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Registry Matters episodes

October 06RM391: Is Living With Your Child a Right?
This week on Registry Matters: we look at why Michigan’s lifetime GPS tether survives a recent ruling. The tether is statutory punishment, while the registry is civil regulation, so the ruling doesn’t reach it. We also cover Tennessee’s botched execution of Christa Pike, which exposes secrecy, suffering, and the moral toll of premeditated killing. Finally, we cover the 11th Circuit’s decision that Alabama’s lifetime ban on registrants living with their own children fails strict scrutiny as applied to Henry.
Show Notes
[02:44] Why Michigan’s Lifetime Tether Survives — Michigan’s lifetime GPS tether is statutory punishment and the registry is civil regulation, so the ruling doesn’t reach it.
[07:31] Inside Tennessee’s Botched Execution — The botched Christa Pike execution exposes secrecy, suffering, and the moral toll of premeditated killing on everyone involved.
[19:48] Is Living With Your Child a Right? — The 11th Circuit held that Alabama’s lifetime ban on registrants living with their own children fails strict scrutiny as applied to Henry.
Chapters
[02:44] Why Michigan’s Lifetime Tether Survives
[07:31] Inside Tennessee’s Botched Execution
[19:48] Is Living With Your Child a Right?
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The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
49 min
September 29RM390: 20,000 Removed From Michigan’s Registry
This week on Registry Matters: Michigan’s Supreme Court has removed about 20,000 people from the state’s sex offense registry. The ruling applies to people whose offenses came before 2011. We look at what the decision means for them and why lawmakers are likely to try to put them back on the registry.
Show Notes
[03:07] 20,000 Removed From Michigan’s Registry — Michigan’s Supreme Court removed about 20,000 pre-2011 registrants, but lawmakers will likely try again.
Chapters
[03:07] 20,000 Removed From Michigan’s Registry
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The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
46 min
September 22RM389: Kansas Court Kills Lifetime Supervision
This week on Registry Matters: a South Carolina church implodes after a registrant volunteer scandal at Pawleys Island touches off arrests, lawsuits, and institutional panic — a case study in how quickly fear dismantles a congregation. We also break down Louisiana’s ballot measure to constitutionally ban post-conviction bail for minor-related offenses, stripping judges of individualized discretion in every case, and examine a Kansas appellate ruling that struck lifetime supervision as unconstitutionally disproportionate for a young man’s minimal offense while leaving twenty-five-year registration intact under existing precedent.
Show Notes
[02:27] Louisiana’s Bail Ban: One Case, One Rule — Louisiana voters weigh a constitutional ban on post-conviction bail for minor-related offenses that would eliminate individualized judicial discretion entirely.
[10:25] Kansas Court Kills Lifetime Supervision — A Kansas appellate panel strikes lifetime supervision as unconstitutionally disproportionate for a young man’s minimal offense.
[12:48] When a Church Falls: Pawleys Island — A South Carolina church collapses after a registrant volunteer scandal triggers arrests, lawsuits, and institutional panic.
[26:50] Kansas Court Kills Lifetime Supervision — The full analysis: the court strikes lifetime supervision as disproportionate punishment while upholding twenty-five-year registration under existing precedent.
Chapters
[02:27] Louisiana’s Bail Ban: One Case, One Rule
[10:25] Kansas Court Kills Lifetime Supervision
[12:48] When a Church Falls: Pawleys Island
[26:50] Kansas Court Kills Lifetime Supervision
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The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
49 min
September 15RM388: Michigan Just Erased Its Pre-2011 Registry
This week on Registry Matters: Michigan’s Supreme Court ruled that retroactive sex offense registration is unconstitutional punishment, immediately erasing the pre-2011 registry and removing thousands of people from it. We break down what the decision means, who it covers, and how quickly relief actually reaches registrants on the ground. Then we turn to Minnesota, where courts held that the state cannot force someone onto the predatory offender registry based on a charge that ended in acquittal.
