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Check Out Chicago Wrongful Convictions Scandal
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By alex marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 20.02.2010
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False Convictions ¨Torture Scandal¨ Video
We urge all RSOL participants to check out this Youtube 3 minute video about a false convictions ´torture scandal´ and a great play about it in Chicago. The youtube url is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jumZkwEJwnw
For those in the Chicago area, the play is ¨My Kind of Town,¨ by John Conroy. The play will be read at 6pm on March 8 - sponsored by the Center on Wrongful Convictions - at Northwestern School of Law, Thorne Auditorium , Chicago, IL. This is an important contribution to understanding the extreme injustices against people wrongfully convicted.
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Tribute to RSOL Signatory Howard Zinn
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By alex marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 28.01.2010
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A TRIBUTE TO HOWARD ZINN, EARLY RSOL SIGNATORY
Howard Zinn, an early RSOL signatory, and a champion of freedom and justice in America and the world, has died at age 87. (See the Boston Globe obituary, News Item No. 0206). Dr. Zinn was known for championing unpopular causes, and for his staunch opposition to U.S. policies that led to wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. He was a major civil rights activist in the early days of the movement for desegregation. He boldly opposed the anti-communist crusades of the Cold War. He was a historian at Boston University, best known for his monumental ¨A People´s History of the United States,¨ in which he told the ´other side of the story,´ from that of the elites. He was especially active in the movement for American Indians and their rights. When Boston activists began the movement to Safeguard Our Children and Our Liberties in the 1990s, Dr. Zinn was an early leader, speaking out publicly against the shaming of sex offenders in the United States. RSOL salutes Dr. Zinn´s memory and hopes his life and work will continue to influence the lives of young people in America. We will keep his name on our signatory list - where he is no. 2 after Paul Shannon! He never shied from the struggle to demand rights for sex offenders and their families. Many of us who knew him, will miss him personally. All those who fight for freedom will miss his presence, though his spirit remains as a beacon to us all. Alex Marbury www.reformsexoffenderlaws.org |
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Researcher Seeks Women w. Relationships to S.O.s
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By alex marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 27.01.2010
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We Want To Talk To Women In
Relationships With Men Who Have Been
Convicted Of Sex Offenses
How has this impacted your life?
What types of programs could help you?
We want to hear about you and your concerns!
Please consider participating in this research project. We would like to interview you to figure out what you feel could help women in your position. Also, we would like to discuss what impact this relationship has on you. We would like to talk to women about these issues. Your story and experiences are very valuable! Your insights can help us to understand women’s needs and concerns and your experiences can help affect policies to better serve women and their families.
Please Contact Laura Rapp, M.A.
University of Delaware
lrapp@udel.edu
302-438-8619
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Charging 11 Year Old´s with S.O.s
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By alex marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 24.01.2010
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PROTEST CHARGING CHILDREN WITH SEX CRIMES
Shelley Leadbetter, the Oregon RSOL coordinator (or4balancedlaws@yahoo.com), sends this chilling story from Oregon.
A 22 year old has been charged with 62 counts of child sex abuse against 2 peers when he was ll years old! Help us expose that adults can be prosecuted for something they did as a child and be charged as an adult even though they were a kid when it did or didn't happen. Guilt shouldn't even be the issue here:¨
ALL RSOL PARTICIPANTS are urged to write to the TV station that aired this, and to the Governor, Attorney General and Senate in Oregon, protesting such charges.
Here is the contact information:
http://www.kptv.com/news/22312753/detail.html - Article & Comments
http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/contact_us.shtml
- OREGON Governor Ted Kulongoski
http://www.doj.state.or.us/contact.shtml
- OREGON Attorney General's office
http://www.leg.state.or.us/prozanski/
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ARC Radio Wed Jan 21 - Neb S.O. Interviewed
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 19.01.2010
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NEBRASKA S.O. TALKS ABOUT IMPACT OF NEW NEBRASKA LAW
ARC TALK RADIO
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 (8 p.m. EST)
Dial: 724-444-7444
Code: 29521#
Live Broadcast:
http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=29521&cmd=tc
Please join us this Wednesday as we here at ARC Talk Radio welcome John doe and his wife from Nebraska.
On January 1, 2010 LB285 became law which had many new requirements for all registered sex offenders. One of the most harmful and damaging requirements is all Tier 1 and 2, who were previously on a non-public registry in hands of police only, are now subjected to the Megan's law website which will include such information as their current photo, address, criminal charge
etc.
Our guest John doe, Nebraska,has been openly speaking out against this detrimental law which will not only effect his life but that of his family and thousands of other Nebraska former offenders.
In recent weeks he has been on the radio discussing this new law and its issues regarding the constitution as Nebraska Attorney General fights back stating this will protect Nebraska's children and does not violate the state and federal constitution.
Here on ARC we will give John Doe the opportunity to respond to AG Bruning's statements and discuss the issues which he feels are vital to himself and others. If you would like to listen to these interviews please visit the link at the top for ARC Talk Radio's archive to download.
