Don’t Just Get Kids Off the Sex Offender Registry. Abolish It

Exclusive focus on the young offender—rather than a rejection of the entire sex offender regime—avoids the larger, less politically popular truth. “Sex offender registries are harmful to kids and to adults,” says Emily Horowitz, associate professor of sociology and criminal …

Justice for some, not all

This is a great interview with Deborah Esquenazi, director of Southwest of Salem, a documentary about the San Antonio Four, which will premier at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 15th. Deb explains how NCRJ Director Debbie Nathan …

Dr. Emily Horowitz Will Discuss her Book in Boston on April 11

Dr. Emily Horowitz, NCRJ Boad member and author of Protecting Our Kids: How Sex Offender Laws are Failing Us, will be speaking in Boston on April 11th. The event will take place from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at the …

Eric Tennen Discusses the Baran Case

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This Sunday at 2:00 p.m. EDT Eric Tennen, one of Bernard Baran’s attorneys, will be discussing the case on Worcester radio stations WCRN.

You can listen to the program by following this link.…

When facts aren’t facts: A look at the effectiveness of sexual offender registries

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“However, overwhelming research has shown that sexual offenders, as a whole, are some of the least likely groups to commit new crimes, Rydberg said.

“Rydberg said one major study found that only about 5 percent of sexual …

A Special Evening With the San Antonio Four

The National Center for Reason and Justice (NCRJ) 

Invites you to a special evening with the “SAN ANTONIO 4”

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 7:30 PM

Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St., NYC

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The “San Antonio 4” …

Learning From Our Mistakes

(Photo by Jana Birchum)

“Fran and Dan Keller were prosecuted wrongly and unjustly. It’s long past time for their complete exoneration.”

The Kellers have long been sponsored by the National Center for Reason and Justice.

Read the article by Michael …

Anatomy of Doubt

As this heartwrenching story from This American Life shows, police and prosecutors err not only in falsely accusing people who did not commit sex crimes. They also may disbelieve victims of sex crimes that really took place. This is more …

The List

Illustration by Geoff McFetridge

“One morning in 2007, Leah DuBuc, a twenty-two-year-old college student in Kalamazoo, began writing an essay for English class that she hoped would save her life. She knew that people like her had been beaten, bombed, …

Why Spotlight is a Terrible Film

“I was in Boston in the Spring of 2002 reporting on the priest scandal, and because I know some of what is untrue, I don’t believe the personal injury lawyers or the Boston Globe’s “Spotlight” team or the Catholic “faithful” …