Show Notes
[02:35] Michigan Just Erased Its Pre-2011 Registry — Michigan’s high court ruled retroactive sex offense registration is unconstitutional punishment, immediately removing thousands of pre-2011 registrants.
[25:55] Acquitted, Then Forced Onto the Registry? — Minnesota cannot compel predatory offender registration based on a charge that ended in acquittal.
Chapters
[02:35] Michigan Just Erased Its Pre-2011 Registry
[25:55] Acquitted, Then Forced Onto the Registry?
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3d75P7Kc37n2l79m89F9KI
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The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
49 min
September 08RM387: Seventh Circuit Guts an AI CSAM Charge
This week on Registry Matters: the Seventh Circuit gutted an AI-generated CSAM possession count after the government conceded that no real child was depicted — a ruling with major implications for how prosecutors charge synthetic imagery cases. We also walk through a practical framework for vetting a lawmaker before you approach them, judging legislators by their track record of actually passing bills and by how safe their seat is, rather than by party label.
Show Notes
[02:36] How to Vet a Lawmaker Before You Ask — How to evaluate legislators on their bill-passing record and electoral safety margin instead of party affiliation.
[14:54] Seventh Circuit Guts an AI CSAM Charge — The Seventh Circuit voided an AI-generated CSAM possession count after the government conceded no real child existed.
Chapters
[02:36] How to Vet a Lawmaker Before You Ask
[14:54] Seventh Circuit Guts an AI CSAM Charge
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3d75P7Kc37n2l79m89F9KI
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The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
54 min
September 01RM386: Tier 2 Forever: A Registry Trap
This week on Registry Matters: we dig into how mandatory sex offense treatment has drifted from therapy into a profitable surveillance and revenue operation — a class you pay for that keeps you monitored. Then a North Carolina church takes its own sheriff to court over whether a registered person can sit in a pew on Sunday morning. And we break down how one missed 2019 appeal permanently locked a North Carolina registrant into a Tier 2 designation with no path to removal.
Show Notes
[02:37] The Sex Offender Class Money Machine — Mandatory sex offense treatment functions less as therapy and more as a profitable surveillance and revenue system.
[14:25] Can a Church Sue to Save a Pew? — A North Carolina church sued its sheriff to let a registered person attend worship services.
[23:45] Tier 2 Forever: A Registry Trap — A missed 2019 appeal permanently locked a North Carolina registrant into a Tier 2 designation, blocking removal.
Chapters
[02:37] The Sex Offender Class Money Machine
[14:25] Can a Church Sue to Save a Pew?
[23:45] Tier 2 Forever: A Registry Trap
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3d75P7Kc37n2l79m89F9KI
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The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
49 min
August 25RM385: Florida Sued: 98.9% of Housing Off-Limits
This week on Registry Matters: Florida’s registry lawsuit finally has the expert evidence it needed — proof that 98.9% of the state’s housing is off-limits, turning residency restrictions into what amounts to unconstitutional statewide banishment. We also examine why political candidates so reliably return or refuse donations from people with sex offense convictions, and why that decision is driven by electoral survival rather than principle. Plus, a New Mexico legislator’s $1.15 million school funding scheme that routed public education dollars to a friend’s company for personal gain.
Show Notes
[04:26] Why Candidates Dump Registry Donations — Public stigma makes association with registrants electorally fatal, so candidates return the money without debating the merits.
[13:10] The $1.15 Million School Funding Scheme — A New Mexico legislator funneled millions in school funds to a friend’s company for personal enrichment.
[22:19] Florida Sued: 98.9% of Housing Off-Limits — A Florida lawsuit supplies expert evidence that residency restrictions function as unconstitutional statewide banishment.
Chapters
[04:26] Why Candidates Dump Registry Donations
[13:10] The $1.15 Million School Funding Scheme
[22:19] Florida Sued: 98.9% of Housing Off-Limits
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/registrymatters
The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
58 min
August 04RM383: Who’s Watching Every Car You Drive?