Hope you will join us in support of John Doe's fight as he has took a pro-active stand to overturn LB285, educate the public and stand by our Constitution.
To learn more on Nebraska and John doe's fight visit:
http://constitutionaldefense.org/
ARC Hosts,
Kevin and Mary
www.americansrealitycheck.com
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Coakley - Former witch-hunter in Mass runs for Senate
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 17.01.2010
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Witch-hunter Runs for Senate in Mass
RSOL PARTICIPANTS urged to contact the media to alert them, and to contact Senate candidate Martha Coakley, to try to get a statement from her about this before this Tuesday´s election!
THIS TUESDAY, Massachusetts could choose one of the nation´s worst sex offender witch hunters as Senator. Although she may be liberal on other issues, as Massachusetts DA, Coakley was responsible for the witch hunt in Massachusetts that ruined one more family's life with false sex offense accusations. In the Wall Street Journal, Dorothy Rabinowitz recounted the Amirault case, one of the most grotesque miscarriages of justice in the history of the nation. And Martha Coakley, Democratic candidate for Senator of MA, was right in the middle of it. This woman should be in jail, not in the US Senate.
This alert is from Ingrid, in CA - edh_advocates@live.com
Here's the Wall Street Journal article:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575003341640657862.html
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ARE CONCENTRATION CAMPS HERE ALREADY?
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By alex marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 12.01.2010
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ARE U.S. CONCENTRATION CAMPS HERE TO STAY?
The ongoing use of extended ´civil commitment´ for sex offenders violates the most basic rights guaranteed in the Constituion. As this article rightly points out, this is a creeping fascism - the laws may be extended to other types of prisoners after they have completed their sentences. We must call and write NPR to congratulate them on this, and to add our voices to the cry for the civil commitment laws to be overturned! The North Carolina case is urgent for RSOL.
From NPR radio.
URL
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122452485
READ the article at RSOL News Item No. 0197.
Federal Prisoners Kept Beyond Their Sentences
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America´s Reality Check, Jan.6!
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By Mary <rickysmom@rickyslife.com>
Posted on 31.12.2009
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Please listen Wed Jan 6 to America´s Reality Check!
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American’s Reality Check
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
8:00 p.m. Eastern
Dial: 724-444-7444
Code: 29521#
Chat: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=29521&cmd=tc
Please join us Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 8:00 pm Eastern, as we here at American’s
Reality Check (ARC) Welcome James of the video “not a sex offender- please help”.
Young James was 18 when he and a friend were at a party and met a couple girls who they had consensual sex with. These girls told the youths they were 16 and 17 and led both young men to be misled..
James fought his case in the courts for two years and the young lady’s family supported him acknowledging their daughter lied to him the night they met.
Read article here: (copy/paste link to browser if it fails to load)
http://www.lincolntimesnews.com/archives.asp?Story=10762&Sect=20&Y=2006&M=6&D=28
Recently, James created a video in desperation to get his newborn daughter back who was taken from him and his ex-girlfriend due to a child abuse case and his status as a Registred Sex Offender. Under the current law James has five years left to register but has shown great courage and strength to go public in hopes to seek help in regards to getting his baby girl back.
View video: (copy/paste if it fails to load)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ASVUWoX2yE#normal
Please show your support and encouragement by attending the ARC show and sharing James story across the world. This young man’s cries for help must be heard!
ARC Hosts,
Kevin and Mary
www.americansrealitychekc.com
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GREAT NEWS FROM MAINE!
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 23.12.2009
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GREAT NEWS FROM MAINE - Maine Supreme Court Strikes Down Retroactivity in Sex Offender Laws
We urge all RSOL participants to send congratulations to Maine RSOL contact, Jane Cantral, ladyfurebear@yahoo.com, and to get involved in YOUR state to support challenges to the retroactivity of S.O. laws - clearly a violation of the ex post facto clause in the US and most state Constitutions. Let´s make this a national trend!
For more information, see New Item No. 0189 on our News Page, or go to this url
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/133336.html
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SEND LETTERS TO OHIO SUPREME COURT
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 17.12.2009
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URGENT LETTERS NOW TO OHIO SUPREME COURT
The Adam Walsh Act has passed in Ohio, and is now being reviewed by the Ohio Supreme Court. It is up next in Illinois. We need every RSOL participant to write urgent letters to the Ohio Supreme Court to arrive before Christmas! Tell brief but real stories of hardship for offenders and families if the AWA is enforced! WRITE NOW. See Action item no. 0071 for more information! |
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This Should Never Happen In America!
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 09.12.2009
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TO ALL RSOL PEOPLE - THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN IN AMERICA:
When will we finally say enough is enough???? This happened in Fayetteville, W. Va., and although I sent out an appeal to W.Va. rsol participants, no-one showed up! PLEASE DON´T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN!
