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Contact Name: Paul Shannon
Email: pshannon@reformsexoffenderlaws.org
Website: http://reformsexoffenderlaws.org
Telephone: 617-497-5273
Address: (care of) Indochina Newsletter 2161 Mass. Ave. Cambridge MA 02140
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Reform Sex Offender Laws is a project dedicated to raising awareness about the consequences of sex offender laws and working towards changing them for the better.
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TX Texas Voices [002]
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Contact Name: Mary Sue Molnar, Vickie Devore
Email: marysueintx@yahoo.com,txmom4solreform@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.txvoices.com
Telephone:
Address: POB 23539, San Antonio, 78223
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Texas Voices has a powerful group of organizers. They have held one face-to-face Texas-wide meeting with dozens of participants, and numerous conference calls. They have a systematic lobby effort under way, as well as a campaign for public education, with letters to editors and responses to particularly outrageous cases of injustice. They are growing rapidly, and they have also provided help for organizing efforts in other states.
From their website: Texas Voices supports the prevention of child sexual abuse through carefully structured laws that target violent, forced, and/or dangerous predatory acts of sex against children. Existing laws encompass a wide range of offenders and require the exact same resources be used for both violent, dangerous offenders and those whose offenses were neither violent, forced, or dangerous. Current laws, as structured, are not keeping our children safe. They are, in fact, costing the taxpayer millions of dollars to prosecute, monitor, incarcerate, and severely punish many individuals who are of no danger to children, society, or the communities in which they live. We believe that laws which will truly benefit the safety of our children, and society in general, must differentiate between those who are dangerous offenders and those who are not.
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TN Tennessee Voices of Reason [003]
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Contact Name: Andrea Dyess
Email: time4change08@yahoo.com
Website: http://tn-voices-of-reason.com
Telephone: 423-562-5032
Address: P.O.Box 686, LaFollette, TN 37766
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Dedicated To The Reform or Abolition Of Current Sex Offender Registry Laws, To Present Viable And Lasting Solutions For The Prevention Of Sexual Abuse Within The State of Tennessee, And To Offer A Network Of Support For Families Affected By The Sex Offender Registry.
The purpose of our website is to raise critical public awareness of the current Sexual Offender Registry Laws of Tennessee and to expose the detrimental effect that the registry is presenting to the public sense of well being, the families of offenders, and to the individuals required to register as offenders.
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MA Massachusetts Citizens Working for Reform [004]
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Contact Name: Joel Pentlarge
Email: joelpent@comcast.net
Website:
Telephone: 617-390-5397
Address:
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The Massachusetts Citizens Working for Reform group initiates effective lobbying at the State House, and small discussion meetings meet now and then to discuss how best to work for sex offender registry reform. Quite a few of the 50+ RSOL participants have been working for change in Massachusetts law. Paul Shannon, the national RSOL contact, also meets with us. We urge any Massachusetts citizen to contact us!
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NH New Hampshire RSOL - Citizens United to Reevaluate Sex Offender Registries (CURSOR) [005]
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Contact Name: Laurie Peterson
Email: cursor@eprci.com
Website: http://cursor.eprci.com
Telephone:
Address:
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The New Hampshire folks have successfully lobbied to amend some of the worst features of the Adam Walsh Act proposals for their state. They have also worked at the city level in Nashua and elsewhere to keep draconian residency requirements from being made into city ordinances.
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NC North Carolina Sexual Offenders Reform Troops (NC-SORT) [007]
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Contact Name: Linda and Chris
Email: lcanada777@aol.com, rsolnc@gmail.com
Website:
Telephone:
Address:
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North Carolina Sexual Offenders Reform Troops (NC-SORT) supports continuing education with the general public to help reduce the fear tactics that have been used for so long. NC-SORT agrees with TEXAS VOICE and supports the prevention of child sexual abuse through carefully structured laws that target violent, forced, and/or dangerous predatory acts of sex against children. Existing laws encompass a wide range of offenders and require the exact same resources be used for both violent, dangerous offenders and those whose offenses were neither violent, forced, involved any personal one-on-one contact,or dangerous. Current laws, as structured, are not keeping our children safe and are costing the taxpayer millions of dollars to prosecute, monitor, incarcerate, and severely punish many individuals who are of no danger to children, society, or the communities in which they live. We believe that laws which will truly benefit the safety of our children, and society in general, must differentiate between those who are dangerous offenders and those who are not. There are "levels" of the "crime" and not all should be treated equally so that upon the completion of serving time and parole/probation certain categories would be able to rejoin society in all areas, to include residency, visiting state and local funded parks and recreation facilities, and by having the rights to be involved with their own family members under age 18.
