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• Winners in Florida: First amendment rights, removal of “Sexual Predator” from driver’s licenses
  January 12, 2025 by Stephen
  By Stephen . . . The Florida 5th District Court of Appeals struck down the state driver’s license designation of labeled Sexual Predator as compelled speech in a 2-1 decision, citing earlier wins in AL and LA over the same compelled speech issue. The designation of SEXUAL PREDATOR on a personal driver license, however, is […] The post Winners in Florida: First amendment rights, removal of “Sexual Predator” from driver’s licenses first appeared on NARSOL.
• NARSOL elects officers, adds new board members
  January 11, 2025 by Sandy Rozek
  NARSOL is proud to announce its officers for 2025 and the new board member who have joined its ranks. Organizational officers are Brenda Jones as executive director, Robin Vanderwall as board chair, and Paul Shannon as board vice-chair. Sandy Rozek is secretary, and Philip Kaso has the position of treasurer. Last year, when NARSOL announced […] The post NARSOL elects officers, adds new board members first appeared on NARSOL.
• The new vigilantism
  January 6, 2025 by Sandy Rozek
  By Sandy . . . It started with Chris Hanson and To Catch a Predator, a mainstream television program where potential online sexual predators lured by a civilian sting operation were “busted” by police officers, often with tasers drawn and pointed and terrifyingly threatening. The police presence lent a legitimacy to what was in reality a […] The post The new vigilantism first appeared on NARSOL.
• ACT NOW: The Safe Shelters Act: Unsafe, Unjust, and Cruel
  December 17, 2024 by Sandy Rozek
  By Sandy Rozek, NARSOL Communications Director & John Dawe, NARSOL Marketing DirectorWhen families face emergencies and are driven from their homes, they need quick and equitable access to emergency facilities. Families should be allowed to stay together during crises. However, a new bill, The Safe Shelters Act, proposed by Nancy Mace, a former South Carolina […] The post ACT NOW: The Safe Shelters Act: Unsafe, Unjust, and Cruel first appeared on NARSOL.
• The case against capital punishment for child sex abuse
  December 14, 2024 by a guest writer
  By Josiah and Randall . . . We are writing on behalf of the statewide Pennsylvania Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws to express our deep concern over State Representative Ryan Warner’s proposal to allow the death penalty for individuals convicted of child sexual offenses. While protecting children is a cause we all share, this proposal is fraught […] The post The case against capital punishment for child sex abuse first appeared on NARSOL.
• A prison by any other name is still a prison
  December 7, 2024 by Sandy Rozek
  By Sandy . . . They were married in a Texas county jail with a bulletproof pane of glass between them. The paths that took them to that point were twisted and tortuous, and the paths leading from it are even more so. He was convicted of two sexual offenses many years ago and served […] The post A prison by any other name is still a prison first appeared on NARSOL.
• The perils of moving to another state – even after you’re removed from your own state’s registry
  November 25, 2024 by a guest writer
  By Bruce, a.k.a. Atwo Zee, Registered Traveler. . . A recent NARSOL Digest (Oct/Nov 2024) “Legal Corner” article (Page 5) discussed the case of a man who successfully had himself removed from Michigan’s registry, then moved to Alabama.  Three years later he was arrested in Alabama on a failure to register felony. Now he asks […] The post The perils of moving to another state – even after you’re removed from your own state’s registry first appeared on NARSOL.
• Halloween, 2024–an anomoly or a new beginning?
  November 7, 2024 by Sandy Rozek
  By Sandy . . . Halloween 2024 is behind us. This Halloween was same-old, same-old in some respects and something of an anomaly in others. Once again, no children were snatched by registrants—or by anyone, apparently–as they walked the streets, and none were lured into the homes of registrants with promises of candy and then harmed. […] The post Halloween, 2024–an anomoly or a new beginning? first appeared on NARSOL.
• Why are “fiscally responsible” politicians spending taxpayer money to make people homeless?
  October 21, 2024 by Sandy Rozek
  This piece, including the title, has been edited to correct inaccuracies. Distributed to Illinois media By Sandy . . . Everyone needs a place to live, including people with past convictions. The government shouldn’t be spending taxpayer money to kick people out of their homes. Beginning in 2020, Bob O’Dekirk, then-mayor of Joliet, Illinois,  put […] The post Why are “fiscally responsible” politicians spending taxpayer money to make people homeless? first appeared on NARSOL.
• Halloween 50 years ago and now
  October 9, 2024 by Sandy Rozek
  By Sandy . . . Looking at some of the headers of the articles sent in today’s alerts, I cannot help but shake my head in wonder. “Communities explore other Halloween plans after sex offender law abolished,” announces a Missouri news outlet. This is in regard to the Missouri Supreme Court’s recent ruling that requiring […] The post Halloween 50 years ago and now first appeared on NARSOL.