From Bobby, a W.Va. father and Combat Veteran:
Our son was sentenced to 35 to 100 years Dec 4. We spent thousands of dollars for the best attorneys. He was examined by Forensic psychiatry. He showed no signs of being a sex offender. He was given a polygraph and passed. They do not let you use them but the psychiatrist stated that they are used in treatment of offenders and that it brings out the truth. He said Scotty did not need any counselling. This doctor is on the Board at Marshall University. He is starting a new program at West Virginia University. This Judge, John Hatcher, stated that he did not agree with the psychiatrist´s logic! There were 3 others who spoke up for Scotty at the hearing - his Mother his daughter´s mother and his pastor, as well as Dr. Miller. He had support from family and friends. There was no-one there from RSOL. There was no-one at the hearing for the victim´s family, but only people from Child Protectivd Services. They are the people who pushed this through. The victim´s family stated previously that this did not happen. The doctor´s report stated that this did not happen.
Pray for Scotty, his three children and our family. I am a combat Vietnam Veteran and I am haveng a hard time accepting that they have take my son´s freedom. We are going to appeal. This should never happen in this great country we live in. Freedom is not free. |
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A Different Kind of Christmas Tree
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 06.12.2009
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| Last year, before Christmas, we posted a news item, No. 077, about a sadistic police chief in North Baltimore, Ohio, who decorated a Christmas tree in a public place with local photos from the sex offender registry. We don´t know if he´ll repeat that atrocity. But Linda Gallagher, one of our California RSOL contacts, suggests a different kind of Christmas tree: ¨we need to put up our own trees, with drug dealers, drunk drivers, murderers, Domestic Violence offenders, burglars, and so on. Any of these "criminals" are of danger to our children. Oh, and maybe a tree with our California pols: Mark Sanford, Ensign, John Edwards, Gov Arnie (Schwarzenegger), Mayor Johnson of Sacramento........¨ I prefer this kind of tree - in every state, there are plenty of such ornaments! (Alex) |
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Write America's Leaders About THIS IMPORTANT BOOK!
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 30.11.2009
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WRITE PRESIDENT OBAMA and other U.S. leaders and media people to urge them to read one of the most important books written on sex offender laws - "SEX OFFENDER LAWS: FAILED POLICIES," by Dr. Richard Wright. (See RSOL Research Item 012 for a summary of the book and information on how to buy it.) Mary and John of Virginia RSOL (rsolvirginia@comcast.net) have initiated, at their own expense, sending out copies of this important book to Obama and many other leaders and media people. They ask you to write those leaders and urge them to read the book - and urge the media to interview Dr. Wright. See also Action Item No. 067.
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URGE MASS NOT TO BAN S.O.s FROM SHELTERS
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 18.11.2009
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URGE MASS NOT TO BAN S.O.s FROM SHELTERS
Massachusetts is about to become the 2nd state in the US (after Florida with it`s infamous s.o. homeless camp under a bridge in Miami), to ban registered sex offenders from homeless shelters. (See RSOL News Item 017) This shameless bill, pandering to the never-ending hysteria, has the support of an otherwise progressive group, the Mass. Housing & Shelter Alliance. WE URGE ALL RSOL FOLKS to contact MHSA, Executive Director & President, Joe Finn - email, jfinn@mhsa.net, tel. 617-367-6447, PO Box 120070, Boston, MA 02112, to condemn a homeless advocacy group for increasing sex offender homelessness. Also, contact the Mass. ACLU (ACULM, John Reinstein, Legislative Director, email - jreinstein@aclum.org, tel. 617-482-3170) to praise them for their outstanding work against repressive sex offender laws. Finally, write Globe Reporter, David Abel - dabel@globe.com - and give your opinion. |
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ARE WE HUMAN? Civil Commitment in VA
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 02.11.2009
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ARE WE HUMAN? HELP THOSE HELD IN SQUALOR IN VIRGINIA!
"We are sex offenders with a variety of offenses, but we are also your sons, fathers, brothers and friends. But most importantly, we are human beings in America. We have paid our debt to society that was set forth by an official elected by citizens to give the sentence that we have completed. We ask you all…where are our human rights? Where are the organizations to protect out human rights?"
(From the Petition by 25 of the former sex offenders being held in "civil commitment" - read concentration camps - at Piedmont Regional Jail, Farmville, Virginia
Mary of RSOL Virginia has sent letters to every member of the Virginia State Legislature and to many Virginia media people. SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE! Mary says, "What is wrong with our country! Sorry, I'm just frustrated with the complacency of our lawmakers and media I want to scream." WE WANT TO SCREAM, TOO! Please email Mary - rsolvirginia@comcast.net, and also see Action Item No. 0065 for the whole petition, and for specific legislators and media people to contact. |
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J.S.O. therapists need evidence of Rom & Jl. cases
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By Geoffrey Birkey <ethical_treatment@yahoo.com>
Posted on 30.09.2009
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Juvenile sex offender therapists need evidence of Romeo & Juliet cases put in treatment
Geoffrey Birky of Ethical Treatment for All Youth (ETAY) has brought up
his concern that ATSA (Assoc. for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers) seems
to treat all juvenile sex offenders as persons who have abused someone -
when there are many cases of consensual sex among teens and young adults
that result in placement in treatment (Romeo & Juliet cases).
