RM140: AG Barr Seeks to Force AWA Compliance

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On the show this week, we dive into a case from Tennessee involving a man who had all of the registry requirements imposed on him long after his crime was committed. He went to court to get an injunction, and was awarded the injunction. This is great news and could ultimately have wide reaching impact on PFRs.

We also discuss an update to The Adam Walsh Act that has many of those quite worried. Hopefully this will assuage so of those fears.

[8:17] Tennessee Reid vs. Lee

[44:51] AWA proposed regulations.

[1:00:30] https://nacdl.org/newsrelease/NewTitleIXRegulationsDueProcess

[1:03:25] https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/08/13/con-air-is-spreading-covid-19-all-over-the-federal-prison-system

[1:10:35] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/us/fl-sheriff-billy-woods-bans-masks.html

[1:14:16] https://youtu.be/VN9L76P4vHY

Resources:
AWA Checklist for Substantial Compliance
AWA Guidelines_2008
DOJ Proposal for AWA_2020
Tennessee-District-Court-Order-Granting-Injunction
Ried vs. Lee – Tennessee

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RM139: What State Should I Move To?

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In Episode 139, we were joined by Paul and Ethan. We featured a segment on how to figure out what state you should move to. Paul is trying to find a state, any state really, to move to to gain as much relief from the registry as he can. Larry walks him through the decision process of how to find a state.

Ethan asked a question about a month ago about Federal Supremacy in regards to federal charges for PFRs and what restrictions are applied by the state.

Don’t miss the patreon extra this week. It’s off topic for the show. However, it is interesting to hear the political junkie get into the strategy of President Trump and the latest round of stimulus money. If you would like to become a patron to support the show, and to hear our extra content, sign up at https://www.patreon.com/registrymatters.

[12:57] https://www.abqjournal.com/1484291/fugitive-finally-nabbed-after-nearly-50-years-on-the-lam.html

[15:29] https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/04/aurora-pd-handcuffs-family-gunpoint/

[19:50] https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-convinced-crime-is-rising-in-the-u-s-theyre-wrong/

[24:09] https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3661563

[25:28] Moving to another state

[1:03:49] Federal Supremacy

[1:21:35] Spencer v Indiana Court of Appeals 2020

Resources:
IL Sex Offender Registration Act
Petition for Removal Wyoming
SMART Office Review Wyoming_2019
Spencer v Indiana Court of Appeals 2020

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RM138: SORNA Explained

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On this week’s episode, we go in depth into SORNA. We tried to cover all of the relevant angles that we could find about SORNA. We had a few listener questions about transferring to a new state, and our position on the registry. Hot take: We’re against it. And then bounce around misc news items that seemed interesting.

Listener questions:
[04:57] If a person is trying to do an Interstate Compact transfer, and their supervising officer won’t initiate the transfer, is there a remedy to force them?

[10:12] How we can claim to be against the registry when we seem to be okay with the decision of the PA Supreme Court issued regarding subchapter I?

[15:23] Transferring to a new state, not under supervision

[30:43] https://gazette.com/colorado-watch/colorado-board-that-writes-rules-for-management-of-sex-offenders-rife-with-conflicts-state-audit/article_3a4a67be-d11a-11ea-9783-a710d571c03c.html

[42:06] https://www.courthousenews.com/dismissal-of-michael-flynn-case-will-go-before-full-dc-circuit/
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/30/897205758/full-d-c-appeals-court-agrees-to-take-up-michael-flynn-legal-case

[48:07] https://theappeal.org/mississippi-teen-who-has-languished-in-jail-for-17-months-without-an-indictment-is-just-one-of-thousands/

[51:26] https://theintercept.com/2020/07/31/protests-surveillance-stingrays-dirtboxes-phone-tracking/

[52:43] https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/30/michigans-top-court-kills-lawsuit-by-wrongly-impri/

[1:01:24] What is SORNA?
https://smart.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh231/files/media/document/faq_sorna_guidelines.pdf

Resources:
Hart v. Michigan_Supreme Court 2020
Colorado SORNA 2020

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RM137: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Denies SORNA Challenge to Whitmayer & Lacombe

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On Episode 137 of Registry Matters, we covered a SORNA challenge out of Pennsylvania. These are people who were sentenced more than 20 years ago, and were scooped up into the enhanced registration schemes. The schemes that they signed up for when their convictions happened have changed. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied their SORNA challenge.

We also covered some news items related to folks on the registry and then also covered some listener questions.

Our biggest fan in Florida sent in this image of the FYP compliance tank. This is too funny. Thanks Mike!

[14:13] https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/7/20/21331595/rikers-island-sex-offender-registry-homeless

[17:35] https://mynewsla.com/crime/2020/07/17/sex-offenders-lose-bid-to-serve-on-juries-judge-rules-all-ex-felons-dont-have-to-be-treated-the-same/

[21:20] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/ajit-pai-urges-states-to-cap-prison-phone-rates-after-he-helped-kill-fcc-caps/

[26:12] https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/july/sex-offender-welcome-church-abuse-safety-ministry.html

[29:32] Question about some of the nuances of transferring supervision to a new state

[53:47] Whitmayer & Lacombe PA Supreme Court

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RM136: Even Miss Kentucky is on the Registry for Sexting

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On this weeks episode, we covered some follow-up questions from last weeks episode which generated a bunch of feedback and questions. You can find that here.