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OK CFC OKLAHOMA [008]
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Contact Name: Mary Duval
Email: rickyslife@windstream.net
Website: http://www.cfcoklahoma.org
Telephone: 918-575-7318
Address: P.O. Box 1185
Westville, OK 74965
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The goal of Citizens for Change (CFC) Oklahoma is to offer a network of support for former registered offenders and their families, as well as education for prevention of sexual abuse. We work together to educate the public through speaking, publications and pamphlets that will inform the citizens of Oklahoma the true facts regarding former offenders, and the laws which are doing more harm then good for Oklahoma's children. Please join us as we fight to bring the registry back to its original purpose: for the most dangerous offenders, and only in the hands of the police.
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OR Oregon RSOL [009]
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Contact Name: Shelley Ledbetter
Email: OR4BalancedLaws@yahoo.com
Website:
Telephone: 541-276-6025
Address: P.O. Box 1857
Pendleton, OR 97801
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Our goal and purpose is to work with Oregon legislators and lawmakers toward revision, reform, and, in some cases, abolishment of ineffective and damaging sex offender legislation. We are developing aggressive letter-writing campaigns as well as effective methods by which to educate the public both about current laws and restrictions and the unimaginable circumstances under which a person can find themselves labeled as an offender. We are developing a professional core group of individuals who will guide all who wish to help and who need support, and we are confident that through perseverance, we will effect change. Please join us.
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FL FLA Reform Sex Offender Laws (FLARSOL) [010]
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Contact Name: Jody Lentino
Email: jody@flareformsexoffenderlaws.org
Website: http://www.flareformsexoffenderlaws.org
Telephone: 888-FLA-RSOL / 888-352-7765
Address: FLARSOL P.O. Box 4
New Port Richey, FL 34656-0004
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A RAY OF HOPE FOR OFFENDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES...
Our mission is to protect children and the life and dignity of all human persons. Every person has a fundamental right to life. This includes the things we need to have a decent life: faith and family, work and education, health care and housing. We also have a responsibility to others and to society. We work to make sure the rights of all people are being protected.
Our goal is to lobby for the reform of existing laws pertaining to sex offenses. While made with good intentions, these laws do little to protect our children. Instead, they are persecuting our young people, forcing them away from the love and support of their families, due to residency restrictions. Sentencing our families to a life time of humiliation, with public registries. Costing the tax payers millions of dollars in supervision of low risk offenders, leaving little resources to oversee high risk offenders. Burdening our countries social services because employers are afraid to hire ex-offenders. Finnally, sending productive citizens and their families into exile for life...
Learn more about the injustice being waged on over 2,000,000 Americans. We need your help! Don't think this cannot happen to your family. Your young adult could be the next registered sex offender....
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OH Ohio ConstitutionalFights [011]
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Contact Name: Mark
Email: constitutionalfights@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.constitutionalfights.org
Telephone:
Address:
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Ohio ConstitutionalFights is the Ohio contact for
Reformsexoffenderlaws.org, which is dedicated to public education and
lobbying to reform existing sex offender laws, especially punitive
portions of the sex offender registry and civil commitment laws. The
purpose of our group, and the website, is to inform Ohio and United
States citizens
of Constitutional abuses by our elected officials and politicians. We
will be silent no longer. We will hold these elected officials
accountable for trampling our Constitutional Rights! We especially
oppose Ohio Senate Bill 10, also known as the ¨Adam Walsh¨ law. The law
imposes retro-active restrictions and requirements on sex offenders.
Imposing new retro-active punishment on them constitutes a violation of
the Ohio and U.S. Constitutions with regard to double jeopardy and ex
post facto provisions. We urge all Ohio citizens to join us in fighting
these and other such unConstitutional Ohio laws!
