Inquiry recommends 'sexting' offence

Inquiry recommends 'sexting' offence

Massachusetts Sex Offender Resource

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Bars For Life: LGBTQs and sex offender registries by Yasmin Nair

Posted: 21 May 2013 02:56 PM PDT

Part of a Windy City Times Special Investigative Series, author Yasmin Nair explores the history of the LGBTQ community and sex offender registries (SOR) and how homosexuality and SOR's have intersected for decades.  Nair also profiles several current LGBTQ individuals and their experiences as registered sex offenders, why The Community should be concerned about SOR's, and why current day activists want to abolish all registries.

Click here to read Bars For Life: LGBTQs and sex offender registries

FBI ran child porn distribution site to lure pedophiles: report

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/fbi_ran_child_porn_service_to_lure_sM5gegWOkby2Rm5jrPVjZL

Forwarding from Nevada Cure: Sen. David Vitter’s Amendment 1056 to the 2013 Farm Bill - Call TODAY!

From Nevada CURE:
May 28, 2013

Issue:
The United States Senate has agreed to Sen. David Vitter’s Amendment 1056 to the 2013 Farm Bill. The amendment would deny food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food stamps) for life to anyone convicted of certain federal or state crimes. If the amendment makes it out of the Senate, it may be too late to keep it from becoming law. And like previous successful efforts to impose these kinds of devastating barriers on people with criminal records and their families, we may be fighting to roll this back for decades to come. Your help is needed to make sure the amendment does not make it into the final Farm Bill!

What You Can Do!
Call your Senator’s office TODAY! Time is of the essence because the bill is before the full Senate now and Sen. Stabenow, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has said she hopes to finish the bill by the end of this week.

Let them know how harmful this policy would be and that you hope they will ask Senators Reid, Stabenow, and Durbin to amend the final Farm Bill package to remove or limit Amendment 1056.

Suggested
Message: Amendment 1056 to the Farm Bill is counter-productive and will harm children and families as well as individuals who long ago paid their debt to society. I hope the Senator will encourage Senators Reid, Stabenow, and Durbin to amend the final Farm Bill to:
* Eliminate the food assistance ban in Amendment 1056, or, if that is not possible,
* Narrow the scope of the covered crimes, and
* Limit the duration of the ban to a set and reasonable number of years, and
* Provide a process to receive a waiver from the ban by demonstrating rehabilitation.

Contact Info: for your Senators’ offices can be found by going to the U.S. Senate website, www.senate.gov/general
Why It’s Important Not only would Amendment 1056 create a lifetime ban on food assistance for individuals with certain types of convictions, it would also reduce the amount of assistance received by a family with a member convicted of a covered offense, imposing potential food shortages on children and families everywhere. Because the amendment is retroactive and creates a lifelong ban on food assistance, it has the potential to devastate thousands of individuals and their families, leaving them without food security and prompting individuals leading law-abiding lives to resort back to criminal activity to feed their families.

As you know, individuals with criminal records already confront
thousands of Federal, state, and local legal and policy barriers to employment, education, housing, and public benefits. Because of these and other barriers, unemployment is particularly high among this population, and many individuals struggle to provide for themselves and their families. The Attorney General has asked federal agencies and state attorneys general to reduce or eliminate collateral consequences that do not enhance public safety, such as barriers to public assistance that make it harder for people to meet their most basic needs. Amendment 1056 would add another such counter-productive barrier to the federal code. — with Nevada Cure.

Down the road to Germany.

http://therightsofthefew.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/down-the-road-to-germany/

Brian Robertson

www.therightsofthefew.wordpress.com

WICS NewsChannel 20 :: News - Top Stories - SPECIAL REPORT: Sex Offenders Unregistered - Part 1

WICS NewsChannel 20 :: News - Top Stories - SPECIAL REPORT: Sex Offenders Unregistered - Part 1

Huffington Post 'Live' Interview

http://www.matthew25ministries.org/

Vitter Introduces Welfare Reform Amendments to Farm Bill

Links of Interest

eAdvocate ALERT: Blog Changes

http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Sex-offender-list-closer-to-stripping-job-details-4532720.php#src=fb

http://baycountypress.com/2013/05/16/registering-juveniles-sex-offender-registry-does-more-harm-than-good-says-human-rights-watch/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/macie-melendez/child-porn-laws_b_3307322.html

http://congress-courts-legislation.blogspot.com/2013/05/judge-sex-offender-not-required-to-buy.html

Before you think this ends case, read what the judges suggests.

http://www.rso-advocacy.org/?p=285

Past Issues of ARC Talk Radio:

Vicki Henry of WAR

http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-29521/TS-723372.mp3

Shana Rowan of US Fair

http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-29521/TS-718752.mp3

Press Release from the Florida Action Committee (FAC)

Press Release from the Florida Action Committee (FAC)

FAC Lake Monroe, FL
For Immediate Release
May 20, 2013
Contact: Gail Colletta
561.305.4959

Should Kate be Labeled A Sex Offender?

