Read Transcript of RM111: We Can’t Have Movements That Strip Us Of Our Fundamental Rights

This weeks episode has us running all over the whole spectrum of issues. Of those issues, we talk about the attorney that is defending Harvey Weinstein. Donna Rotunno is defending Mr. Weinstein because she believes the evidence isn’t there to convict him. Ms. Rotunno also stands by the concept that we can’t have movements that strip us of our fundamental rights. We have something in United States Law called due process. This affords you the right, not the privilege, that you can defend yourself in court from an allegation. You have the right to face your accuser. You have the right to challenge evidence. You have the right to a trial by your peers. What we have is mob rule and if you are accused of doing an inappropriate act, you are tried and convicted in public opinion without any ability to defend yourself.

This episode covers the range of issues ranging from how evil and diabolical prison is. Over to a probation office in Philadelphia that seems almost like a party.  Then over to the economics of having jails in rural areas. Not exclusive to New Mexico, however, removing all contact visits from people in a jail there. We also talk about Microsoft develops technology to monitor chats looking for predatory behavior. A man on death row in Georgia is slated to execute a man for something no longer warrants the death penalty now. Volusia county Florida is trying to remove bail for certain sexual offenses. We quickly touch on an article in Reason magazine regarding women that are making changes for sex offenders. Parole and probationers are being denied legal medical weed. Davidson County sheriff’s deputy Tripp Kester says he will not enforce an unconstitutional law. I wonder if he’d have the same feelings about ALL unconstitutional laws. And does he even have the authority to make that determination? And last, but not least, out of Florida with the repeal of Amendment 4 barring felons from voting: The highest court in Florida has ruled that “all fines and fees, means all fines and fees” must be paid before someone can vote.

We continue our thread about doing advocacy work. We are at the time of the year when the legislative bodies are ramping up. This is the legislative season. Larry gives us some quick tips and tricks to searching your states website for bills and calendars. It’s impossible to cover each state, and to give a comprehensive look as they’re all different. All of the states do the same thing. Some better than others.

I have been toying with https://openstates.org/. At least it is the same thing for all states. Select your state. Then click on bills. You can then do a search (hint: look for filter bills on the right side, or else you’ll do a global search – not what you want).https://openstates.org/ga/bills/?query=sexual+offense&session=2019_20 for example. Then you have to do the work of reading the various bills and see what the impact might be. You can see where it is in the process of being passed. Some other key words that might be of interest are: parole, probation, aggravated, sexual offense. Using these other terms might help you find a bill that slipped through the cracks.

It is Larry’s opinion that we are in the bill killing business. Rarely will you be in a position that you’re supporting a bill. But you will often find yourself in a position to try and wreck the train of a bill.

[10:26] https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jan/13/us-states-move-to-stop-prisons-charging-inmates-for-reading-and-video-calls

[19:00] https://www.inquirer.com/crime/probation-nyc-new-york-neons-philadelphia-solutions-mass-incarceration-vincent-schiraldi-20200110.html

[24:50] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/13/rural-incarceration-hidden-scandal-us-criminal-justice

[31:30] https://apnews.com/40804cde022ec1fa77088da3988cc

Read the transcript of RM110: Disturbing Living Conditions in Mississippi

Today’s episode takes on some news articles covering a disturbing living conditions in Mississippi prisons. The conditions there are beyond inhumane causing inmate uprising, guards are quitting and it appears as though they’ve lost complete control over the safety and security of the prison. We cover other news items and round out the show with an intro to advocacy and how are decisions made to which cases should be challenged.

We begin the show with a recap of the NARSOL board retreat.

Then, we drill through the weekly news items. This has us covering a horrible situation in Mississippi with extremely harsh conditions. There are pictures and videos showing moldy food and walls, rats on the floor, food shortages and a healthy dose of violence.

After that fun and games, we briefly cover where an officer has been fired from his job for pushing an inmate. At the end of the article, the accused officer’s attorney says that “He hopes to put this behind him and focus on a new career and his family.” I wonder if this former officer is willing to offer those in pretrial, or those in prison post trial that same sentiment. Should we define him based on this one act, or the totality of his life and career.