Please send Geoffrey (ethical_treatment@yahoo.com) and David Prescott of
ATSA (vtprescott@earthlink.net ) any specific evidence of such cases.
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Lynch Mob in Kirkland, WA
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By posted by Alex <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 17.09.2009
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URGENT ACTION REQUIRED! The Kirkland Reporter (Kirkland, Washington) published on Sept. 3 a hateful, fascist cartoon, showing a hangman´s rope and saying that ALL level 3 sex offenders deserved it! We have posted the url below. Already, many RSOL people have responded - and SOSEN also. Thanks to SOSEN and Jane Cantral in Maine for alerting us to this. ALL RSOL PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BOMBARD
THE KIRKLAND REPORTER with letters. We demand a retraction, and an apology for literally urging on vigilante justice and the possible murder of sex offenders - including in some states, teenagers who have had consenusal sex and are placed on the registry! WE MUST ACT ON THIS!
NOTE: See News Item No. 0171, a response by the newspaper to the many SOSEN and RSOL angry comments. We urge you to contact the newspaper and keep up the pressure for a full apology for publishing this offensive cartoon.
Kirkland Reporter, Kirkland, WA, Sept. 3, 2009
Cartoonist, Jeff Johnson
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/east_king/kir/opinion/56412527.html?success |
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Larry King Lets Judge Judy Lie About S.O.s
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By posted by Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 13.09.2009
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OUTRAGEOUS lies on Larry King Live by Judge Judy about sex offender recidivism rates and other statistics. THESE NEED ANSWERING. Go to CNN and listen to Judge Judy. Then contact CNN and demand a retraction! We can´t let these false statistics stand. (See 10 Myths on RSOL Discussion Page).
THE URL IS
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Dugard Kidnapping: Proof that S.O. Registries Fail!
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 03.09.2009
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THE JAYCEE LEE DUGARD KIDNAPPING: PROOF THAT S.O. REGISTRIES DON´T WORK!
ESPECIALLY SEE THE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL, SEPT 12, 2009 - Write the NY Times to agree, and add our own experience!!!! Read it on RSOL News Item No. 0170.
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If a registered sex offender can kidnap and sexually abuse an ll year old girl, and hold her captive in his backyard in a small California town for 18 years, isn´t that proof enough that the Regitries don´t work? Some say yes, MAKE THEM STRICTER! RSOL says it´s because these registries ensnare hundreds of thousands who are NOT dangerous, and thus the truly dangerous go unnoticed, and also that public humiliation does NOT keep people from offending - it may even drive them underground to commit worse actions. ALL RSOL PARTICIPANTS are urged to write letters to editors of the New York Times, USA Today and all other media that have covered this case, urging that it launch a complete re-thinking of the repressive sex offender registry laws that clearly don´t help anyone! Send copies to alexm60@fastmail.fm . See also News Items 0162 and 0163, blog No. 0167, and Action Item 0061. |
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American´s Reality Check , Sept 2
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 30.08.2009
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Mary Duval´s great computer radio show is important to hear again this week. We urge all RSOL participants to tune in:
American’s Reality Check
September 2, 2009
9:30 p.m. Eastern
Dial: 724-444-7444
Code: 29521
Chat: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=29521&cmd=tc
Please join us this coming Wednesday, as we here at American’s Reality Check (ARC) welcome Associate Professor Peter Cummings of York University in Toronto, Canada.
Here is a brief biographical note:
Peter E. Cumming is an Associate Professor of Children's Literature and Culture in the Department of Humanities at York University, Toronto, Canada.
His recent paper, to be discussed this week, is entitled:
"Children's Rights, Children’s Voices, Children’s Technology, Children’s Sexuality."
Below is information from Peter's faculty Website (http://www.arts.yorku.ca/huma/cummingp/research.html ) in relation this conference paper which he presented about teen "sexting" and the response it has generated.
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Sign Petition to Michael Moore
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 19.08.2009
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URGENT PETITION
Petition to ask Michael Moore to do a documentary on the
"Injustice System". This would obviously include the unjust system of so-called justice for sex offenders! Please send confirmation that you have signed to alexm60@fastmail.fm and julia.miller1@hotmail.com
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We need everyone's help once again. A Petition has been created to send to Michael Moore urging him to do a documentary on the "injustice" system. It is sponsored by the National Coalition for Criminal Justice Reform. They are trying to get 1000 signatures. These petitions really only take a minute of your time so please everyone, take a minute and sign this very important
petition.
julia.miller1@hotmail.com
Go to this URL and sign -
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ask-michael-moore-to-document-the-injustice-system
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No New S.O. Laws in Virginia!
