally Released from Custody Even if Homeless by Michael Brodheim California: Sexually Violent Predators May be Conditionally Released from Custody Even if Homeless   by Michael Brodheim   The California Court of Appeal, Third District, has held that a person committed as a sexually …
Eighth Circuit Upholds North Dakota Transient’s Failure-to-Register Conviction by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a sex offender who failed to register because he temporarily had no permanent address. David L. Meador moved to North Dakota and was required to register as a sex offender. …
Third Circuit Reverses More Stringent Conditions of Supervised Release by Derek Gilna In 2004, Charles F. Murray was sentenced to 95 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography and traveling interstate to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. As part of his sentence …
Analysis of Sex Offender Requirements and Civil Committment in U.S. and U.K. Kate Hynes Penn St. J. of Law & Int. Affairs 2013 Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs Volume 2 | Issue 2 November 2013 The Cost of Fear: An Analysis of Sex Offender Registration, Community Notification, …
No Justice: Sex Offenses, No Matter How Minor or Understandable, Can Ruin You for Life by Charlotte Silver Why do we treat the most predatory and dangerous criminals the same as those who are not? by Charlotte Silver The collection of laws and restrictions that regulate people categorized as "sex …
Article • May 15, 2013
Sex Offender Housing Restrictions Imposed by Jessica's Law Temporarily Stayed in Los Angeles County by On November 1, 2010, Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza temporarily stayed enforcement of the housing restrictions faced by registered sex offenders on active parole in Los Angeles County, finding that there is a strong likelihood …
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Reinstates Homeless Man's Failure-to-Register Conviction by In 1998, William Howard Wilgus was convicted of aggravated indecent assault. Because he was a sexually violent predator, he was required to register under the Megan's Law 42 Pa. C.S. § 9795.1 (6) (4). His five years to life imprisonment sentence …
Life On the List by A single mistake when he was 12 landed Josh Gravens on Texas’ sex offender list. He’s been paying for it ever since. by Emily DePrang Published on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at 2:52 CST When Josh Gravens was 12 years old, he made a terrible …
New Hampshire Court Invalidates City’s Sex Offender Residency Ordinance by A New Hampshire Superior Court has invalidated a local ordinance that prohibits sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of a school, day care center, playground, athletic field, public beach or ski area, finding that it violated the Equal Protection …
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