Sex Offender With Undisclosed Facebook Wins Appeal
A New York appeals court dismissed the indictment Thursday of a sex offender who did not register his Facebook account with the state.
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Juvenile Sex Offenders Get Registry Reprieve in NJ
Attuned to the risk that labeling a juvenile forever as a sex offender will stunt his rehabilitation, the New Jersey Supreme Court was unanimous Tuesday in curbing the landmark registry legislation known as Megan’s Law.
Read more‘Child Safety Zones’ Cast Too Wide a Net, Pardoned Sex Offender Says
Nearly 10 years after he was pardoned for sexually assaulting a 25-year-old woman, a Connecticut man claims in a federal complaint that he is barred from using the library and other public spaces because of an unconstitutional town law.
Read moreHigh Court to Take Up Sex Offender Registration Case
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a narrow constitutional challenge to federal sex offender regulations.
Read moreTexas Governor Pushes for Crackdown on Sex Crimes
Texas Governor Greg Abbott unveiled a plan to ask the Legislature for more than $35 million to crack down on sex traffickers, beef up investigations into state lawmakers accused of sexual harassment, and create a do-not-hire registry for teachers convicted of preying on students.
Read moreFamily Says City’s Sex Offender Law Goes Way Too Far
Prosecuted as an adult when he was 17 for having sex with another teenager, a married man with three children has been sleeping in his truck since a Milwaukee suburb forced him out of his house because he’s a sex offender, he says in a constitutional complaint.
Read moreSupreme Court Strikes Down Sex Offender Social Media Ban
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a North Carolina law that bars convicted sex offenders from using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other popular social websites.
Read moreOhio Optometrist Says Sex-Offender Punishment Doesn’t Fit Crime
An Ohio optometrist sued to challenge the revocation of his license and the constitutionality of the state’s sex-offender registration statute, claiming it imposes excessive punishment on misdemeanor offenders.
Read morePolygraph Therapy Faces Scrutiny in Child Porn Case
After a critical hearing in New York, a spotlight is taking shape on the utility of “therapeutic polygraphs,” a treatment the U.S. probation system has used for decades on sex offenders.
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California Inmates Decry Changes to Voter-Backed Early Release Plan
A civil rights group claims in state court that prisons officials cunningly tweaked a voter-approved early-release measure and are planning to categorically exempt inmates incarcerated for nonviolent crimes that require them to register with the state as a sex offender.
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Sex Offenders May Have Trump to Thank for Twitter Access
Justice Elena Kagan invoked President Donald Trump’s ever-evolving Twitter account Monday as justification to strike down a North Carolina law that limits registered sex offenders from accessing social media.
Read moreIllinois Court Strikes Sex Offender Park Ban
An Illinois appeals court ruled that a state law making it a crime for convicted sex offenders to set foot in public parks is unconstitutional because it can punish innocent conduct.
Read moreAppeals Court OKs Minnesota Sex-Offender Program
Reversing a federal judge, the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday that Minnesota’s sex-offender program is constitutional because it serves the state’s interest in protecting citizens from sexually dangerous people.
Read moreSex Offenders Say Illinois Parole System Is Broken
More than 4,000 sex offenders in Illinois face effective life sentences despite a court granting them parole because of restrictions on where they can live, seven men claim in a federal class action.
Read moreJudge Strikes Part of Indiana Sex-Offender Ordinance
A federal judge in Indiana ruled that the loitering ban in a city’s sex-offender ordinance retroactively punishes convicted sex offenders in violation of their 14th Amendment rights.
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