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By alex marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 18.08.2009
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| HOORAH! NO NEW SEX OFFENDER LAWS IN VIRGINIA IN 2009 - the first time since sex offender laws were introduced. This is due to the great work of John and Mary, the RSOL of Virginia contact people, and to the many RSOL signatories and non-signatory supporters from Virginia. CONGRATULATIONS, VIRGINIA! Send your support to rsolvirginia@comcast.net |
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RSOL NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 11.05.2009
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RSOL CONFERENCE WAS A SUCCESS - NOW WE NEED SOME CASH!
The RSOL first National Conference was a success, in the eyes of almost all the 130 people who attended either in Boston or in Austin. Despite added unexpected expenses, we came out even, BUT, we had to draw on RSOL general funds. SO -
RSOL NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!
If everyone who is involved in the struggle against unjust sex offender laws gave just $1, we´d have more than we need! Just rsol participants alone, at $1 each, would be nearly $3000. We need some quick cash to continue the Support Hotline, to pay for the RSOL website, the solresearch website, for the prisoner project, and all our other great programs! PLEASE SEND whatever you can - $1, $5, $100. Make checks payable to Paul Shannon, and send by regular post, c/o Indochina Newsletter, 2161 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140. Donations are NOT tax deductible. THANKS!¨ |
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Mary and Ricky on Univision, Cristina Show
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By alex marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 15.04.2009
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WATCH UNIVISION (Spanish-Language TV), Monday Night, April 20, 10pm, to see RSOL´s powerful Oklahoma organizer, Mary, and her equally articulate son, Ricky, interviewed by Cristina Saralegui, on the Cristina Show on Univision, the nation´s leading Spanish-language TV network. The show will be broadcast throughout the US, Latin America, Spain and other European countries. (Outside the US, it may be at other times and on other stations.) It features those falsely accused of crimes, including sex crimes, among them Ricky, Mary´s brave son.
Check your cable service or local tv listings for the channel of Univision in your area or on your service.
For English and Spanish language summaries, and great photos of Mary, Ricky, Cristina and others, go to
http://www.cristinaonline.com/english/show/index.asp |
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Witch Hunt Premier This Sunday!
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 10.04.2009
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WITCH HUNT film premier THIS SUNDAY (EASTER), 7pm PST, 10pm EST,
MSNBC! Watch it! also see www.witchuntmovie.com
Sean Penn and a great cast give us the best documentary yet! |
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RSOL Activists Visit ¨Sex Offenders¨ Under Miami bridge
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 07.04.2009
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| RSOL and SOSEN activists Mary Duval and her son Ricky have written a beautiful account of their recent witness for truth and justice as they visited the camp of homeless ¨sex offenders¨ under the Julia Tuttle Causway in Miami. See our Blog No. 128 for her incredible story, and also to find the URL to see the photographs. This outrageous treatment of ¨sex offenders¨ in Florida goes on and on - when will our country finally learn to respect our Constitution? |
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Chief Justice Blocks Sex Offender Release
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 04.04.2009
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U.S. SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE BLOCKS SEX OFFENDER RELEASE
Obama Administration Evidentlay Does Not Stand for Change on S.O. Issues
(Please see RSOL News Item No. 00126 for the whole story.)
Many RSOL participants had hoped that the new Administration would not simply maintain Bush policies on ¨sex offenders.¨ The Federal Court decision had been a promising sign that indefinate civil commitment laws might be struck down. Although such appeals are usually automatic, that Atty. General Holder and the Justice Department would take this active opposition to the decision, and urge the Supreme Court to block release of nearly 80 ¨sex offenders¨ who have completed long sentences, is disappointing. While some of them may indeed be dangerous, and possibly should be held, evaluated by actual risk they pose and the factual description of their actual actions (not merely the name of their ¨crime¨, such commitment could still be managed by the states. We urge all RSOL participants to write Atty. General Holder and the Obama Administration, urging them to reconsider their position on this urgent matter. |
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NEW RSOL-LINKED RESEARCH WEBSITE
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 28.03.2009
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RSOL (www.reformsexoffenderlaws.org) is proud to announce a new, sister website, with important material. SOL Research, prepared by Dr. Marshall Burns, presents the results of research on sex offender laws and their effects on people and society. We have linked it to our site, and it was prepared in collaboration with us, over a period of more than a year.
The URL is:
www.SOLresearch.org
We urge everyone to look at this stunning site now!
Dr. Burns has done an excellent job with a difficult research subject. He also worked closely with the RSOL webmaster, and later with the entire RSOL team, to assure that his work was compatible with ours. He also assisted in making slight changes to the original RSOL statement, where there were minor errors, and he has provided footnotes to the statement, which are mentioned throughout his site. We regret that due to technical problems, these changes and footnotes are not yet incorporated into the RSOL site. We hope to
remedy this quickly. In the meantime, the footnotes that will appear on RSOL shortly may be viewed at www.SOLresearch.org/~SOLR/~RSOL/doc/notes.php .