Then it is time to cover an article that discusses the various challenges to the sex offender registry in Pennsylvania that are being ruled on in the coming year. The state’s Attorney General, Josh Shapiro, has warned that changing the sex offender registry would threaten public safety. But when asked to support the claim, could provide no evidence. The articles closes out with a quote from the Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said “Simply put, the state Sex Offender Registration Act has gone far beyond its purpose and now imposes burdens that are so punitive in their effect that they negate the State’s public safety justification.”

Next on the docket is an article that continues the discussion of the fifth amendment challenge to giving up your password to unlock your phone. How is a phone different than a search warrant executed your home? Are the items on your phone more protected than the items in your home and vice versa.

For our middle segment, we cover very beginner advocacy work. Things like finding out who your local legislator is. Do you have to be concerned with city or county level ordinances or just issues at the state level. What are you trying to accomplish. Be specific. Not vague and say “just make things better”. Are you trying to promote or oppose a bill. These are some of the basic questions to ask yourself when you start to travel down the path of being an advocate.

And finally Larry gives us a rundown of how he does his job as legal strategist for NARSOL. What are the important factors in determining a case to challenge. How do you determine who is a plaintiff? Can you challenge without having a plaintiff.

[7:16] https://mississippitoday.org/2019/05/29/leaked-mississippi-prison-photos-of-skimpy-meals-moldy-showers-and-exposed-wiring-prompts-call-for-investigation/

https://theappeal.org/after-deadly-week-for-mississippi-prisoners-advocates-see-blood-on-the-hands-of-lawmakers-and-prison-officials/

https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-refused-to-increase-an-infamous-prisons-funding-then-chaos-erupted

[17:45] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ex-officer-accused-of-shoving-prisoner-faces-federal-charge/2020/01/03/6883fef8-2e2f-11ea-bffe-020c88b3f120_story.html

[25:37] https://theappeal.org/pennsylvania-sex-offense-registry/

[33:32] https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191230/16450643656/florida-appeals-court-asks-states-top-court-to-decide-whether-compelled-password-production-violates-fifth-amendment.shtml

[42:00] http://www.startribune.com/why-are-felons-stripped-of-voting-rights-and-what-other-rights-do-they-lose/565227122/

[48:00] Intro to advocacy

[1:01:57 ] L

Read the transcript of RM109: Is There A Double Standard In Allegations here

Happy New Year from FYP Studios! This episode tackles the concept of reputation effect of Pennsylvania brought up by a listener. We are waiting for a supreme court decision out of Pennsylvania before we do a full on deep dive. Then we move over to a he-said-she-said and what appears to be an inconsistent standard. I’ll let you be the judge if it’s consistent or not. We also talk about Arkansas seriously limiting where registrants can live. Law enforcement claims it’s hard to track them if they’re homeless. Over in Wisconsin, giving officials your internet identifiers (email, etc) is NOT a violation of your first amendment. Because you have 10 days to do it. Giving you the ability to remain anonymous for that time. Tennessee is poised to become another state that mandates chemical castration for certain offenders. And finally closing out the show with a question regarding the conflict from two circuits on how much Internet freedom one has while on supervision.

[ ] Listener question from Stephen about reputation stuff in PA

[17:30] https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/man-accusing-governor-of-sexual-abuse-speaks-out/https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/governors-office-responds-to-sexual-assault-allegations/https://www.abqjournal.com/1094464/lujan-grisham-tells-senate-leader-to-leave-race.html

[29:30] https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/dec/29/sex-offender-housing-laws-raise-hitch-2/

[40:56] http://www.wisconsinappeals.net/on-point-by-the-wisconsin-state-public-defender/coa-requiring-internet-identifiers-of-sex-offender-registrants-doesnt-violate-first-amendment/

[53:48] https://fox17.com/news/local/tennessee-legislation-would-require-certain-sex-offenders-to-undergo-chemical-castrationhttps://www.khou.com/article/news/nation-world/tennessee-considering-chemical-castration-bill/285-ccaefe7a-f191-44cb-939b-362a9a9dcfc2

[59:30] An email from rick:

Have you heard about the very recent 10th Circuit decision US v Michael Blair? It seems to greatly contradict the 8th Circuit decision in US v Kevin Carson regarding internet use and other blanket probation restrictions. I would love to hear about it on a Registry Matters podcast. Thanks for all you do!