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CA Californians for Common Sense Sex Offender Laws [012]
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Contact Name: Linda G. or Ingrid H.
Email: edh_advocates@live.com
Website: Under Construction
Telephone:
Address: RSOL-California/3450 Palmer Drive/Ste 4-137/Cameron Park, CA 96682
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To provide an advocacy group in California for the nation-wide effort to reevaluate, revise, and/or repeal sex offender laws that have grown increasingly irrational and excessive.
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MO RSOL Missouri [013]
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Contact Name: Darrin O'neil
Email: missourirsol@yahoo.com
Website:
Telephone:
Address:
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Our goal and focus is to work with State Legislators and private citizens to accomplish three things.
1. Insure saftey of our children.
2. Assist and work with local and state government to enact reasonable and fair laws that address sexual offenses.
3. Working with legislators to develop laws and methods that will enable law abiding sex offenders, who have paid their debt to society, ways to assimilate into the work force and housing market through responsible behavior and decision making.
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IL RSOL Illinois [014]
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Contact Name: Renate
Email: GVR123@aol.com
Website:
Telephone:
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Providing a voice for Illinois.....
For centuries, our society has always targeted a group of people to hate. They have included Hebrews, Christians, Jews, Blacks and Homosexuals. In the 2000's, it's the sex offenders.
The antediluvian laws and the rules and regulations of the IDOC need to be reformed as the only thing they accomplish in doing is making life for a registered sex offender wretched. These laws and regulations do little or nothing to protect our children. Let's band together in Illinois and see if we can make a difference!
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GA Georgians for Sex Offender Registry and Residency Restriction Reform [015]
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Contact Name: Kelly R Piercy
Email: gasoem@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gasorr.org/
Telephone: (706) 955 2009 OR Skype: kelly.ray.piercy
Address: gasorr.org
P. O. Box 180
Hull, GA 30646
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Georgians for Sex Offender Registry and Residency Restriction Reform is working to present verifiable facts and truth about the dangers posed to the community by sex offenders. It is our goal to give you the facts instead of myth and hysteria. It is time for you to help us make laws and take steps that will protect our communities from the scourge of sex crimes and prevent more victims. Our goal is to stop the waste of money and resources on ineffective and unnecessary laws designed to get votes instead of address the problem.
Georgians for Sex Offender Registry and Residency Restriction Reform ask you to look at the facts and verify the information. Once you are informed, contact your local, State, and Federal legislators and demand rational and effective programs for this and all classes of crime. It is time to stop fixing the blame and begin fixing the problem.
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ME Maine Citizens For Constitutional Justice [016]
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Contact Name: Matthew
Email: mainersol@yahoo.com
Website:
Telephone:
Address:
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A voice for Maine citizens to effectively challenge the unconstitutionality of current sex offender laws.
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MD Maryland Citizens For Sex Offender Justice [017]
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Contact Name: Sandra Dee Kennedy
Email: sdk5460@yahoo.com
Website: http://mdcitizensforsexoffenderjustice.tripod.com
Telephone: 302-344-7792
Address: 33250 Old Ocean City Rd,
Parsonsburg, MD 21849
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Maryland Citizens For Sex Offender Justice advocates the following:
1. To educate MD public and state government on the sex offender facts vs fiction. (Currently, there is the mentality of "once a sex offender, always a sex offender" "No woman or child is safe")
2. Propose a new MD Registry that categorizes between Adult Sex Offenders and Child Sex Offenders with sub-categories of risk:
Alerts: Non-compliant/absconders
High Risk: Those with convictions from present to 5 years
Medium risk: Those with convictions of less than 5 years to 10 years
Low Risk: Those with convictions greater than 10 years
(Currently, Maryland state registry lists all sex offenders under the "Child Sex offender registry" with no categories. There are those who have 20- 30 year old convictions on the registry and you are classified as to the level of violence of your conviction)
3. Be Pro-active on laws/bills introduced that the group deems unfair/idiotic/draconian. (Take for instance: the SORNA law within the state of Maryland is not retroactive and does not apply to convictions prior to 1997 yet many sex offenders are being arrested for not abiding by SORNA; residency laws, computer registration laws, GPS laws, Special license plate laws)
4. Be a support for sex offenders who are attempting to get on with their lives, and their wives, children and families.
5. Lobby for a bill that would give tax credits to businesses that hire ex-convicts, including sex offenders. (Such major businesses in the state of Maryland as Perdue, Pepsi, Coke will not hire anyone with a conviction. They protect themselves by stating "will consider" but in all actuality do not hire.)
