A QUICK LOOK AT THE AGENCY TASKED WITH PROMOTING THE ADAM WALSH ACT The Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (aka the “SMART Office”) is hosting a symposium in Chicago on July 17th and 18th. After…
Author: Derek W. Logue
No Havens for Registered Persons: Why “Most ‘Sex Offenders’ Per Capita” is a Meaningless Statistic
A Patch.com article entitled “Sex Offenders: How Illinois Ranks On Registry,” published June 27, 2019, proclaims that Illinois ranks 25th, smack dab in the middle of the list for most registered persons per capita. The article cited ASecureLife, a private…
CASTRATION LAWS ACROSS THE USA AS OF JUNE 2019
After 12 years, Alabama Republican Representative Steve Hurst passed a mandatory chemical castration law; he had failed to pass a mandatory surgical castration law in 11 previous attempts. Alabama’s law is unique among the states in that it is the…