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Read the transcript of RM108: The Developing Body of Case Law

Happy New Year to everyone! We start the podcast today with a brief review of some of the significant events of the year starting with the courts have said that you can’t make blanket bans on social media. Things have even extended into those that are still on supervision; that you cannot make a blanket ban on social media even those that are on supervision.

Also on the radar is the blanket use of GPS monitoring. There was case in Georgia and another one in Massachusetts. The supervising authorities cannot say “ALL” people must wear a GPS monitor. It has to be narrowly tailored to the individual being monitored.

We had a massive victory in Georgia regarding First Amendment compelled speech.  This is the situation where the sheriff in two counties are mandating registrants to put signs in their yards. Fortunately we won this and no signs were placed.

[29:25] https://www.propublica.org/article/how-some-sheriffs-force-their-inmates-into-medical-debt#174067

[35:30] https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12/21/police-slammed-mans-head-into-car-that-they-thought-he-had-stolen-video-shows-man-died/

[42:00] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/accused-child-pornographer-cant-ask-jury-to-ignore-law

[45:24] https://theappeal.org/vallejo-california-police-shootings/

[53:44] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/technology/fosta-sex-trafficking-law.html

[1:04:28] https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jersey-gov-phil-murphy-restores-voting-rights-80000/story?id=67806071

[1:10:00] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/sports/coaches-sexual-abuse.html

[1:19:00] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/19/technology/facial-recognition-bias.html

[1:25:00] https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/takeaways-2019-crime-data-major-american-cities

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Transcript of RM107: Doe vs Abbot

This is a case is Doe vs Abbot 5th Circuit Court of Appeals the United States, which includes Texas and Louisiana. It’s the south central corridor. The challenge was against the registry, in Texas. The attorney, named Linda Linda Estes Hightower, had filed a complaint in 2018. It is quite a lengthy complaint and there was a lot of criticism of Hightower, Now after the district court extinguished her case, she filed an appeal of the district courts dismissal for failure to state a claim for which relief can be granted. The Fifth Circuit has said that the Texas registry has not evolved to the point where it’s punitive.

Late Breaking News:  Doe v Abbott: Fifth Circuit affirms dismissal of Teri Estes Hightower Lawsuit

[8:55] Galen appellate review of his probation revocation; can there be a blanket internet ban???Baughman Galen Probation Revocation

One thing I’ve tried to stress on this podcast is that what can be done to an individual, with uniquely tailored circumstances, that’s targeted for that particular offender. Not just because you feel good or you hate the offender or the class offenders, they can do most anything. The put restriction was narrowly tailored and targeted to him.

[17:00] https://www.courthousenews.com/ex-cop-gets-10-years-for-forcing-teens-to-run-naked/

That’s a lot of time for this behavior. Clearly this guy should not be on the police department. This power went to his head, that he had this type of power. So clearly, he shouldn’t be a police officer ever again. His certification to be a cop should be revoked. He should be punished; in some fashion. Punishment doesn’t always have to be behind the prison walls. How can we claim that we’re for reform and reducing our prison industrial complex if we think the answer to everything is to send a person to prison.

[21:25] https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2019/12/19/marsys-law-attorneys-sue-block-referendum-crime-victim-rights/2697977001/

When you start injecting constitutional rights for victims, you have the potential for real problems. But this is going to pass. The Wisconsin voters, or any state voters would, because it sounds good. If you fall into the belief that the system is so bad that everybody gets away with what practically everything, this just sounds simple and easy. This is to level the playing field. It would be a surprise if it didn’t pass by 70 plus percent of the vote by at least 80 percent.  You can’t be irrational. You absolutely can’t be rational if you’ve been a victim of a crime. And most people would be very irrational about what should happen to the person, because you just can’t think about rationally why a person would do that.

[34:00] https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/12/14/scores-registered-sex-offenders-have-state-licenses-electricians-manicurists-and-more-the-official-who-found-out-got-fired/hJAnvmdU7RqZg6MdvodunJ/story.html

Maybe while a person is still under supervision – sure you could restrict their ability to receive a license. But after their punishment is complete in totality, there should be no restrictions on their ability to obtain a licence. The whole point of their sentence was to put them under some form of supervision. But the registry is a civil regulatory scheme. It is not punishment right? Or is it actually punishment? Which is it?