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NM RSOL New Mexico [018]
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Contact Name: Alice Benson
Email: madalleyreport@aol.com
Website:
Telephone:
Address: PO Box 2376, Tijeras, NM 87059
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Goals for NM:
1. Contact all interested registered sex offenders, parents, family members who would want to help us.
2. Change laws which label non-violent offenders as threat to the community.
3. Change parole laws which retry and persecute those who have already paid their debt to society.
4. Provide assistance to released sex offenders that we believe want to make a drastic change in their lives. For one time offenders we hope to pay one month rent upon release from prison and assist them in finding a place to live and a job.
RSOL New Mexico's state organizer Alice Benson is part of a non-profit group called Titus House (no house at present) which visits, corresponds with and approves of candidates for this program.
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AL Alabama Citizens 4 Change [019]
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Contact Name: Anthony O.
Email: al4change@yahoo.com
Website:
Telephone: 256-572-6155
Address: P.O Box 905 Albertville, AL 35950
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Alabama Citizens 4 Change primary purpose is the education of the public and continued movement to reform the existing State Sex Offender Legislation to laws that differentiate between offenders. In accomplishing these goals, we believe society will be better served and safer. The laws of today employ no common sense tactics and are costing tax payers millions. We believe the public is largely uneducated regarding this issue and therefore most laws were created by politicians and fueled by p anic and myths and spread through today’s mass media. The truth needs to be told and changes must be made.
We encourage any citizens who are interested in the truth of this issue to join this effort. In today’s environment, there are many individuals that are being affected by this legislation. In addition to the many Former Sex Offenders affected are the families behind them. We encourage families to join the effort and begin to take a stand against these laws that are too broad and all encompassing.
Our upcoming efforts will include:
1. Contact as many Former Sex Offenders and their families as possible to increase the effort of the group.
2. Educate the public through sustained efforts of circulating factual information via various media outlets, mass mailings etc.
3. Begin a speaking campaign for the sole purpose of educating the legal community. Targets will include: Police Agencies, Law Schools, and District Attorney’s Offices etc.
4. Begin a sustained campaign for our State Legislators designed to provide education and lobby for change.
5. The charter of this association will be Education and Differentiation.
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NY RSOL New York [020]
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Contact Name: Jennifer Ferreira
Email: rsolny.contact@gmail.com
Website: soon to come
Telephone:
Address:
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Reform Sex Offender Laws NY is an affiliate of Reform Sex Offender Laws, a National Organization dedicated to establishing laws that will effectively reduce sex crime. We are an organization of volunteers working together to inform the public of the injustices done to sex offenders and their families, and to educate the public about the truth through facts and statistics regarding those convicted and their crimes. The current federal and state laws do not protect the children of our country. Our goal is to change the attitude in society about sex offenders and teach people the truth regarding child sexual abuse in order to encourage a change in the laws to better protect our children from abuse. We intend to do this by holding open and frank discussions on the issues to encourage New York State legislators and residents of New York State to rethink the fear driven laws that are in place in this state and in this country.
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PA Pennsylvania RSOL [021]
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Contact Name: Teresa Hull
Email: tch_freedom09@yahoo.com
Website:
Telephone:
Address:
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Pennsylvania RSOL beleives that any crime that has been committed does hold its punishments, but the punishment has to fit the crime, which is very often not the case when it comes to crimes of a sexual nature.
We believe that these injustices need to be condemned and these laws
changed, and we invite all Pennsylvania citizens who agree with us to join our cause.
