In January of 1989, before the sex offender hysteria hit the legislative sector of our country, a study was conducted entitled ‘Sex Offender Recidivism a Review‘, by the noted researchers L. Furby, M.R.Weinroth, and L. Blackshaw. Although the primary purpose…
All Government Officials can be Sued for Actions Outside their Authority
We have the court saying that restrictions unrelated to the crime are unconstitutional, and if that is so for the court then it would also follow through that it is unconstitutional for the parole and probation department to impose them.…
Risk of Erroneous Deprivation
The current procedures under the public notification provisions of the law are extremely broad and contain absolutely no safeguards to prevent erroneous deprivations of a registrant’s liberty interests. Without any preliminary determination of whether and to what extent an offender…
Take a Step Back
Are you too close to the problem to see the answers are there too many trees to understand the forest. I was once told to understand a piece of artwork that I should look at it closely and then take…
Require a Citizenship and Constitutionality test for all Lawmaking Bodies
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on Thursday signed legislation that will require all Arizona High School students to take and pass the US Citizenship test before they are able to graduate. http://jurist.org/paperchase/2015/01/arizona-passes-law-requiring-citizenship-for-high-school-graduation.php The first question that comes to my mind is…
Police/ Compliance Check Survey
Dear registrant or loved one of a registrant, Perhaps one of the most stressful experiences we face as those forced to register as “sex offenders” is having a uniformed member of law enforcement coming to your house to perform a…