[39:35] https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2019/12/20/3-states-extend-statute-of-limitations-on-sexual-assault-abuse-harassment-claims/

The question here always becomes “How does an individual mount a defense to an accusation that is 50 years removed?” By that time, memories are basically worthless. The material evidence needed to convict or acquit would be severely compromised. This is simply bad policy.

[44:10] https://www.wgbh.org/news/commentary/2019/12/20/demonizing-defense-lawyers-threatens-the-quality-of-american-justic

Transcript of RM106: What Is The Difference Between Supervision and Registration?

Today’s episode does a breakdown of the differences between supervision and simply the registry. The differences are massive. Beginning with the standard of evidence required to take away your liberty. While under supervision, you can have much of your liberty restrained as to relationships, and where you can be, your Internet usage are a few examples. When you’re beyond supervision, it takes proof beyond a reasonable doubt to convict a person of a violation of the terms of the registry.

We cover a slew of new items starting with Bill Cosby’s appeal and the specific challenge here of 404b. This allows the prosecution to bring  use “prior bad acts”. When they can put in prior bad acts, in the determination of whether you’re guilty or innocent, it’s it’s really, really detrimental.

In Kentucky, newly elected democratic governor Matt Bevin has restored the voting rights of thousands of those with convictions. Point here is that elections have consequences

In Pennsylvania, smaller group of legislators have come together on a bipartisan basis to to do a major reform. then it’s being hijacked at the last moment of the process by Republicans who say that whole we’ve got to keep mandatory minimums. this is just an example again, elections have consequences.

In Pennsylvania, Franklin County representative Rob Kauffman states plainly that if Megan’s Law is ruled unconstitutional, the legislature will go back to the drawing board and try again. Take these people at their word. He has said that if the courts a hand us a decision that guts Megan’s Law and the effectiveness of Megan’s Law. I believe the legislature as a whole will be prepared to act or reinstated in a manner that would respond to the court’s opinion.

Bail raised for Harvey Weinstein due to technical glitches in his GPS ankle monitor. This is pretrial. Presumed innocent until proven guilty? The technical limitations are very well documented and covered here at Registry Matters. Weinstein lives in an area with very limited cell coverage.

An Illinois inmate, who was handcuffed at the time, is beaten to death by three guards. He was left with a ruptured colon and broken ribs and six weeks later died of blunt trauma injuries. This is clearly a massive civil rights violation.

Landlords can be liable for what other people do. That’s just that was the whole point is you can be liable, but when hire people, you have a certain duty to screen who you’re hiring and keeping a safe workplace. Not just because you’re being convicted of a sexual offense that all the registry, that in and of itself doesn’t make you a danger to the workplace. But it does raise a question just as any other conviction does, about the safety of the workplace.

Unlocking your phone with a fingerprint, or a face-scan is not testifying against yourself. If you want to keep your phone secure you have to take some precautions using a long pass code, and other things. The key component is if it is testimonial or not.

Law enforcement agencies are using a “mind reading tool” to elicit confessions from people. Bottom line here is that there is no tool like this, and that includes the polygraph, that can “read your mind” or one that can determine if you’re lying or not. These tools do not pass the scrutiny of actual scientific standards are are total junk. Your liberty should not depend on pseudo-science.

When the police come to you and tell you we need that bond referendum skills, we need more officers on the street. Just because they tell you they need more officers on the street. That doesn’t necessarily make it so. We can actually spend more money on prevention. And prevention doesn’t just mean hiring more officers. It also means diverting people from a path of criminality towards a p