The new site offers several excellent articles about issues confronting sex offenders, their families and the public. Among these are:
-Introduction to Sex Offender Registries - providing a brief overview
and history of the registries.
-Criminalizing Child´s Play and How Children Are Harmed - showing how
juveniles are harmed by these laws, including putting those who engage in consensual sex on the registry. ¨Criminalizing Child´s Play includes altered photographs of some of the juveniles registered, in order to illustrate the horror of putting children on public registries.
-Look Who´s a Sex Offender Now! - revealing the types of people who may wind up on the registry, including those with minor offenses, or even with no offenses at all. This also deals with false accusations of many kinds.
-Throwing Away the Key and Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders - two
articles that reveal draconian sentences for sex offenders, including some with minor offenses, and also the double jeopardy of re-incarcerating offenders as ¨detainees¨ after sentences are completed, sometimes for life.
-Families and Strangers - refuting some myths about stranger danger
-False Accusations of Sex with Juveniles
-A Congressman Stands Alone Against the Adam Walsh Act
-U.S. Federal Age of Consent Laws |
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RSOL PLANS NATIONAL CONFERENCE THIS SUMMER!
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 16.03.2009
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Reformsexoffenderlaws.org is planning a face-to-face National Conference this summer. The conference will be simultaneous at two sites, one in Texas and one in Greater Boston, MA., Friday July 10, starting at 6pm, til Saturday evening, July ll, 2009. Texas and Mass. participants will be linked by video. The conference is NOT a public meeting. It is open ONLY to RSOL participants who register in advance. The two Conference goals are:
(1) To provide all of us with important information and research that we must know to make our work more effective and to help unmask the mythology used to build the hysteria hinding us at every turn. (2) To examine strategies to bringing about the changes that we seek. We will examine what's working, what is not, and what might work.
We believe the conference will also provide the space for individuals and families who carry the burden of the sex offender label to meet and support each other.
REGISTRATION: Participants will need to show they are signatories or
non-signatory participants of RSOL or one of it´s 32 affiliated state
groups. They must provide full true names (which will be kept in
confidence by the conference committees), phone numbers (including a
cell where they can be reached during the conference), full postal
addresses and email addresses. Those who ask to be anonymous at the
conference will be known by their first name or email tag, but they
must give real identity to the organizers. There is a $20 voluntary fee (more if you can) for registrants. No-one will be refused because of inability to pay. Fees cover speakers´ transportation and housing, costs of conference meeting places, teleconferencing costs, and refreshments. We aim for 100 participants at each site. Participants must pay for housing, but efforts will be made to find inexpensive lodging. Registrants should contact Paul Shannon, and make checks payable to him (not tax exempt). Paul is a well-known peace educator. Paul will forward Texas registrants to Mary Sue Molnar, contact for Texas Voices. Mail checks and registration information to Paul Shannon, c/o Indochina Newsletter, 2161 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140. MORE INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW! See you in Boston or Texas! |
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March 10 Hearing on AWA & SORNA: View It Now!
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 11.03.2009
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URGENT! The US Congressional Hearing on the Adam Walsh Act and state compliance with SORNA (the national sex offender registration) was held March 10 by the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terror and Homeland Security. Among those presenting written testimony was Laurie Peterson of RSOL. Alden Baker´s excellent SDP123a site provides two and one half hours of televised testimony by subcommittee members and experts invited to testify by the subcommittee. The Chair presiding is Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia. Panelists and many Congressmen made it clear that aspects of the national Registry are ineffective and unfair. Key points raised were whether juveniles should be on the registry; whether some aspects of the national registry, including its retroactivie portions are unConstitutional (as found by at least 6 Federal Courts to date); and whether the offense-based classification system of SORNA is fair and effective. More hearings will be scheduled. We urge ALL RSOL participants to view this hearing and send comments to your US Representatives, and to be prepared to come to Washington to testify in the future. The URL for the hearing (via SDP123a) is
http://www.sdp123a.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=707&Itemid=1
It can also be viewed via the Ohio RSOL affiliate´s web connection at URL
http://vimeo.com/3607467
ALSO - See RSOL Action Item 0037 for Laurie Peterson´s final report on the hearings, and contact her with feedback. Other notes and reactions are being posted as blogs, beginning with Blog No. 117. Send us your comments, and we´ll post them. |
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URGENT CONGRESSIONAL HEARING MARCH 10
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 08.03.2009
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| URGENT ACTION FOR ALL RSOL PARTICIPANTS: A major Congressional Hearing on the Adam Walsh Act takes place this Tuesday, March 10, at 2pm, in Room 2141 Rayburn House Office Bldg, before the Judiciary Committee Subcommitee on Crime, Terror and Homeland Security, chaired by U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, tel. 202-225-8351. Though no public testimony will be taken at this hearing, contact your Rep and give him or her a comment - as well as urge them to speak to RSOL people there, especially Laurie Peterson. (See BLOG Item No. 0016 for Laurie´s take on the hearing, and her position on the rights of ¨sex offenders.¨) A coalition of groups, The Adam Walsh Act Working Group, will seek reforms less sweeping than those proposed by RSOL. We urge you also to contact Alisa Klein at 413-586-9123 or Nicole Rittman, 267-6766, to ask them to include RSOL and its state groups in their working group. All participants should contact their own Representative as well as the chair and members of the subcommittee. See also RSOL Action Item No. 0036 for further details. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! |
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Support Georgia Bill
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 20.02.2009
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| The Southern Center for Human Rights in Georgia is urging support of Georgia Senate Bill No. 157, which makes important changes in sex offender requirements, restoring some privacy and civil liberties and allowing certain offenders to get off the registry list. Go to www.schr.org, or see RSOL Action Item No. 0035. These are the first signs that significant reform can occur at the state level. Also, contact Kelly, the Georgia affiliated state contact, at gasoem@gmail.com. |
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Please Contact Dr. Phil
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By Kelly Piercy <gasoem@gmail.com>
Posted on 08.02.2009
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WE URGE all RSOL participants to contact Dr. Phil about his February 3 show, in which he referred to a recent report on internet contacts beween predators and kids - and completely misrepresented the findings of that report! Also, read Kelly's letter to Dr. Phil as an example, and then write in to the show! Kelly's letter is Blog No. 107 on our Blog page on this site.
