Come Hear Super Lawyer John Swomley

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Sex Panic and the Law:

Reflections of an attorney on the front lines

with Attorney John Swomley,

of Swomley & …

Unpopular Speech in a Cold Climate

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“There is now such a stigma attached to people accused of sexual misconduct that anyone who defends legal principles on their behalf risks being mistaken, in the public mind, for a defender of sexual …

Anthony Weiner and What’s Wrong with our Punishment System

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“We know today almost all child sexual abuse involves people the victim knows, and almost all new sex offenses involve those not on registries. Sex offenses in New York have not decreased due to the …

Come Hear NCRJ Director Judith Levine in Boston on February 28

Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel on the Sex Offender Registry

“When originally put into place, Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act was narrow in scope and specifically designed to be an important law enforcement tool to protect the public from dangerous offenders,” said Nessel. “But since its enactment, the Act has …

An innocent man was forced to register as a sex offender for decades. What does N.J. owe him?

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“I went through a lot, man,” Harrell recalled in an interview. “I had no place to live for a great amount of years. Had to do odd jobs to survive, sleeping in abandoned cars and homes … I …

The Carceral Problem is Getting Worse

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“In short, hyper-punishment continues, even accelerates, following new arteries and pathways in the body politic. The punitive state is a behemoth, a monstrous machinery that struggles to maintain its equilibrium. Piecemeal reforms of this or that …

The Case for Dismantling the Sex Offender Registry

Please join us for an evening of learning and discussion on one of the most controversial issues in America today…

The Case for Dismantling the Sex Offender Registry: What the Research Shows

with Dr. Emily Horowitz, author of Protecting …

The Last Victim

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“Thirty-three years ago, Fuster, along with his young wife, Ileana, was convicted of sexually abusing children at his suburban Florida home, where Ileana provided day care. He is the last person charged in the mass sex-abuse-in-day-care scares that made …

Did California Authorities Suppress Research on Sexually Violent Predators?

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“State laws that allow sexually violent predators to be locked up even after they have served their sentences are based on questionable assumptions that they continue to pose a danger to society, according to a study published …