Sex Offender Laws & Treatment
Federal Judge Temporarily Stops Residency Restrictions in California City
Tue, 2016-08-16 18:11 +0000 — Posted by CCJR StaffFederal judge Virginia Phillips issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) today that prohibits the City of Murrieta from enforcing its residency restrictions against a registrant who moved to his sister's home earlier this month.
A Look at the Sex Offender Registry Law in Michigan
Wed, 2016-07-20 15:11 +0000 — Posted by CCJR StaffThe Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee met yesterday and forwarded SB 1027 to the full Senate. The bill is too restrictive of employment and voluntary service of persons convicted of criminal sexual contact.
State lies about the huge backlog in the sex offender treatment program
Thu, 2016-07-14 20:37 +0000 — Chris DorninThe Department of Corrections released data as of May 31 proving they have lied for two years about the huge backlog of inmates waiting to take the sex offender treatment program.
Testimony for HB 1153 to stop towns from limiting where people convicted of sex crimes can live.
Thu, 2016-04-21 21:53 +0000 — Chris DorninResidency restrictions against sex offenders are the worst practice in sex offender management. The residency codes in Franklin and Dover drove half the public registrants underground or out of town before lower courts abolished this unconstitutional banishment practice. That exodus of public registrants forced surrounding towns to adopt their own residency restrictions in a climate of fear created by all that ordinance writing.
