As most of you know, anyone that comes out of an incarceration situation is going to have varying levels of PTSD. What I have found rarely mentioned is that the loved ones, wives, children, parents and friends can also be…
Category: reform
The First Step Act Reviewed
The text of the Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/756/text I have never looked deeply into the laws and regulations that are at the Federal level. This could be because it has never affected me, but mostly because I am not entirely sure they…
There is no Justice in our Legal system.
As an average citizen, how often do you think about the law and how it applies to you? Do you go through your everyday life and contemplate whether or not you’re breaking the law, be it federal, state or local? …
TN US District Court Case May Be Pivotal for Registrants
A case filed in US District Court, Nashville, TN last week has the potential to be a pivotal point in changing the registry, not only for John Doe who is filing the suit, but for all registrants. Plaintiff John Doe…
Colorado Sex Offender Registration Statute Unconstitutional 8-31-2017
Colorado Sex Offender Registration Statute Unconstitutional 8-31-2017 MILLARD et al. v. Rankin A win following the Packingham v. North Carolina win Packingham v. North Carolina: Justice Kennedy writing for the majority noted parenthetically that “the troubling fact that the law imposes severe restrictions…
BOP Bungles Sex Offender’s Transitional Housing
Asking to speak with the prison warden was much like Dorothy asking to speak to the Wizard of Oz. No one gets in to see him!. No way no how!. You need an appt.,come back in a year!. Better yet,…
Opinions Are Like (Fill in the Blank). Everyone’s Got One.
The Hill’s January 31, 2017 piece by Opinion Contributor/Attorney Michael Dolce, struck a chord with me. A very negative chord. It reminded me just how terrible an ill-conceived “opinion piece” can be perceived by the public as being “the whole…
U.S. Attorney General Comments On Re-Entry For Inmates
This past week, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced measures to help released inmates ease back into society. Her anouncement is part of the broad prison reform movement which in part includes the Smart on Crime bill, the U.S.…
Is The US Sentencing Commission Dragging It’s Heels On Child Pornography And Sex Offender Agenda?
Over the past 5 years I ‘ve followed the goings on at the US Sentencing Commission. Public comment letters meticulously drafted were sent to Washington whenever the topic of child pornography/sex offender registry was on the agenda. I’ve received return…