Liberty & Justice Coalition (LJC), has hired Ashley Cloud as its staff attorney. In that role, Ms. Cloud will be coordinating litigation related to criminal justice for the LJC. Ms. Cloud has enumerated the following list of litigation priorities supported by LJC’s board of directors, with problems related to parole being near the top. Litigation against the Parole Board for failure…
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As soon as I saw the headline, I started to worry for New Mexico. The New York Times last week ran a story with the headline, “Jeffrey Epstein Registered as a Sex Offender in 2 States. In New Mexico He Didn’t Have to.” and I immediately thought to myself, ‘OH NO!’ How long will it be until the State of…
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We were joined by Guy Hamilton Smith on this episode of Registry Matters! Guy brings an incredibly insightful point of view about the policies surrounding the registry. We also cover: A listener question about being coerced into taking a polygraph – can you refuse and what would happen if you did so? A man with […]
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The board of directors of Liberty & Justice Coalition is excited to announce that the Internal Revenue Service has granted us 501(c)(3) status as of January 9, 2019. This means all future support is now tax deductible, and any donation made after the effective date of the determination qualifies. If you have not supported us yet this year, this is…
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Legislative Update #9, March 17, 2019 The 2019 session concluded at noon Saturday March 16th and we are providing a short report with more details to follow in the coming days. The pace of activity during the final week got very hectic and your LJC team was in the capitol working until late Friday. We are pleased to report that…
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Legislative Update #8, March 10, 2019 The 2019 session is moving into the final few days and our legislators are working extremely long hours. The session concludes at noon on Saturday March 16th. The pace of activity has been so hectic over the past week we can barely track the action. We are grateful that there is no SORNA bill…
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Legislative Update #7, March 3, 2019 The 2019 session is moving into the final two weeks and the pace of activity is horrendous. We are pleased to report that we had another exhibit in the capitol on Tuesday which is our last exhibit for this session. The attendance was lower than last week, but we estimate we engaged with at…
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Legislative Update #6, February 24, 2019 The 2019 session is moving into the final three weeks and there are 658 bills pending in the House and 636 pending in the Senate. We are pleased to report that we had a great exhibit in the capitol on Thursday and we will be back again on Tuesday for another full day. We…
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Repeating the warning: If you get a call from someone saying he is with law enforcement, that you are out of compliance, or overdue, or anything to do with your registration status and that he can help you take care of it, it is a scam. Hang up and call your registry office or local law…
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Legislative Update #5, February 17, 2019 We have just passed the midpoint of the 2019 session which means that the period for introduction of legislation has closed. We did see the flurry of legislation we had anticipated and there are now 658 bills pending in the House and 636 pending in the Senate. This compares to 531 and 509 respectively…
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