Larry and Andy talk about: The extremely complex residency restrictions that law enforcement have to deal with. Inmates in Florida being put in solitary confinement for not working. Hotels on fire, can you fire someone for being on the registry. How to make sure you don’t rent a hotel room next to a registrant. People […]
Series: Registry Matters
Episode 23 – Acquitted But Guilty Anyway
Episode 23 2018/05/05 We have a guest joining us tonight. Joshua B Hoe. Josh is the co-host of the podcast Decarceration Nation which is a podcast about radically changing the way America does criminal justice. He’s recently interviewed gubernatorial candidates in Michigan and book authors on CJ reform. Josh is also a published author. And […]
Episode 22 – What The Heck Is 404b
Episode 22 2018/04/29 This is an opinion piece From The Hill written by Jesse Kelley. The Sex Offender Registry: Vengeful, unconstitutional and due for full repealhttp://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/376668-the-sex-offender-registry-vengeful-unconstitutional-and-due-for-fullIf 95% of people in prison will be released, why is it that we saddle them with such hardship. This isn’t just an SO issue, although the punishment is more […]
Episode 21 – Is Burglary Always Violent
Episode 21 2018/04/26 From KALB: Bill to remove non-violent, non-sex offenses from habitual offender law voted down.What does it take to get a bill into your legislature. Who sponsors a bill? How do committees work? How are they split between the parties?http://www.kalb.com/content/news/Bill-to-remove-non-violent-and-non-sex-offenses-from-habitual-offender-law-voted-down-480075373.html A big SCOTUS decision in Sessions v. Dimaya ruling that helps our cause. […]
Episode 20 – Not Guilty By Insanity
Episode 20 2018/04/14 A brief discussion about a woman on the registry for NOT reporting that her son was having sex, while NOT in her custody??? WTH! There Are Too Many Kids on the Sex Offender Registry https://reason.com/archives/2018/04/09/there-are-too-many-kids-on-the Dissenting Against the Supreme Court’s Rightward Shift When Stephen Reinhardt, the famously liberal judge who died last […]
Episode 19 – Just End The Federal Registry Already
Episode 19 2018/04/07 Colbert county Alabama sheriff messed up. There was a 2 week laps in sending out notifications to the locals of convicted sex offenders moving into the area.http://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Colbert-officials-develop-a-new-plan-better-notify-citizens-about-sex-offenders-477979273.html Colom campaigned on locking up fewer people He released a person for a parole violation, in which his predecessor locked him up for 5 years […]
Episode 18 – There Go The People
Episode 18 2018/03/31 1) How is it that in some states the registry is considered “punishment” (Michigan?) and in other states it is simply a “public service”? I’m thinking of the ex post facto registry requirements for SO’s who have completed their sentences. 2) The 80+ towns throughout Minnesota that have enacted their own extra-judicial […]
Episode 17 – Real Criminal Justice Reform
Larry and Andy discuss a radical criminal justice reform AG, the WV Supreme Court decision about Internet restrictions, MN groping loophole, How long should Guantanamo detainees be held, should people in prison be released for care for a sick spouse, Craigslist shuts down it’s personals section, and the money spent for indefinite detention.
Episode 16 – Interview w Brenda Jones
Episode 16 2018/03/17 From the LA Times: Eight reasons for America’s shameful number of wrongful convictions Most cops and prosecutors are hard-working and honest professionals. But some have ulterior motives. Some have a tainted view of innocence and guilt. False confessions coming from endless hours of interrogations. 25% of individuals exonerated later by DNA had […]
Episode 15 – Can Speech Be Compelled
Episode 15 2018/03/10 The Sex Offender Registry: Vengeful, unconstitutional and due for full repealhttp://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/376668-the-sex-offender-registry-vengeful-unconstitutional-and-due-for-full The rapist of 13-year-old at church camp got no prison time. Now, thousands want the judge removed.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/05/the-rapist-of-13-year-old-at-church-camp-got-no-jail-time-now-thousands-want-the-judge-removed/?utm_term=.21d17e028a46 Tarrant County judge used electric shocks to punish sex offender, who is getting a new trialhttp://www.star-telegram.com/latest-news/article203890369.html This Case Could Help Prevent Congress From Outsourcing […]