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The complete Registry Matters archive.
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RM264: Wyoming Supreme Court Rules Against DCI in Sex Offender Registration Case
On Registry Matters 264, we dive into a case where the Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) overstepped its authority by requiring a Casper man to register as a sex offender 20 years after he was convicted of a misdemeanor sexual battery charge in Georgia. The court found…
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RM263: Cruel and Unusual Punishment Is not Punishment
Most people who have to register for a sexual offense think the registry seems like punishment. But is it “cruel and unusual” punishment? Making it difficult for individuals to find places they can live seems cruel. Some of the restraints placed upon registrants seem cruel as well. And it is unusual that individuals would have…
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RM262: Risk for Reoffense – Who Decides?
The Static-99 is the most commonly used tool for sex offender risk assessment. Although many states are moving away from using risk-based assessments to offense-based models so they can comply with the Federal Adam Walsh act, some states still use assessments like the Static-99. A case from Rhode Island centers on another risk-based assessment tool,…
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RM261: Police Stings–Preying on Human Emotions Works
Police stings, where officers go into adult chat rooms and pretend to be an under-aged person, continue to be an important topic. A member of CAGE (Citizens Against Government Entrapment) is our guest. We cover a range of topics, including sentencing guidelines, constitutional issues, and are police stings entrapment if law enforcement is pretending to…
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RM260: Behind the Broken Promise of Plea Bargains
Today’s podcasts focuses on plea deals and whether a person should take one. The Plea Bargain Task Force studied the plea deal system for several years. It concluded that the plea deal system needs to be more fairer and more transparent. What would that look like? For one, defendants should be made aware of the…
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RM259: Federal Judge Blocks Expanded Residency Restrictions in Rhode Island
We devote much of the show to good news out of Rhode Island, where a federal judge ruled that residency restrictions that were applied retroactively are unconstitutional. The Rhode Island law would have required tier-three PFRs to move out of the expanded residency zone, even if they owned a home within it. The judge saw…
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RM258: GPS and the 4th Amendment–Stay Tuned
Is GPS monitoring unconstitutional? When the Supreme Court remanded Grady v. North Carolina back to the state, it essentially said that GPS monitoring after an individual has completed their sentence and is off of supervision (including any probation or parole), violates an individual’s 4th amendment right. The court agreed that GPS monitoring of a private…
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RM257: Don’t Want a PFR Nearby? In California open a home school
The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call…
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RM256: Don’t Fall for the Scam: Law Enforcement Doesn’t Call Before an Arrest
Many people on the sex offender registry have received a scam phone call from someone claiming they work for law enforcement. These calls typically allege an arrest warrant is out for the PFRs arrest due to some violation of registry rules. And scammers are more sophisticated, creating realistic call back numbers and using the lingo…
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RM255: Chemical Castration–Little Success, Lots of Side Effects
We cover chemical castration again. This time with an expert with a PharmD named Travis. We got really deep into the chemical used, the dose and the side effects. We also looked at a Republican sponsor bill in Georgia that makes prostitution a felony. We carved out time to cover some news articles at the…