Transcript of RM105: Jailhouse Snitches Are Not A Safe Way To Run An InstitutionWelcome to Episode 105 of Registry Matters. We loaded up the show with so much stuff to cover, there will be a patreon extra segment with a fair amount of extra stuff to dive into. If you want to gain access this extra contact, just $1 will unlock this over at https://www.patreon.com/registrymattersWe begin with a little tongue and cheek conversation about registering when traveling. Each state has their own requirements and we poke fun at the idea that they somehow know you’re there past the limit, whatever that is. And Andy’s plane was an hour delayed pushing him right up to the limit of Pennsylvania; which is 7 days.GPS ankle monitors are very troubling. You’re essentially handcuffed  With them failing so easily, your liberty is in jeopardy if this technology fails. If the technology is used as an alternative to being in detention, jail costs $90 per day, more or less depending on location. And the GPS monitor costs $300 per month. My math isn’t great, but I think $90 per day is significantly more than $300 per month.A man in Coral Gables requests the records from the city regarding the traffic cameras in the city. He receives 80 pages of data with his whereabouts far beyond their need to perform safety at intersections. You have the expectation that the government is not tracking your movement. You have the freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and all that constitutional mumbo jumbo. This is potentially a 4th amendment violation of unreasonable search. And also a 1st amendment violation since you might alter your assembly knowing the cameras are there.Pennsylvania creates a degree of things that were already illegal, more illegal so to speak. Things like blackmail or extortion which are already illegal. Adding these new offenses is probably unnecessary because the prosecutorial tools already existed. This is essentially a law maker doing something that will be very popular, and have unanimous support but will have limited impact in the grand scheme of things.Private prisons are a really bad idea. The idea that the profit margin of a company is based on the efficiencies related to the treatment of humans. From the corporate point of view, their shareholders are the benefactors, the corporation will cut all of the corners to be profitable at the expense of the humans.Wrongful convictions happen all too regularly in our system. We make the assumption that when there is an accusation that the accusation is true. The person on the receiving end of the accusation may spend an enormous amount of time in a cage. We should take an extreme level of care in determining that a person is actually guilty.Jailhouse snitches have an incentive to create erroneous information about people within the walls of prison or jail. A snitch system is not a safe way to run an institution. It is a highly unethical process that could yield false accusations leading to more time for innocent people, costing tax payers a great deal of money.The legislative branch ties the hands of the judicial branch when they impose mandatory minimum sentences. A judge is the just that: a judge. A judge is presented with the facts of the case. They generally hear the evidence of the case by both sides: the prosecutor and the defense. They hear the witness testimony. We don’t want judges being legislators. It would then seem that we don’t want our legislators being judges either.Pretextual stops are not allowed says the Oregon supreme court. A police officer routinely asks people if they are carrying weapons, or drugs, or illegal documents. Beyond the reason for the traffic stop, without any reason for the question to be asked, the police officer cannot inquire beyond the reason for the stop. If there is something to hint to the officer that there is something afoul going on, then they can extend their actions.A plea of misdemeanor years in

Read the transcript of RM104: I Got My Rights Because I’m A Police Officer

We are happy to bring you this post Thanksgiving episode of Registry Matters. We were thankful to be joined by a bunch of people during the live stream too. I’m thankful for that We tried to keep it a bit lighthearted on the heels of the holiday to poke fun at a not so funny situation where an off duty cop “harassed” some shoppers, which is where the title comes from “I Got My Rights Because I’m A Police Officer”

We start with a question about the various cease and desist letters being sent in New Mexico primarily to the sheriffs offices. What is the reasoning behind them being sent.

Another listener question that came from RM103 about “when does the 15 year clock start”? In-the-Matter-Of-Registrant-H.D._New Jersey Superior Court 2018. The listener had challenges finding any consensus with the various attorneys that they questioned.

Man spends over 200 days in jail/prison for multiple drug tests that were flawed; Kentucky governor pardons a man after the victim, who was 6, recants her tesimony; Holding old people in prison is a really expensive proposition;

[20:50] https://reason.com/2019/11/25/kavanaugh-joins-gorsuch-in-fight-to-revive-nondelegation-doctrine/

Justice Kavanaugh joins Justice Gorsuch with a trial balloon in a denied cert to SCOTUS;

[24:45] https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/472110-pennsylvania-enacts-law-ending-time-limits-for-criminal-civil-action-in

Pennsylvania is the latest state to remove the statute of limitation – pushing felonies out to infinity

[29:55] https://www.propublica.org/article/these-judges-can-have-less-training-than-barbers-but-still-decide-thousands-of-cases-each-year

In South Carolina, Magistrate judges have minimal training and then oversee thousands of cases per year – often violating constitutional rights of those before the court

[37:50] https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/california-cops-barred-from-warrantless-vehicle-searches-for-id

The police are barred from performing warrantless searches. We don’t jettison the constitution for convenience

[40:30] https://theappeal.org/in-missouri-public-defenders-push-to-put-poor-defendants-on-wait-list-in-attempt-to-improve-their-legal-representation/

Public defenders in Missouri face a crushing caseload when trying to provide council to those needing public defender services

[46:20] https://theappeal.org/malcolm-jenkins-fraternal-order-police/

The Fraternal Order of the Police attack those that challenge them – they perform personal attacks for being questioned

[49:45] http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-new-york-prison-lawsuit-false-positive-drug-tests-20191126-tgj6bep7cfgmrnu3mr5v5tcy3e-story.html

Anthony Cortes was just about to be released from his drug treatment program when he came up positive on a drug screen. He is ejected from that program, and ends up spending 200 days in jail and prison, and even solitary confinement. All the while knowing he was clean of drugs and innocent. The drug tests were eventually found to be flawed.