[1:49] Follow-up discussion regarding last week. We spoke to two listeners and I would like to share their concerns.

[24:44] Florida Voting Matter in U.S. Supreme Court: Scalia Clip about textual vs. purposivism.

[39:22] Hypocrisy: Use clip from NBC news where Governor Kemp filed a lawsuit against Mayor Bottoms.

[50:01] Play Trump campaign ad. Scare Tactics on police funding. I want to call out more Hypocrisy.

[57:46] Flag Ban Clip: Does it violate the constitution?

[1:04:06] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSiN0k4NqqU
https://www.theblaze.com/news/former-miss-kentucky-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-for-sexting-a-student

[1:12:32] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/daniel-lewis-lee-execution-crime.html

[1:17:14] https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/13/florida-sergeant-threatened-handcuffed-man/

[1:23:08] https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2020/07/17/ordinance-seeks-to-restrict-sex-offenders-from-certain-businesses

[1:24:46] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/john-roberts-just-who-supreme-court-needed/614053/

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RM135: Petition for Removal from the Registry

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On this weeks show, we solicited and received questions from listeners on social media. Then between Larry and Andy, this is a thorough guide.

Moving on to the ‘Democrat’ party blasting Trump for him commuting the sentence of long time friend Roger Stone. The simple point here is that the president has the authority and the right to commute sentences. This is a case of Larry blasting at the left for getting it wrong. This is clearly within the presidents power to do this.

[2:40] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stone

[15:15] https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/09/mississippi-gov-tate-reeves-vetoes-criminal-justice-bills/5404785002/

[24:27] https://www.wisbar.org/NewsPublications/Pages/General-Article.aspx?ArticleID=27834
https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police/aclu-apps-record-police-conduct
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/06/17/siri-im-getting-pulled-over-record-police-stops/3210746001/

[32:09] https://apnews.com/6f01c81c253ebd09e75da13c12570153

[34:03] https://jg-tc.com/opinion/columnists/commentary-lawyers-cant-visit-clients-in-prison-so-quit-monitoring-their-emails/article_d4c012bc-1ff6-5f16-8271-87719f8a6ac1.html

[37:36] https://theappeal.org/prisoners-stimulus-checks/

[45:48] https://www.bakersfield.com/news/attorney-now-sick-with-covid-19-says-judge-ordered-her-to-court-against-her-better/article_29d2ada4-bfb0-11ea-9c08-ab6aba61ef80.html

[52:24] https://time.com/5863783/prosecutors-criminal-justice-reform/

[56:02] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53358330

[59:19] Petition for Removal from the Registry

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RM134: Seo v. Indiana State Supreme Court

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We have another decision regarding unlocking your cell phone coming from Indiana. This one rules that you can refuse to give access to law enforcement. Good news!

[1:14] Guest Patron Mike from Florida

[39:28] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200624/15251744774/indiana-supreme-court-says-compelled-decryption-smartphones-violates-fifth-amendment.shtml

[51:36] https://www.law.com/njlawjournal/2020/06/28/reimagine-the-role-of-police/

[56:36] https://www.courthousenews.com/11th-circuit-blocks-order-allowing-felon-voting-in-florida/

[1:02:10] https://theintercept.com/2020/07/02/coronavirus-kansas-prison-lansing-correctional/
https://theappeal.org/coronavirus-in-jails-and-prisons-21/
https://theappeal.org/san-quentin-hunger-strike-coronavirus-outbreak-california-prison/

[1:05:34] https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2020/06/26/appeals-court-says-state-can-prosecute-charges-dropped-as-part-of-federal-plea-deal/

[1:11:43] https://apnews.com/5c0de9020b6fa06eb2569320edae278f
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/29/mississippi-prison-reform-habitual-offender-bill-retroactive-houser-family/3278968001/

[1:14:56] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/27/us/minneapolis-police-officer-kueng.html

[1:16:40] https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007174941/philadelphia-tear-gas-george-floyd-protests.html

[1:19:54] http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-listening-to-rayshard-brooks-on-probation-20200626-urd3dzqewjdvzbe4jo7k3irdii-story.html
https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-grants-bond-for-ex-atlanta-cop-charged-in-rayshard-brooks-killing/

[1:25:27] https://www.npr.org/2020/06/28/884351939/how-authorities-can-use-the-internet-to-identify-protesters

[1:36:06] Patreon Will has a question

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RM133: Torsilieri v PA and Legoo v IL

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After a well deserved week off, we come back into the trenches with a couple decisions; one good and one less than good.

We had a decision from Illinois that didn’t go very well. Mr. Legoo’s child ended up in a park, which is on the restriction list for a PFR. He is not allowed to knowingly go to a park. Mr. Legoo goes to retrieve his child from the park and is recognized by an officer. Talk about a Hobsian choice: A) Go to a park to retrieve your kid, and risk getting arrested for being somewhere you are not allowed to be. B) Let the kid run wild, and let some other person report your kid unsupervised and child protective services will come and possibly remove your child. C) Call the police for assistance, and then they will call protective services and you risk losing your child. All around this is terrible policy.