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IN RSOL Indiana [022]
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Contact Name: Milagros Chopite
Email: rsolindiana@gmail.com
Website:
Telephone:
Address: 124 W Pinewood Dr
Bloomington, IN 47403
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Our mission is to raise awareness about legal and social policy in the United States about sex offenders. Branded for life with the ever changing laws, sex offenders are the only group of people that once they seve their sentence and pay the price for their crimes, are being re-sentenced with every new law that is put in effect. It is being tried over and over again for the same crime with each law that is put in place. Our goals are to change this and raise awareness to the public about these laws and the affect that they have on innocent people and the community as a whole.
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WI Wisconsin Badger State RSOL [023]
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Contact Name: Nathan A. Emmons
Email: Badgerstate_rsol@yahoo.com
Website:
Telephone:
Address:
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The main goal of Wisconsin Badger State RSOL is public awareness, which most importantly includes awareness about the teenage situation. We want to inform the public of the unfairness of the current laws which condemn teenagers for having consensual sexual relationships.
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VA Virginia RSOL [024]
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Contact Name: Mary and John
Email: rsolvirginia@comcast.net
Website: www.rsolvirginia.org
Telephone: Available if necessary (please contat state organizer through email)
Address: P.O. Box 98 Mechanicsville VA. 23111
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The RSOL of Virginia is a small group of volunteers who know firsthand that the current laws regarding registered sex-offenders are flawed and degrading. They are a waste of taxpayers’ money and inflict harm and unconstitutional restrictions upon citizens of the United States.
Our mission is:
• To educate the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia what offenses currently result in someone becoming a registered sex-offender. The minimum penalty for any “sex-offense” is now 15 years on the registry and after that, you must petition the court to be removed.
These offenses include but are not limited to:
o Smacking or grabbing someone on the buttocks, groin or chest
o Consensual sex between:
- a 12 year old and a 15 ½ , 16 or 17 year old
- a 13 year old and a 16 ½ or 17 year old
- a 14 year old and a 17 ½ or 18 year old
All of the above are a Class 6 Felony, minimum 15 years on the registry
o Consensual sex between
- a 12 or 13 year old with an 18 year old
A Class 4 Felony, a lifetime on the registry
In states other than Virginia offenses that include registration include but are not limited to:
o Urinating in public
o Mooning
o Streaking or skinny dipping
o Consensual sex between and 18 year old and a 15, 16 or 17 year old
As RSOL –Texas Voices has previously stated, “there is a huge difference between stealing a candy bar and robbing a bank. Both crimes are considered theft and both are differentiated by law”.
The current laws for sex-offenders do not differentiate.
• To remove all young adults with consensual offenses from the registry.
• To completely remove juveniles from the Virginia registry.
• To eliminate any Virginia Statue’s that state; an accusation is sufficient to convict, no corroboration is required.
Instead, evidence and/or a witness would be required.
• To stop the state of Virginia from allowing the accusation (alone) to be entered as evidence in court.
• To have the current sentencing guidelines in Virginia reduced to be more in keeping with the offense, remembering this is a state with no parole.
Each case should be judged on its own merits with a punishment that fits the crime.
• To educate Virginians that there are differences between a non-violent and a violent offender.
Unfortunately in 2006, the Virginia General Assembly reclassified almost all non-violent offenders to violent offenses.
This resulted in 90% of all Virginia offenders being reclassified as violent regardless of their offense and their sentence given by the court.
This includes many of offenses that had NO physical contact.
• To reinstate the non-violent classifications that existed prior to the 2006 Virginia General Assembly.
• To completely remove non-violent offenders from the Virginia registry.
(What few are left thanks to the 2006 Virginia Assembly)
• To remove the employer information from public view as it serves no purpose other than to intimidate and influence the employer.
• To eliminate the retro-active approach to laws passed in Virginia in regards to court classifications, requirements and restrictions upon the registered.
If it wasn’t a law during the time of the conviction, then it does not apply today.(Ex post facto)
We contend this to be unconstitutional in that the registry subjects the convicted to be continually resentenced for a crime that they’ve already paid for.
• To require notification of new and revised laws that will affect all registered sex offenders. Either through, the mail, e-mail, in person during one of the two Sex Offender Task Force surprise home visits or noted on the Virginia State Police web-site. This notification should take place at least two months before the new law begins.
• To remove the residency restrictions of the registered.
