Tag: sex offense registry
NARSOL CT affiliate asks for meaningful reform
By Eric Bedner . . . The state Sentencing Commission is considering its legislative agenda, which includes making changes to the sex offender registry and reducing misdemeanor sentences by one day to prevent undocumented immigrants from being deported. These and several other proposals were the subject of a public hearing Thursday at the Legislative Office Building. One recommendation is to…
Recent PostsCindy Prizzio, criminal justice reform, CT, CT sentencing commission, CTOSOJ, sex offense registryLeave a comment
The denial of redemption
By Rich A . . . What exactly is redemption? Many are familiar with the religious concept of redemption: the payment of a price, or ransom, to secure release. In criminology, redemption often is defined as the point in time when a person with a criminal record, having had no further contact with the criminal justice system, is of no greater…
NARSOL Original, Recent Postsdiscrimination, Michael Cain, Michelle Jones, misinformation, NACDL, public banishment, re-entry, registered sexual offenders, Rory Fleming, sex offense registry, Shaka Senghor, Shon Hopwood, Stuart YatesLeave a comment
A case of unchecked prosecutorial abuse
By Michael M . . . Let's talk about Bedford County, Pennsylvania's former district attorney, William Higgins, Jr. On August the 17th, 2018, Higgins was sentenced after being charged with using his power as a district attorney to coerce female defendants accused of drug offenses into sex acts. At least, that's how the news media repeatedly framed it. There's just one…
Law and Policy, Recent PostsBedford County PA, double standard, punitive v regulatory, rape, sex offense registry, William Higgins Jr.Leave a comment
The Sex Offender Registry: A Gorilla on the Basketball Court
By Michael M . . . Why does the public ignore the obvious unconstitutionality and overt cruelty of a sex offender registry that not only fails to accomplish its stated purpose – keeping our communities safer – but also condemns hundreds of thousands of registrants and their family members to a lifetime of humiliation, harassment, and the very real possibilities of…
NARSOL Original, Recent Posts"inattentional blindness", media, misdirection, missing children, sex offense registry, sex trafficking, Simons and Chabris, stranger dangerLeave a comment