In the Pennsylvania case involving Mr. Torsilieri, the judge in this case decided to kick the ball back and bring in more evidence. This has the sad side effect of delaying a decision. Many of these decision rely on the statement of “frightening and high” recidivism. This has been debunked countless times in the past. As I understand it, this is the judge telling the state to prove the frightening and high statement. We’ll see what they come up with in the coming months.

[10:02] https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/504273-appeals-court-orders-judge-to-dismiss-flynn-charges
Michael Flynn Circuit Court Opinion

[21:41] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200610/12574044688/more-schools-are-ending-contracts-with-cops-following-protests-over-killing-george-floyd.shtml

[26:15] https://theappeal.org/miranda-rights-weakened-supreme-court/

[32:24] https://www.natlawreview.com/article/constitution-protects-faces-crowd
https://www.cnet.com/news/geofence-warrants-how-police-can-use-protesters-phones-against-them/

[43:50] Legoo vs Illinois
People v Legoo Illinois Supreme Court Park Restrictions

[54:56] https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/6/12/21289570/utah-supreme-court-sex-abuse-law-federal-judge-richard-roberts-terry-mitchell-joseph-paul-franklin

[1:00:52] https://dcist.com/story/20/06/20/virginia-democrats-hope-to-drop-mandatory-minimum-sentencing/

[1:07:28] Torsilieri vs Pennsylvania
PA Supreme Court 2020

https://beyondfearpodcast.com/

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RM132: I May Be Guilty of Murder, But It Was Justified

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This weeks episode covers the situation in Omaha, Nebraska where a man murdered a Person Forced to Register. He has admitted to the crime. There is an overwhelming amount of support for his pardon or acquittal. An actual jury could go to deliberation and find the man not guilty. This is crazy! James Fairbanks went to Mattieo Condoluci house and pulled a gun on him and killed him right there in his front door.

[1:41] https://theappeal.org/coronavirus-in-jails-and-prisons-11/

[6:23] https://theappeal.org/minneapolis-city-council-members-announce-intent-to-disband-the-police-department-invest-in-proven-community-led-public-safety/

[15:47] https://www.law360.com/retail/articles/1280383/bipartisan-bill-seeks-ppp-access-despite-criminal-records

[22:04] https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2020/06/06/tennessee-wants-put-man-death-despite-evidence-racial-profiling/3129308001/

[25:40] https://theappeal.org/i-can-never-be-more-grateful-after-nearly-35-years-willie-mae-harris-is-released-from-prison/

[29:03] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/police-unions-minneapolis-kroll.html

[35:36] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/us/politics/democrats-police-misconduct-racial-bias.html

[49:48] https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/06/us/police-reports-lying-videos-misconduct-trnd/index.html

[55:01] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/n7wnkz/the-police-are-gaslighting-us

[57:15] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/us/politics/justice-department-barr-racism-police.html

[1:01:00] https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/protests-spread-over-police-shootings-police-promised-reforms-every-year-they-still-shoot-nearly-1000-people/2020/06/08/5c204f0c-a67c-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.html

[1:08:00] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/first-step-figuring-out-what-police-are/612793/

[1:15:00] https://www.omaha.com/news/crime/omaha-man-says-killing-sex-offender-was-justified-and-doesnt-think-a-jury-will-convict/article_c7954562-744b-56a1-9f69-b6fae594b4eb.html

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RM131: Media Fearmongering Isn’t New

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This week is a topic that is all over the news: The civil unrest all over the country, and the world even, over the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minnesota. Many people have “discovered” that the media engages in fearmongering. But the truth is, is that this is nothing new.

Larry curated clips from the early 80s when the air traffic controllers went on strike and how the media portrayed the whole event. They would report that airplanes are going to fall from the skies and other hyperbole.

[2:59] http://texasvoices.org/court-cases-hearn-v-castilleja-update/

[16:28] https://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/special-plates-for-drunk-driving-offenders.aspx

[22:22] https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/05/30/first-came-the-pandemic-then-came-the-raw-sewage

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/03/jails-are-coronavirus-hotbeds-how-many-people-should-be-released-to-slow-the-spread

[28:24] https://theappeal.org/pennsylvania-prisoners-governor-release-coronavirus/

[33:59] History Lesson with Fearmongering

[1:01:42] http://www.courthousenews.com/minnesota-officials-link-arrested-looters-to-white-supremacist-groups/

[1:05:30] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/06/02/george-floyd-protests-federal-prisons-lockdown-amid-outside-unrest/3122517001/

[1:09:32] https://whyy.org/articles/police-reforms-in-pa-languished-after-antwon-roses-killing-will-now-be-any-different/

[1:14:05] https://www.correctionsone.com/riots-and-crowd-control/articles/attorney-general-barr-sends-bop-riot-teams-to-dc-miami-OSnsh9lRt9UCBbM0/

[1:16:43] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/us/george-floyd-police-records-chauvin.html

[1:19:54] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/manuel-ellis-tacoma-police-homicide.html