Sex offender presence restrictions passed at the city and county levels can be successfully challenged in both state and federal courts. California attorney Janice Bellucci has done just that and shows you how easy it is to do the same where you live! Recorded on Thursday July 16, 2014 at the National RSOL conference inContinue reading “Challenging Presence Restrictions”
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Finding The Answers to Sex Offender Laws
Keynote speaker and criminal defense attorney Alex Landon covers a broad spectrum of issues related to sex offender laws that the public needs to be aware of. Recorded Friday August 30, 2013 at the National Conference to reform sex offender laws in Los Angeles
The Rise of the Preventive State
CATO UNBOUND-A Journal of Debate: Eric Janus. June 5, 2015 ___________________________________________________ Galen Baughman’s essay is a cogent rebuke to the badly misguided bevy of laws claiming the mantle of sexual violence prevention. And David Prescott adds the evidence-based critique of an expert in the field of sex offender treatment. This response supplements those two arguments, focusingContinue reading “The Rise of the Preventive State”
Sexual Offense Laws and Constitutionality
Professor of Law, Catherine Carpenter of Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles talks about just how punitive and extreme sex offender laws have become over the years and the ways in which they violate US citizen’s constitutional rights. It was recorded on Saturday August 31st in Los Angeles at the 2013 RSOL National Conference.
Questionable Commitments
CATO UNBOUND-A Journal of Debate: Galen Baughman, June 1, 2015 ___________________________________________________ There is a young man in Virginia sitting behind tall fences and razor wire, guarded by men with guns, and never allowed to leave. According to the state, he isn’t in prison, and he is not being punished for a crime. Instead, he’s beingContinue reading “Questionable Commitments”
“Are We All Sex Offenders?”
TEDx Talk Galen Baughman delivers his TEDx talk regarding his experience with the culture of fear and homophobia surrounding sex offenses
Sex Crimes and Criminal Justice: Formerly Incarcerated Sex Offenders Say Civil Commitment Programs Deny Proper Rehabilitation
PRISON LEGAL NEWS: Barbara Koeppel, January 8, 2019 ___________________________________________________ Responding to several highly-publicized sex crimes and public fears, legislatures across the country have adopted statutes that allow the continued imprisonment of sex offenders after they have completed their sentences. Veteran investigative reporter Barbara Koeppel has spent the past 12 months reporting on this third railContinue reading “Sex Crimes and Criminal Justice: Formerly Incarcerated Sex Offenders Say Civil Commitment Programs Deny Proper Rehabilitation”
“Civil commitment … a quintessential example of a poorly conceived scheme …”
AMA JOURNAL OF ETHICS: Corey Rayburn Yung, JD, October 2013 ___________________________________________________ The use of civil commitment for postprison confinement of sex offenders represents a quintessential example of a poorly conceived scheme designed to unify concepts from the fields of law and medicine. Legislators supporting such programs attempted to utilize the authority of mental health professionalsContinue reading ““Civil commitment … a quintessential example of a poorly conceived scheme …””
The sex-offender panic is destroying lives
THE WASHINGTON POST-Opinion: Radley Balko, September 19, 2017, 8:38 AM EST ___________________________________________________ The video below tells the story of Shawna, an Oklahoma woman who is still in mandatory treatment because 15 years ago, when she was 19, she had sex with a boy who was 14. Over at the Marshall Project, David Feige has more aboutContinue reading “The sex-offender panic is destroying lives”
Inside the Endless Nightmare of Indefinite Detention Under “Civil Commitment”
After serving their criminal sentence, these men discover their punishment may never be over. IN THESE TIMES: Aug. 29, 2020, Susan Lazare ___________________________________________________ EXCERPT: “Yet, In These Times spoke with people held in civil commitment, rights advocates, scholars and lawyers who say that, instead of receiving effective treatment, people held under civil commitment statutes are subject toContinue reading “Inside the Endless Nightmare of Indefinite Detention Under “Civil Commitment””
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