By Larry of LibJusCo. . . In these consolidated appeals, Commonwealth v. Lacombe and Commonwealth v. Witmayer, the Commonwealth (state) challenged orders of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas relieving appellees Claude Lacombe and Michael Witmayer of their duties to comply with Subchapter I of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. To achieve its dual goals of ensuring public safety…
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By Lisa Anne Zilney . . . It is often said that the media doesn’t tell us what to think; the media tells us what to think about. The media frames our understanding of public issues and informs us which public issues should be at the forefront of our minds. For 8 years I have taught a college course entitled Sex Crimes. The…
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By Jeff Proctor, New Mexico In Depth As the coronavirus established a foothold in southern New Mexico’s Otero County Prison Facility in mid-May, state officials quietly moved 39 inmates out of the massive complex near the Texas border to another prison near Santa Fe. The inmates shared something in common: None was a sex offender. In the days before the…
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By Larry of LibJusCo . . . The case of Doe v. Rausch contains a very thorough analysis regarding the history of sex offender registration in Tennessee and the developing body of case law in the Sixth Circuit which resulted in a favorable outcome for Doe. Due to the limited scope of the court’s ruling, I think that the chances of…
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Our team received a victory in Tennessee recently. The court made it clear that it only applies to him. They said that the state can’t enforce the registry against you. But they’re not going to order that he be removed from the public registration, which all throughout the opinion, the court recognizes how disastrous that is for the individual. RM129:…
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By Sydnie Holzfaster . . . A shooting in North Omaha has sparked concerns over the state sex offender registry. Following the death of Mattieo Condoluci, members of the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) are calling for the state to remove the public state sex offender registry. “If he was not on the registry I have no doubt he…
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By Larry . . . T.S. v. Pennsylvania State Police was just decided by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth Court is the intermediate court of appeals which leaves open the door for the state to seek review in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. This case has the potential to remove a significant number of people from the state’s sex offender registry. Petitioner…
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2020 Session Update #5 February 17, 2020 The 2020 session of the New Mexico Legislature is now nearing conclusion with adjournment scheduled for noon on Thursday. 30-day sessions are limited to adoption of a state budget and items specifically requested by the Governor which tends to reduce the number of bills introduced. As stated in last week’s update, there are…
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2020 Session Update #4 February 10, 2020 The 2020 session of the New Mexico Legislature has passed the midway point. There are only ten (10) days remaining. As we have stated previously, 30-day sessions are limited to adoption of a state budget and items specifically requested by the Governor which reduces the number of bills considerably. Even with this constraint,…
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2020 Session Update #3 February 3, 2020 The 2020 session of the New Mexico Legislature is nearing the end of its second week. 30-day sessions are limited to adoption of a state budget and items specifically requested by the Governor which reduces the number of bills considerably. As we have stated previously, bills must be determined to be germane…
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