The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that nonviolent sex offenders can be considered for early parole under an initiative passed in 2016 that extended parole eligibility to all inmates convicted of nonviolent felonies.
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Two of Britain’s most dangerous sex offenders will have to spend at least 40 years in prison, judges ruled on Friday, after a government appeal that their sentences were too soft.
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A Seventh Circuit panel heard arguments Friday over whether a Wisconsin law barring convicted sex offenders from changing their name amounts to free speech infringement.
Read moreA federal court in Georgia ruled against registered sex offenders challenging the Butts County Sheriff’s Office’s practice of placing warning signs outside of their homes before Halloween. The signs, which warn against trick-or-treating at the addresses, do not violate plaintiffs’ right to be free from compelled speech.
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The Seventh Circuit on Friday weighed the intrusiveness of a Wisconsin statute that institutes lifetime GPS monitoring of certain convicted sex offenders against the necessity of preventing further offenses from that particular class of criminals, which has high rates of recidivism for crimes that are particularly heinous.
Read moreA group of sex offenders are unlikely to prove that an ordinance that prohibits them from residing near schools, childcare centers, places of worship and parks is unconstitutional, a federal court in Minnesota ruled, denying their request for a preliminary injunction.
Read moreNew York’s e-STOP law and a corrections department directive that bans sex offenders from using social media are likely unconstitutional, a federal court in the state ruled, enjoining the ban from applying wholesale to sex offenders who did not use the internet to facilitate the commission of their underlying offense.
Read moreThe 11th Circuit upheld a ruling against two Florida sex offenders who challenged Miami-Dade County residence restrictions that prohibit them from living within 2,500 feet of a school. The offenders had claimed the ordinance made them homeless and amounted to retroactive criminal punishment.
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With a new set of files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and accused accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell slated for release on Thursday, federal prosecutors warned a judge that letting the British socialite name her accusers could risk witness intimidation.
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In a pair of Thursday rulings, federal judges demanded more transparency about the civil and criminal cases alleging that Ghislaine Maxwell helped Jeffrey Epstein groom underaged girls for sexual abuse.
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An attorney for two Florida sex offenders asked an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday to reinstate a lawsuit challenging residency restrictions in Miami-Dade County that effectively rendered them homeless.
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A lawyer fighting for victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex ring wants a second chance to convince the 11th Circuit that prosecutors violated federal law by keeping the wealthy financier’s plea arrangement concealed from the girls he abused.
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Victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex ring were denied relief Tuesday in the 11th Circuit, where an appellate panel stonewalled attempts to throw out a nonprosecution deal that gives immunity to the wealthy financier’s aides.
Read moreA county court in Milwaukee denied Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky’s request for a temporary injunction to block the airing of TV ads she claims are defamatory. The state Supreme Court candidate claims two conservative interest groups made ads that falsely accuse her of being soft on crime regarding two sex-offender cases.
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New Jersey gives sex offenders their privacy back if they’ve kept a clean record for 15 years, but the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that one infraction keeps deregistration off the table permanently.
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After federal prosecutors in New York revealed Britain’s Prince Andrew will not cooperate with the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, experts called their surprise rebuke of the royal family member extraordinarily rare.
Read moreA federal judge struck a major blow Friday to a Michigan sex-offender registration law, declaring large portions of the law unconstitutional and that the law cannot apply at all to offenders whose last offense was before 2011.
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More than 100 child protection organizations on Thursday urged Facebook to halt plans for strong encryption of all its platforms, saying that would allow predators to operate freely.
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A House subcommittee is investigating whether popular dating services such as Tinder and Bumble allow minors and sex offenders to use their services.
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The Seventh Circuit appeared likely Tuesday to overturn Indiana’s sex offender registration requirement, as it applies to people only required to register because they moved away from the state then moved back.
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