All Episodes
The complete Registry Matters archive.
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RM167: Hijacking A Bill With Floor Amendments
Welcome to episode 167 of Registry Matters. This episode discusses an interesting concept of a “Floor Amendment”. It was used when the bill passed from one chamber to the next, an amendment was added to it. Instead of the chamber simply passing it with no alterations, a vote was required. And then, since the bills…
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RM166: GA Legislature Debating Extending Registration Explained
This weeks episode of Registry Matters has us discussing in detail legislation from Georgia that has some very interesting language. This bill will allow some of those individuals on the registry to stay on for longer. This is amazing! Because that’s exactly what someone would want to do, which is stay on for longer. Even…
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RM165: Huge Win In Tennessee Explained
In this weeks episode, we explained the recent decision in United States District Court of the Middle District of Tennessee. The governor of Tennessee was William Haslam. He was the defendant along with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation director. It was two separate but identical complaints filed by the same attorney. The two cases were…
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RM164: Interstate Compact Revocation Hearings Explained
Today’s episode, we have more content that we can jam into an hour. We have three questions from behind the walls of prison. We have a couple questions from outside the walls of prison. And then we’re going to dig into interstate compact, probable cause hearings. And we’re gonna talk about the late Justice Scalia…
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RM163: Can Minnesota Require Registration for Legal Conduct?
In RM163, we put together an exciting program discussing the options for someone with an out-of-state conviction. What paths are available to this individual to get off the registry. Stay put? Move back to where the conviction comes from? Another state entirely? We also dig around the bill being proposed for a little while, and…
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RM162: Discussion on Challenging Legislation
Hello! And welcome to episode 162 of Registry Matters. We have several questions. And hopefully we can get to them all. We’re going to talk about a particular piece of legislation in the New Mexico State House Bill 56. And we’ve got some articles. One of our main focuses at Registry Matters is helping people…
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RM161: Porn Ban Struck | Treatment Discussion w/ Theresa Robertson Ph.D., LCPC
Turns out, treatment could be counterproductive. We were joined this week by Theresa Robertson. A real live, in the flesh PhD and licensed psychotherapist in private practice. We first cover a few listener questions and then Theresa gives us a breakdown on subjective individuals to a one-size-fits-all model is not at all productive. And then…
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RM160: Polygraphs: The Truth Behind The Myths
RM160 is an exciting episode. We were joined by Brian Von Behren. Brian is the individual who challenged Colorado on their use of the polygraph. He asserted that he cannot be compelled to answer potentially incriminating questions as a condition of supervision. Brian was ultimately victorious in the Tenth Circuit. [2:00] Listener question regarding transferring…
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RM159: PFRs To Be Treated Equally in California Says CA Supreme Court
In RM159, Larry delivers a thorough analysis of an appeal that occurred in California. This case was brought by Gregory Gadlin in 2007 for assault with a deadly weapon. Because Gadlin had previous convictions for sexual offenses, he not going to be eligible for parole for the current offense. The California Supreme Court sided with…
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RM158: Amended Sex Offender Registration Act Passes Michigan Legislature
We take a long hard look at the new legislation poised to pass in Michigan. Not everything is better, but many things are. Larry takes us through the details of the new legislation and how it improves and makes things worse, and what he thinks will happen next. [2:55] – Jason asks about traveling to…