Lake Monroe, FL— May 20, 2013.
High School Sweethearts. The phrase conjures images of endearing romance and innocence, not a predatory act. This week, however, news comes out of Sebastian, Florida, that an 18 year old high school senior is facing charges for having a consensual sexual relationship with a 15 year old high school sophomore. Included in the penalties the 18 year old will face, is being added to the sex offender registry. It is a punishment that will certainly impair her ability to attend college or lead any semblance of a normal life.

Too many cases over the past few years have brought to light stories of teens who are being branded with the “sex offender” label for having what are considered to be “Romeo and Juliet” relationships; consensual romances between two young individuals, where one is just over the age of consent. What has brought significant attention to this case specifically, is that it’s a case of “Juliet and Juliet”. The two parties in this relationship are both female high school students who began a relationship at the beginning of the school year.

So why should this case be distinguished from the thousands of cases just like it where the relationship is heterosexual? Is it because public perception of these types of cases has always been that the perpetrator is some high school football player taking advantage of a vulnerable girl and in this case the “jock” is a female cheerleader? Is it an issue of sexual preference? Is it because Kate doesn’t look like the monster most envision when they hear the word “sex offender”?

As things stand now, if she is convicted; Kate will appear on a public registry with the stigma of being a registered sex offender. The tens of thousands of supporters of the “Free Kate” Facebook page will have gone on with their lives. Few will remember the circumstances of her case. Years from now people will only see that she committed “sexual battery on a child” and her life will be forever ruined.

The case of Kaitlyn “Kate” Hunt presents another face of the registry. Kate’s sexuality should not be at issue here. What should be at issue is the seriously flawed system that paints consensual high school relationships with the same broad brush as child abductors. It’s time to take a look at the individual, the seriousness and circumstances of their offense and their likelihood to reoffend before applying a harsh one-size-fits-all punishment.

A petition was launched on change.org last week which has already collected over 50,000 signatures. We hope the attention brought to this case will shed additional light on the growing national problems with the sex offender registry.


Florida Action Committee (FAC), founded in 2006, is a state-wide consortium of concerned citizens and professionals whose purpose is to promote the prevention of sexual abuse while preserving the safety and dignity of all citizens through carefully structured laws targeting the truly violent, forced, and/or dangerous predatory acts of sex. FAC believes that many aspects of the current approach to sex offenders seriously undermine justice and actually increase the threat of sexual assault against others, particularly children. FAC opposes a publicized registry of sex offenders and seeks to bring an end to the humiliation of people who have already paid for their crimes. FAC asserts that only by supporting justice for all people—offenders and victims alike can a truly safe society be built and secured for all Americans.

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_indian_river_county/sebastian/kaitlyn-hunt-teen-arrested-expelled-for-alleged-same-sex-relationship

With Justice for All: Examining Chelsea's Law--Part I and II

With Justice for All: Examining Chelsea's Law--Part I: Several months ago, two organizations, Chelsea’s Light Foundation and Chelsea’s Shield, received a flurry of publicity and promotion. Both ...

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National Push For Chelsea's Law Gets Backing From Ex-Facebook Counsel | KPBS.org

National Push For Chelsea's Law Gets Backing From Ex-Facebook Counsel | KPBS.org

Massachusetts Sex Offender Resource Blog: Incarceration, Probation, and Life After as an RSO: Some Thoughts On The Human Rights Watch Report: "R...

Massachusetts Sex Offender Resource Blog: Incarceration, Probation, and Life After as an RSO: Some Thoughts On The Human Rights Watch Report: "R...: Read the HRW Press Release Read the HRW Report I usually try to avoid unnecessary opinion on this blog since information is more importan...

YOUR SAY Part 4 - Registered Former Sex Offenders and their Families Speak Out!

County Executive Meets With Common Council, County Legislature To Discuss Sex Offenders

http://wibx950.com/county-executive-meets-with-common-council-county-legislature-to-discuss-sex-offenders/

FAC: Online Case Consideration Form

Dear FAC Family,

A month ago, we reached out to invite registrants in Florida to submit Case Consideration Questionnaires in support of our effort to challenge some of the harsh restrictions imposed on registrants in this state.

For the convenience of registrants and their families, FAC has prepared an online Case Consideration form, which can be found here: http://floridaactioncommittee.org/CaseConsiderationForm.htm

Please note that submissions will remain confidential and no personal information will be used unless you expressly authorize disclosure of information.

Our initial challenge will be the residency restrictions. As such, we are only considering submissions from individuals or their family members who are or have been in the community as a registrant, whether on probation/supervised release or who have completed their sentence.

We strongly suggest you participate and encourage others to as well. As our motto suggests; “With Unity Comes Change” so we must unify in our effort to effectuate changes.

FAC Legal Committee