Restore Georgia strongly opposes Senate Bill 468, legislation that would fundamentally alter Georgia’s sexual offender risk classification system by replacing individualized, evidence-based assessment with automatic offense-based designations. Georgia currently operates a structured, risk-based classification system through the Sexual Offender Risk Review Board.
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Restore Georgia unequivocally condemns domestic violence. Survivors deserve safety, accountability, and meaningful prevention strategies that reduce harm. However, we strongly oppose HB 1142 and HB 1207, which would create a public registry of “recidivist domestic violence offenders” in Georgia. Public registries are
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NARSOL has completed its 2025 conference, its 17th consecutive one. It was a wonderful conference. So many thanks go to our conference committees; our attendees, both in-person and livestream; our speakers and workshop presenters; the hotel and its staff; our law enforcement and
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sandy Rozek, Communications Director <communications@narsol.org> 2nd Contact: John Dawe, Marketing Director <marketing@narsol.org> 3rd Contact: Brenda Jones, Executive Director <bjones@narsol.org> The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) condemns both the letter and the Change.org petition recently circulated
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to disclose information about a neighbor on the sex-offender registry. By Kwame Anthony Appiah: I recently reneged on an offer to buy a house because I discovered that a registered sex offender lived across the street.
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The Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center has published a policy brief on Sex Offense Registration and Notification (SORN) Laws. Published March 2025 From the Executive Summary: The modern sex offense registry was borne out of the belief that a public
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By Florida Action Committee… NARSOL Florida State Affiliate the Florida Action Committee (FAC) is outraged by the recent actions of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, which has forcibly displaced individuals attempting to rebuild their lives after serving their sentences. By clearing out a trailer park he described as
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Texas HB 3499 , authored by Rep. Vincent Perez, will remove the homestead exemption from the property tax responsibility of Texas’ registered citizens—every one of them homeowners occupying the property. This piece includes what was sent to Rep. Perez the morning of Feb. 28. This bill will
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By Christy Perez & Kastalia Medrano Originally Published October 23, 2024 at FilterMag.com Law enforcement has done a good job of portraying recidivism as a kind of unfortunate tendency some people just can’t help. Rarely do media and pop culture indicate that
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HuffPost obtained 37 arrest reports, the overwhelming majority of which show law enforcement officers arresting people for minor technical parole violations. By Jessica Schulberg… Every year on Halloween, law enforcement agencies throughout the country conduct thousands of random checks on people who are
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