The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) is dedicated to protecting the Constitution by restoring the civil rights of registrants and their families. In order to achieve that objective, ACSOL will educate and litigate as well as support or oppose legislation.
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Source: rutlandherald.com 9/10/22 A man charged with sexual assault on a 14-year-old got the charges against him dismissed due to a gap in Vermont’s youthful offender law, prosecutors said this week. In a decision handed down Friday in a case that originated in Rutland County, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled that the state could not appeal the family court’s dismissal of a juvenile delinquency...
Source: wral.com 9/9/22 Local News Central Prison on lockdown after inmates beat convicted sex offender to death Tags:assault, Central Prison, sex offender Posted September 9, 2022 2:37 p.m. EDT Updated September 9, 2022 5:16 p.m. EDT Raleigh, N.C. — An inmate at Central Prison in Raleigh died after being assaulted with a weapon on Friday. Ronald Rhodes was beaten by other inmates on...
Source: ACSOL The federal district court has once again postponed the date of the hearing during which arguments in support of and in opposition to a pending Motion for Preliminary Injunction (PI) was to take place. The new hearing date is September 26. The location remains the same -- U.S. District Court in Riverside, California. This is the sixth scheduled hearing date for the...
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Friends Outside in Los Angeles county will pay registrants for an employment research project (Deadline 12/31/22) ELIGIBILITY: 1. Must be a registrant 2. Must have received services from an America's Job Center of California within the last 3 years 3. Must participate in an anonymous and confidential interview COMPENSATION PROVIDED CONTACT: [email protected] (818) 975-0630 (ask for Marco) Program is available: September 9, 2022 -...
Source: nypost.com 9/7/22 A North Carolina teacher who was charged with having sex with one of her students was arrested again after investigators learned she’d had the same student over her home nine times since she was placed under house arrest, police said. Elizabeth Suzanne ____, 36, was originally arrested on three felony sex charges, including statutory rape of a victim 15 years old...
Source: justice.gov 9/6/22 SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Thomas E. Cargill, age 56, of Endicott, New York was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, to be followed by 20 years of supervised release, for failing to update his sex offender registration by maintaining an unregistered email account. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and David L. McNulty, United States...
Source: yahoo.com 9/5/22 Sep. 5—CHIPPEWA FALLS — A 21-year-old Fairchild man accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl at a park in Chippewa Falls in July 2021 will serve 90 days in jail. Dylan J. ____ pleaded no contest Friday in Chippewa County Court to an amended felony count of third-degree sexual assault. He was originally charged with three counts of second-degree sexual...
Source: kvue.com 8/31/22 AUSTIN, Texas — A petition was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Troy Mansfield, the man wrongfully convicted of molesting a child 30 years ago, to sue Williamson County for the impact the case has had on his life. ... Then, in 2016, a judge overturned Mansfield's conviction, ruling that prosecutors had violated his constitutional rights by not disclosing...
Source: foxnews.com 9/2/22 A Georgia deputy police chief was arrested in Florida after he allegedly solicited prostitution in the Sunshine State. Cartersville Deputy Police Chief Jason DiPrima was arrested Thursday in Polk County, Florida. He faces charges of soliciting another for prostitution, lewdness or assignation. Read the full article
Source: foxnews.com 9/2/22 A man lauded as a hero for confronting a shooter inside an Oregon grocery store Sunday was convicted of child sex crimes while in the Army decades ago. Donald Surrett, Jr. died while trying to stop 20-year-old Ethan Blair Miller’s shooting rampage. Police said Surrett’s decision cost him his life but likely saved the lives of others. ... Information from state...
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Source: kcra.com 9/1/22 SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. —A 26-year-old Sacramento County man who is a registered sex offender is accused of assaulting two teens, authorities said in a release. ______ was arrested and booked in the Sacramento County Main Jail on Tuesday, the sheriff's office said. "He is known to frequent public recreation areas, parks and movie theaters throughout Sacramento County," the sheriff's office said....
Source: Florida Action Committee 9/1/22 FAC has sent letters to the Sheriffs of all 67 Counties in Florida, asking them to warn registrants of the scam targeting registrants across Florida and all states. FAC also calls on the affiliate organizations in each State, encouraging them to send a similar request to the registration offices in their States. Scams targeting people on the registry have...
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2022
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ACSOL is pleased to announce that Aaron Marcus, lead attorney in a recent successful case in Pennsylvania, has agreed to speak at this year's virtual conference on Saturday, October 1. Marcus will provide an in-depth analysis of the Torsilieri decision, describe the significant efforts leading to that success as well as possible future applications of that case. Marcus' presentation will begin at 9:20 a.m....
Source: ktxs.com 8/30/22 SOUTH PORTLAND, ME (WGME) — Some hotels in a Maine city have been in the spotlight since the start of the pandemic, as they began housing individuals experiencing homelessness as well as asylum seekers. Some hotels in a Maine city have been in the spotlight since the start of the pandemic, as they began housing individuals experiencing homelessness as well as...
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2022
A court in Pennsylvania ruled recently in favor of one registrant and that is a good thing. The even better thing the court did was to provide the registrant community with a model that can be followed in other state courts. To be sure, this week’s decision issued by the Court of Common Pleas in Chester County, Pennsylvania, is binding precedent only upon courts...
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Source: ksl.com 8/25/22 SPANISH FORK — A man who used to work for the Child Protection Division of the Utah Attorney General's Office has been arrested and accused of possessing child pornography. Gary ___, 66, of Spanish Fork, was arrested Wednesday by Utah County sheriff's deputies for investigation of six counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. The investigation began Aug. 4 when investigators...
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Source: wrtv.com 8/24/22 INDIANAPOLIS — There are more than 18,000 sexual or violent offenders living in Marion County, more than half of which were convicted and sentenced from out-of-area, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office. As part of the office's efforts to drive down the number of sex offenders in the community, the sheriff's office conducted a sweep Wednesday morning near Brookside Park....
Source: ACSOL A court in Pennsylvania decided this week that its state registry laws violate the state's constitution for two reasons. First, the laws are based upon a false presumption that all registrants have a high risk of reoffending. Second, the laws are punitive. "This decision by a Pennsylvania court is the clearest statement available to date regarding how registries punish individuals convicted of...
Source: usnews.com 8/22/22 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Victims who receive unsolicited sexually graphic material by text, email, app or other electronic means could sue the sender under a bill that California lawmakers sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday. The bill targets what's known as “cyber flashing,” where victims receive such unwelcome surprises often from strangers. Read the full article