The URL for the show is http://drphil.com/shows/show/1217
and the URL for the email feedback form is
http://drphil.com/plugger/respond/2plugID=9164 |
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Sex Offender's Death Because of Laws.
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 05.02.2009
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A week ago, we posted the news story from Michigan (News Item No. 00102)about Thomas Pauli, a homeless sex offender, who was turned away from at least two shelters because of his status, and who died of exposure in the snow on an incredibly cold night. Now, his brave son, Eric Pauli, has joined RSOL as a signatory. We hope this man's death and his son's courage will renew the determination of all of us to change these dreadful, unAmerican laws. They are a new form of the death penalty for people like Thomas. Keep on trying to get to our government, before one more person dies needlessly! Please send your statements of support for Eric in this difficult time, to alexm60@fastmail.fm, and we will forward them.
Eric wrote: "My father was turned away from a shelter too close to a school for his 20 year old offense. With no other place to go,he passed away in the cold snow the same night he was turned away." |
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CONTACT OBAMA AGAIN!
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 15.01.2009
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| All RSOL activists! The Obama Briefing Book has closed. We sent in hundreds of votes and many good comments, urging the new President to consider real sex offender law reform. We can only hope that somehow these got to Obama´s top team members. We urge all of you to keep in touch with your RSOL state contact people, and to keep contacting your state and U.S. legislators, as well as the new President via letters and emails. Also, write letters to the editor, and aricles for the newsletters of all the groups to which you belong (unions, professional groups, community groups, churches). The message is: current sex offender registry and residency laws are NOT helping, and they are causing great pain to hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens, including former offenders and also their families. Please help reform these laws NOW. America can´t wait for this justice! |
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MOST UP-TO-DATE S.O.ONLINE SURVY
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 13.01.2009
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URGENT: All RSOL participants should check out this fantastic news story from the nonprofit Pew Foundation. THIS IS A MUST READ!
The article includes the most up-to-date, state-by-state, survey of online information about ¨sex offenders,¨ showing about 678,000 currently required to register in all 50 states, and listing more and more intrusive information shown online about offenders. Mary Sue Molnar, Texas Voices, RSOL affiliate, is quoted as are others, in an excellent analysis of why these public shaming devices are bankrupt and should be abolished. There are also excellent comments at the end of the article, all calling for reform or repeal of the ¨sex offender¨ registries.
Go to the News Item 0095 on this site, or to the URL
http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=367676
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URGENT: Keep Contacting Obama
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By Kelly Piercy <gasoem@gmail.com>
Posted on 09.01.2009
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URGENT: KEEP CONTACTING THE OBAMA TEAM!
Our message will only be heard if it is asked and voted. We need to do this over and over!
1. Click THIS LINK. (or just go to change.gov and follow instructions)
2. Select Additional Issues
a. Log in or Register. (Trick: You can use any name you want or even gobble-dee-gook, you must use a real email address.)
3. Submit a question if you have not already done so. (Trick: You may submit more than one question.) KEEP THE QUESTION SHORT AND SIMPLE!
4. Enter the term sex offender in the search window at the top of the question field (after you submit your question if you did this.)
5. Take the time to VOTE on each question. There are some questions that need a no vote, you can usually tell after the first few words.
6. Go back every couple of days and vote again. The system will not record a vote for any question you have previously voted for or against.
a. Tricks: If you have more than one email address, register under each email and vote again and again and again...
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 every two days until this question period closes..
You will be notified when a new question period opens after the current question period closes.Link: http://change.gov/page/m2/3855d469/6842f93a/2bc5e140/5e6bcaf8/882084685/VEsF/ |
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CALL IN: Larry King tonight!