In Virginia it’s currently 500 ft from schools, day care centers, recreation centers and parks that share a border with a school.
The Virginia Assembly has previously attempted to increase this restriction to 1000’, but the bill did not pass.
They may attempt to increase it again or add libraries, churches or bus stops as many other states have done.
No other laws stipulate when and where you can reside in the United States.
• To revoke the current Virginia statue that gives the accuser only 21 days to recant in which an unjust conviction and punishment could be overturned.
There should be no deadline on justice.
• To charge any person or persons committing a crime or discriminating against a person listed on the registry solely due to the listing as a “Hate Crime” punishable to the full extent of the law.
• To ultimately remove the stigma associated with one being on the Sex Offender Registry as a point of consideration as opposed to condemnation.
We do not know what the right answers to these problems might be, but we do know that the current laws and trends towards fear and loathing is not the direction in which I or our forefathers envisioned.
We were all guaranteed the right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness and no one shall stand in its way.
Join us in righting these wrongs.
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MI Michigan RSOL [025]
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Contact Name: Francie Baldino
Email: reformsolaw_mi@att.net
Website: Soon to come
Telephone: 248-229-2698
Address: 219 S. Blair
Royal Oak, MI 48067
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From our state organizer:
I am the mother of a son who is currently doing 5 years in prison for having consensual sex with his girlfriend of 15 months. He will be 24 when he gets out and is incredibly nervous about his future and his newly acquired title of “Sex Offender”. When he gets out, he cannot come home and live with us because we live across the street from a park, where children play. What is wrong with this picture???
My specific goals & priorities as state organizer of the reform sex offender laws group in Michigan is to circulate information and facts about the current sex offender law and why it needs to be reviewed and reformed to as many people, communities, legislative officials and those who would be willing to make this a priority with the lawmakers and state representatives. I will work to get feedback & information from these individuals.
There needs to be public awareness to the community as well as students & teens about this law and how it affects so many lives and futures. Preventative measures need to be taught so there will be less of our young people incarcerated and set up for a future of being labeled as a sex offender.
I am currently working with the ROYAL OAK COMMUNITY COALITION. Their main goal is to promote through collaboration, a healthy community free of substance abuse for youths and those who live in, work in and/or visit our community. Their vision is to prevent substance abuse by sustaining & strengthening a safe & healthy community together. They have become very interested in the current sex offender law because they believe in prevention and right now, with this law, as it is an excellent law for the pedophiles and rapists, it should not be intended to be used towards teens having consensual sex, they are being labeled and grouped into these horrific crimes. They also see that this sets up these youths for a lifetime of trials and difficulties with being labeled, as well as being incarcerated, it is a set up for failure. With the outstanding costs of housing a prisoner & the overcrowded jails, they still incarcerate people for these things that are not considered a crime and not violent. It would be less expensive to send a youth to counseling or a school/college than to house them in a prison, and they would get much more out of that option than a prison, as well as a better future.
We have met with candidates for the Prosecuting Attorney and questioned them about the law, as they agreed it needs to be reformed but of course, wanted to wait until after the elections to address it. I am currently putting a packet of information together and need a list of supporters and peoples experiences with this for an all day meeting that the director of the coalition will be having with state representative John Pappageorge. She would like to present my packet and information to him and have him look it over and see if he can do anything or offer information/tips on what we can do to move this along. I hope to play a huge role in the quest of getting this law reformed!!!
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UT Utah RSOL [026]
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Contact Name: Kim W.
Email: sprite5967@comcast.net
Website:
Telephone:
Address:
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The RSOL of Utah is a group of citizens who agree with RSOL.org's public statement.
Our group has three main goals:
1. Most important is public education about the RSOL statement and its goals, and in general to fight the anti ¨sex offender¨ hysteria, through putting op eds in newspapers, writing articles, speaking at churches and conferences, etc.
2. Next important is to gather information about the laws of the state, and about pending bills in the state, and about the names and phone numbers of the key legislators, and then to contact those legislators to try to lobby for reform or repeal.
3. Finally, as always, to give emotional and social support to the sex offenders and their families in Utah.
Anyone interested in volunteering with Utah RSOL may contact our State organizer, Kim, at the above email address.
