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Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
California Court Upholds Prisoners’ Convictions for Fatal Jail Beating by Derek Gilna California Court Upholds Prisoners’ Convictions for Fatal Jail Beating by Derek Gilna By all accounts, the Theo Lacy jail in Orange County, California is a dangerous place, one where prisoners have organized into race-based groups known as “CARs” …
Brief • December 17, 2015
Doe v. Rahinsky, MI, Order denying plf to proceed anonymously, retroactive sex offender registration SORA, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-01140-RJJ-RSK ECF No. 15 filed 12/17/15 Page 1 of 2 PageID.53 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JOHN DOE, Plaintiff, CASE NO. 1:15-CV-1140 v. HON. ROBERT J. JONKER DAVID …
Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Unsuccessfully Challenged by David Reutter Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Unsuccessfully Challenged by David M. Reutter The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently challenged the constitutionality of a Miami-Dade County, Florida ordinance that, according to the organization, forces sex offenders on probation into homelessness by …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Arizona Jury Awards $3.4 Million against Owner of Sex Offender Websites by Matthew Clarke Arizona Jury Awards $3.4 Million against Owner of Sex Offender Websites by Matt Clarke In May 2014, a Maricopa County, Arizona jury awarded $3.4 million to people who were falsely profiled on private sex offender websites …
Brief • November 4, 2015
Doe v. Rahinsky, MI, Complaint, retroactive sex offender registration SORA, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-01140-RJJ-RSK ECF No. 1 filed 11/04/15 Page 1 of 12 PageID.1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION _______________________________________________ JOHN DOE, File No. Plaintiff, v. DAVID RAHINSKY, Chief of Police of the City of Grand …
Article • October 16, 2015
“Pocket Parks” Push Sex Offenders Out of Town by Matthew Clarke “Pocket Parks” Push Sex Offenders Out of Town by Matt Clarke The latest strategy of residents and politicians attempting to drive registered sex offenders (RSOs) out of residential neighborhoods is to create tiny “pocket parks” in residential neighborhoods. One …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Vermont Newspaper Defends Hiring Reporter with Sex Offense Conviction by Matthew Clarke Vermont Newspaper Defends Hiring Reporter with Sex Offense Conviction by Matt Clarke The publisher of a Vermont newspaper and its sister publication defended the hiring of a registered sex offender as a reporter covering the police and court …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Court Denies Challenge to D.C. Sex Offender’s Website on Registry Officials by Court Denies Challenge to D.C. Sex Offender’s Website on Registry Officials A website that “registers” and posts photos of government employees who work in the District of Columbia’s sex offender registration office is protected by the First Amendment, …
Brief • July 15, 2015
Doe v. Annucci, NY, Order, sex offender parole family visition rights, 2015 Case 1:14-cv-02953-PAE Document 146 Filed 07/15/15 Page 1 of 36 USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEV/ YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED X DOC DATE FILED: 1lt6l26l9 JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, Individually and on behalf …
Article • June 30, 2015
Prisoners Ferried in to Maintain Island for Washington’s Sex Offenders by Joe Watson Prisoners Ferried in to Maintain Island for Washington’s Sex Offenders by Joe Watson Washington’s Department of Corrections has begun ferrying in mainland prisoners to clean up and maintain an old island lockup, while the sex offenders who …
Supreme Court Reinstates Challenge to North Carolina Post-Release GPS Sex Offender Monitoring by Derek Gilna Supreme Court Reinstates Challenge to North Carolina Post-Release GPS Sex Offender Monitoring by Derek Gilna In a March 30, 2015 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed a North Carolina law that requires certain sex offenders …
Office of Violent Sex Offender Management Audit, TX State Auditor, 2015 John Keel, CPA State Auditor An Audit Report on The Office of Violent Sex Offender Management January 2015 Report No. 15-018 An Audit Report on The Office of Violent Sex Offender Management SAO Report No. 15-018 January 2015 Overall …
Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld in South Carolina by Lonnie Burton Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld in South Carolina by Lonnie Burton South Carolina’s Supreme Court hasrejected a challenge to a state law that requires lifetime GPS monitoring of certain sex offenders who violate the terms …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
Civilly Committed Sex Offenders Increasingly Released in Wisconsin by Matthew Clarke Civilly Committed Sex Offenders Increasingly Released in Wisconsin by Matt Clarke he State of Wisconsin is releasing more violent sex offenders who were civilly committed following their prison sentences, in part, officials say, because the state’s treatment program is …
Article • March 4, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Texas Sex Offender Oversight Agency Faces Investigations, Calls for Reform by Matthew Clarke Texas Sex Offender Oversight Agency Faces Investigations, Calls for Reform by Matt Clarke An increasing number of attorneys, legislators and prisoner advocacy groups are calling for reforms to Texas laws governing the civil commitment of sex offenders, …
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Misconduct at Washington State Civil Commitment Center as Concern Grows Over Releases by David Reutter Misconduct at Washington State Civil Commitment Center as Concern Grows Over Releases by David M. Reutter Washington state’s Special Commitment Center (SCC), which was created to house and treat prisoners classified as violent sexual predators, …
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 • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Eighth Circuit: Deliberate Indifference Standard GovernsMedical Care for Civilly Committed Detainees by Mark Wilson Eighth Circuit: Deliberate Indifference Standard GovernsMedical Care for Civilly Committed Detainees by Mark Wilson On February 4, 2014, the Eighth Circuit reversed a district court’s denial of qualified immunity, finding that it had applied the wrong …
Article • January 13, 2015
NY Governor Faces Liability for SVP Initiative Denying Due Process to Civilly Committed by NY Governor Faces Liability for SVP Initiative Denying Due Process to Civilly Committed On February 14, 2013, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a New York federal district court’s denial of summary judgment to state …
Washington Supreme Court Holds Victim Impact Statements and Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative Evaluations May Be Disclosed by Washington Supreme Court Holds Victim Impact Statements and Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative Evaluations May Be Disclosed   On September 27, 2012, the Supreme Court of Washington held that Victim Impact Statements …
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