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By anonymous <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 08.01.2009
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TONIGHT - THURSDAY, JAN 8, 9pm, Eastern ST! Larry King Live interviews Priscilla Presley
LARRY KING LIVE tonight will interview Priscilla Presley about her marriage and relationship with Elvis, who would be 74 today.
Several RSOL participants urge us to contact the show and ask what Priscilla thinks about today´s laws that would make her relationship with Elvis as a teenage girl, illegal, and would have required Elvis to register for life as a ¨sex offender.¨
Contact the show through the url below, then click on the prompt, ¨here to be part of Larry King Live,´ and then find the prompt to send an email question.
Let us know what happens!
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http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/ |
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RADIO ALERT: Texas Voices,MARY SUE & BILL
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By Mary Sue Molnar <marysueintx@yahoo.com>
Posted on 06.01.2009
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| RADIO ALERT - FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 9pm,CST. Texas Voices coordinator, Mary Sue Molnar, and Atty. Bill Habern, RSOL Signatory, will be interviewed on ¨sex offender¨ issues on PRISON VOICES, a weekly radio show on KPFT, Houston Pacifica Radio, 90.1 FM. Listen on the radio, or online at www.theprisonshow.org, and click ¨listen live.¨ Long distance calls are accepted, starting at 9:20pm, and local calls at 10:20pm - if busy, redial. Tel. 713-526-5738. RSOL participants are encouraged to listen, and to call in! |
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Inquisition21 and Day of Reckoning
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By Alex Marbury <alexm60@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 21.12.2008
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| Inquisition21 is one of the most important websites working against unjust ´sex offender´ campaigns in the world. (See two websites - http://www.inquisition21.com, and http://www.reckoning.obu-investigators.com/ ) Based in Ireland, it began its work to support thousands of Britons falsely accused in a huge internet porn sting campaign, called Operation Ore. It has often featured RSOL material, including the article, EXILE, from our last digest. It´s new campaign, Day of Reckoning, exposes politicians, the media, vigilantes and others who profit from unfair attacks on ¨sex offenders,¨ and on the ongoing world sex panic. Among those targetted are Rupert Murdoch, Oprah Winfrey, Ga. state reps Keen and Ralston, and the PJ vigilantes. |
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MARY DURAN INTERVIEW EVERY THURSDAY!
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By Mary Duran <rickyslife@windstream.net>
Posted on 11.12.2008
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FLASH! Mary Duran, the RSOL Affiliated state contact for Oklahoma, and the champion of her son´s case, is interviewed every Thursday at 8:05 p.m. - see below for link. Tune in and call in if you can. Let us know what you think!
Alex Marbury
NOTE: The ¨author¨ is really me, but I want you to send comments to Mary after the show, with a copy to alexm60@fastmail.fm
INTERVIEW WITH MARY DURAN, CFC Oklahoma, RSOL Affiliated group.
TONIGHT!
Talking Points Radio
> http://www.talkingpointsradio.com
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> EVERY Thursday Night 8:05 p.m. Central
> CALL: 724-444-7444 |
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Twenty-five Affiliated State Groups!
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By Alain Lévesque <alain360@fastmail.fm>
Posted on 10.11.2008
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Great news: RSOL has finally reached its goal for the year 2008! With the creation of a new affiliated state group in Utah, RSOL now has a total of 25 affiliated state groups throughout the whole country! Our presence in half of the States of the country gives our organization a great visibility, and most importantly, an even greater opportunity to help individuals and families affected by the current legislation. To find out if your State currently holds an RSOL affiliated group, please visit the section of our website dedicated to our affiliated groups(http://www.reformsexoffenderlaws.org/groups/index.php). And if you live in a State that does not currently have an RSOL affiliated group and you wish to get involved, please contact Alex Marbury (alexm60@fastmail.fm) or our state group coordinator, Alain Lévesque (alain360@fastmail.fm).
URGENT ACTION. The Obama Administration has set up a website for everyone to tell him their story and vision. This is where we can tell the government about the terrible, disproportional consequences that the registries have on millions of Americans.
Go to: http://www.change.gov. Under the tab "American Moment" you can tell your story (be brief, there is not a lot of space) by clicking 'Share your Story'. Under the same tab you will find 'Share your Vision'. This is where we can make our voices heard! |
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Welcome Back to RSOL for 2008!
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By RSOL Team <info@reformsexoffenderlaws.org>
Posted on 04.01.2008
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| Welcome back to RSOL for 2008! As you can see, our site has been given a new coat of paint, and some important new features. We've added a special section for activities and actions RSOL is working on, called Action Items. Our favorite section is probably the one devoted to registered individuals and those who live and work with them, called Tales From the Registry. Their experiences are central to our work, and everyone needs to read about them. Besides that, we've got a news ticker for headlines on the registry and SO news, and now everyone can read our monthly digest, not only our email membership. There's more coming from RSOL, so stick around. |
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