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Join Judith Levine and Emily Horowitz for a conversation about Judith’s new book THE FEMINIST AND THE SEX OFFENDER (Verso, 2020).

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Rest in Peace Donald Connery

We were deeply saddened last Friday to receive a message from Don’s daughter, informing us that her wonderful father had left us the Monday before.

I first met Don 24 years ago, at a conference about wrongful convictions in Salem, …

NCRJ Supports Gay Man Unjustly Labeled Sexually Violent Predator

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 12, 2020

Contact: Anne Kelsey, akelsey@hivlawandpolicy.org, 914-294-2881

CHLP Brief Calls Out Homophobic Bias in Case of Gay Man Unjustly Designated a “Sexually Violent Predator”

Civil rights and LGBT organizations challenge extreme punishment of gay man …

A very important message from Bill Dobbs

The Dobbs Wire:  Time sensitive request.  Do you have a friend or loved one who is locked up in jail, prison or a sex offense civil commitment facility?  They may be eligible for a $1,200 stimulus payment and not know …

The not so bold Peabody-Essex Museum

September 28, 2020

Dave Olson, Editor
The Salem News
300 Rosewood Drive, Suite 107
Danvers, MA 01923

Dear Editor,

My name is Robert Chatelle and I live in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Since its founding in April of 2002, I have served …

Questioning Corporate Media’s Thirst for Scandal in the Age of #MeToo

The Times Literary Supplement in a rave review of JoAnn Wypijewski’s provocative new book states: “It is thrilling and cathartic to watch Wypijewski slice through our culture’s flabbiest orthodoxies.” On this week’s installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” Wypijewski talks to …

Funeral Services for Bruce Perkins

Carol called me this afternoon. She sounded very tired. But reconciled that Bruce was finally at rest.

She does regret Bruce not ever getting to meet so many of his friends before he left. I told her we all knew …

Joseph Allen Parole Hearing

The NCRJ has been sponsoring the case of Joseph Allen since 2004.

It is a terrible case. Joseph was once even freed, with no restrictions, for a number of years after a judge ordered his acquittal. But the corrupt forces …

Great News in the Wilcox-Aldridge Case!

“COLUMBUS —
The state of Ohio will pay $1.2 million to M. Jenny Wilcox and Robert Aldridge, former Huber Heights residents who were wrongfully convicted in 1985 of 23 child molestation charges and told it’d be 60 years before they’d …

End the Sex-Offender Registries?

Yesterday I watched an excellent panel discussing the evidence for ending the sex-offender registries.

If you were unable to tune in, you can now watch it on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQUJR9X-kvM&t=621shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQUJR9X-kvM&t=621s…