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AR Arkansas RSOL [027]
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Contact Name: Linda
Email: arkansasrsol@hotmail.com
Website:
Telephone:
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A voice for Arkansas citizens to effectively challenge the unconstitutionality of current sex offender laws.
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IA CFC Iowa [028]
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Contact Name: Ricky
Email: americanresearcher4@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.cfciowa.org
Telephone:
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The goal of Citizens for Change (CFC) Iowa is to offer a network of support for former registered offenders and their families, as well as education for prevention of sexual abuse. We work together to educate the public through speaking, publications and pamphlets that will inform the citizens of Iowa the true facts regarding former offenders, and the laws which are doing more harm then good for Iowa's children. Please join us as we fight to bring the registry back to its original purpose: for the most dangerous offenders, and only in the hands of the police.
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MN Minnesota RSOL [029]
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Contact Name: Fima Estrin
Email: estrinyefim@gmail.com
Website: http://estrinyefim.newsvine.com
Telephone:
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Minnesota RSOL wishes to help organize people in Minnesota who have concerns about modern time criminal laws regarding sex crimes. These laws create a very dangerous environment, society of fear.
We also seek to contact Minnesota congressmen and senators regarding new and existing laws, to try to give them more explanations and real examples of
injustice and hysteria. Our main goal
is to prevent 'Adam Walsh act' to become law in Minnesota. We need to
be in constant contact with many lawmakers in different areas of Twin
Cities and Minnesota.
We regularly contact journalists from Minnesota's Newspapers and Magazines to get more publications and coverage.
Finally, we try to create support groups for SO.
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NV Nevada RSOL [030]
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Contact Name: Ruth
Email: nevadarsol@att.net
Website:
Telephone:
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A message from our Nevada organizer:
My main goal, if I could pull it off, would be to help the families with the mental support of seeing their loved ones through this ordeal. I would like to set up possibly a once a month ( Reno) based meeting spot, and or quarterly, every 3 months (Reno/Las Vegas) based meeting to have offenders and families come and support and share their opinions and concerns so that they can truly know there are people who care and listen. I would also like to be a go to person for the offenders possibly to make sure they are complying with their set guidelines as far as registering and making sure they are complying with the state laws. (My husband and I), from personal experience have noticed that when you are complying and have a decent PO Officer, they are actually very willing to work with you and for you. It makes a BIG difference. I would also of course continue to obtain as much information as I could on any updates in the upcoming laws. Educating the public on these laws and what it does to these offenders and their families is very crucial as well. ( Flyers, Pamphlets, etc….)
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LA Louisiana RSOL [031]
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Contact Name: Debra Sams
Email: louisianarsol@gmail.com
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Louisiana RSOL works on reforming the sex offender laws in Louisiana. Our team is gathering information and compiling all the laws of the State in order to do effective lobbying. We also wish to provide support to all Louisianians who are affected by the sex offender laws.
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CO Colorado RSOL [032]
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Contact Name: Bennie
Email: lostjustice@comcast.net
Website: http://www.gimeweb.com/
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PURPOSE
It is the purpose of Colorado RSOL to achieve balanced justice in the courts, and balance in the laws, for indeed Due Process in the Laws mean fairness, and fairness embodies equality and a sense of balance.
GOAL
Through email and other communications including speaking, Colorado RSOL will continue to contact legislators in the Colorado Assembly Judiciary AND Appropriations Committees to keep focus on the gross inequities in sex offender legislations, to not let these legislators forget that they are destroying human lives for things some have not done, nor contemplated, and others who have been reformed.
In our goals we will solicit the help of former teachers, business people, families, and friends to bond together in the goal of effecting sensible changes in sex offender legislations and laws.
ACHIEVEMENT
If by one law we can turn back unbalanced and inequitable legislations, then we will have achieved merely a first step, with the hope and efforts of all who won’t be silent no more, to make many more steps, while growing in our abilities, and reaching out to others so that our voices will no longer be denied.
Inequitable laws will continue unabated when legislators, law enforcement, the courts, and the vigilantes frighten us into the dark shadows, hiding as if we cannot be seen.
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