This week on Registry Matters: a registrant dies by suicide inside a treatment program, yet his family isn’t notified for eight months — a devastating failure of accountability we examine in detail. We also break down whether people pushed off social media by PFR policies have any real legal recourse against private platforms like Meta, and investigate how Flock’s license plate cameras are quietly building a searchable database of your movements that police can query based on your registry status rather than any crime.
Show Notes
[11:16] Died in the System, Forgotten — A registrant dies by suicide in treatment, but his family isn’t notified for eight months.
[16:47] Can You Sue Meta for Banning You? — Why people forced off social media by PFR policies have weak legal grounds against private platforms.
[25:54] Who’s Watching Every Car You Drive? — Flock license plate cameras create a searchable movement database police use to track status, not crime.
Chapters
[11:16] Died in the System, Forgotten
[16:47] Can You Sue Meta for Banning You?
[25:54] Who’s Watching Every Car You Drive?
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The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
1 hr 8 min
August 02RM382: Fingerprinted for Making an Email Account
This week on Registry Matters: A bill that never became law is being enforced anyway — and registered people are paying the price for legislation that died in committee. We also dig into probation conditions so vaguely worded that officers can ban virtually any employment, the reality of transferring probation across state lines (hint: it’s the officer’s call, not your lawyer’s), and West Virginia’s internet identifier requirements that force registrants to report every email account they create — with implications for anonymous online speech far beyond state borders.
Show Notes
[02:45] Can Police Enforce a Bill That Died? — Registry restrictions are frequently enforced against people despite never becoming actual law or applying retroactively.
[11:50] The Probation Condition That Bans All Work — Probation officers reinterpret vague work conditions expansively, making lawful employment effectively impossible for registered people.
[20:12] Can You Move States While on Probation? — Interstate probation transfers begin and end with the supervising officer, not attorneys or courts.
[30:37] Fingerprinted for Making an Email Account — West Virginia forces registrants to report every internet account, chilling anonymous online speech nationwide.
Chapters
[02:45] Can Police Enforce a Bill That Died?
[11:50] The Probation Condition That Bans All Work
[20:12] Can You Move States While on Probation?
[30:37] Fingerprinted for Making an Email Account
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The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
52 min
July 14RM381: Does a Conviction Erase Parental Rights?
This week on Registry Matters: Advocacy groups finally force Pennsylvania State Police to answer for eight years of ignoring a legally mandated telephone registry verification system. Plus, we examine the 11th Circuit’s en banc ruling that recognizes parental rights as fundamental while stopping short of striking down Alabama’s ban on registrants living with their own children. And a defense attorney’s drug smuggling arrest takes a darker turn when CSAM is discovered on his devices.
Show Notes
[03:50] Drugs, CSAM, and a Disgraced Lawyer — A defense attorney arrested for drug smuggling is found with CSAM on his devices, raising questions about professional accountability in the legal system.
[19:05] Does a Conviction Erase Parental Rights? — The 11th Circuit sitting en banc acknowledges parental rights as fundamental but remands the case without striking Alabama’s residency ban affecting registrants’ access to their children.
[44:29] PA Police Ignored Phone Law for 8 Years — Advocacy organizations hold Pennsylvania State Police accountable for failing to implement a legally required telephone-based registry verification system for nearly a decade.
Chapters
[03:50] Drugs, CSAM, and a Disgraced Lawyer
[19:05] Does a Conviction Erase Parental Rights?
[44:29] PA Police Ignored Phone Law for 8 Years
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/registrymatters
The Registry Matters Podcast’s mission is to cover issues surrounding the Registry. We cover cases that will peel back the veneer of what we need to do to change our lives for the better. We cover news articles that spark conversations about the total insanity of this modern day witch hunt. This podcast will call out bad policy and call out those that are making bad policy.
To change things for the positive, we need to act. We are 6-7-8-900k strong. With that many people, plus their friends and family, over a million people are affected by the registry. We should be able to secure donations to hire lawyers and lobbyists to move the agenda in our favor. We need our people to be represented.
53 min