NH Supreme Court rules with registered sexual offender who employed teen

Sat, 2019-02-09 21:00 +0000 — Posted by CCJR Staff

Michigan’s SORA is punishment, says MI Attorney General in amicus briefs

Fri, 2019-02-08 00:00 +0000 — Posted by CCJR Staff

February 8, 2019

LANSING, MI – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed amicus briefs in the Michigan Supreme Court today in Michigan v Snyder (Case number 153696) and People v Betts (Case number 148981), arguing that Michigan’s sex offender registration and notification requirements are punishment because they are so burdensome and fail to distinguish between dangerous offenders and those who are not a threat to the community.

Bill to ban sex offenders from some Halloween activities dealt setback in committee vote

Sat, 2019-02-02 00:00 +0000 — Posted by CCJR Staff

A bill that would prohibit sex offenders from participating in certain Halloween-related activities had a setback Thursday in the House Judiciary Committee.

News on crime bills for the week of Jan. 28

Wed, 2019-01-30 15:17 +0000 — Chris Dornin

News on crime bills for the week of Jan. 28
By Chris Dornin

There was a tense subcommittee meeting last week on our HB--229 to make Corrections run its draft policies before lawmakers and get them approved as administrative rules. We need a show of support for the bill at its next subcommittee meeting on Mar. 5. I've been sitting down with the six sponsors of the bill, and two of them plan to speak at that critical workshop. We need members of CCJR to speak too.

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