[57:55] https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/471918-kentucky-governor-pardons-man-serving-life-sentence-for-sexually-abusing

Kentucky governor pardons a man who, it turns out, was falsely convicted in 2001 and serving a life sentence

[1:00:45] https://theappeal.org/the-costs-of-not-releasing-people-from-prison/

The elderly folks that are incarcerated cost a whole lot of money and they’ve probably aged out of the criminal mindset. Let them go home.

[1:04:35] https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2019/11/27/ice-set-up-fake-university-then-arrested-people-it-gave-student-visas/

Immigration and Customs Enforcement set up a university to ensnare individuals trying to stay in the United States past their allowed time

[1:10:00] https://youtu.be/S0EHWgR6yVU

We have fun in this segment with an off-duty cop that appears to be profiling two s

Registry Matters 103 is in the house. We have an incredibly good decision for our side in Illinois. State vs Morger. They ruled that a social media ban is unconstitutional. They said that a probationer cannot be totally banned from the Internet; it must be narrowly tailored. This decision is great news for those on the registry and their ability to use the Internet.

In New Jersey, the text says “offense free”, not “sex offense free” to be removed from registry requirements; Mom is topless in her home may have to register as a sex offender; State of Illinois versus Conrad Morger – While on probation, a total ban on the Internet is ruled unconstitutional; Detainees in San Francisco jails are held for years with no natural light and other shameful conditions; Utah is piloting a program to afford those incarcerated with a college education; Online child abuse is an incredibly hard problem to solve and a patchwork of laws doesn’t make it any easier; Therapist had an inappropriate relationship with a patient; Inmates cost significantly more money as they age, a batch of articles covers death behind bars and a myriad of problems that go with it; West Virginia inmates that wish to read will be charged by the minute for the books on their tablets;

[2:37] https://www.courthousenews.com/registered-forever-nj-offenders-fight-for-reprieve/

New Jersey Registration_2019

[11:20] https://www.kwtx.com/content/news/Mother-charged-may-have-to-register-as-sex-offender-after-being-topless-in-her-home-565211722.html

Utah Statute_Lewdness_2019

[23:40] State v Morger_IL_Social Media Ban

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ev3qw7/how-to-quit-apple-microsoft-google-facebook-amazon

[58:20] https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-wades-into-debate-over-conditions-at-san-francisco-jails/

[1:03:10] https://www.kuer.org/post/prison-saved-my-life-utah-inmates-seeing-new-horizons-college-coursework?fbclid=IwAR3yOB3uDZfkUR7dui8mnoYmJofQdCftyazj59zrAKwiRSp-SdDMYWyCrhI#stream/0

[1:09:30] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/us/online-child-sex-abuse.html

[1:17:15] https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2019-11-19/ap-exclusive-therapist-broke-rules-with-iowa-sex-predator

[1:20:00] https://theappeal.org/death-by-incarceration-pennsylvania-photo-essay/

https://theappeal.org/life-sentence-arkansas-clemency/

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/pennsylvania-felony-murder-lifers-board-pardons-lieutenant-governor-john-fetterman-commutation-20191117.html

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/470844-to-understand-death-behind-bars-we-need-more-information

[1:26:30] https://reason.com/2019/11/22/west-virginia-inmates-will-be-charged-by-the-minute-to-read-e-books-on-tablets/

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With just a little over a week before Thanksgiving and the start of the crazy holiday shopping season, here is Registry Matters 102. Larry gives us a rundown of the NACDL conference in Las Vegas representing NARSOL.; Graph of how SCOTUS Justices have voted – just wanted Larry to offer some ideas; Schumer wants better access to the Feds registrant information; Comparing active shooter drills to fire and nuclear bomb drills; Massachusetts and part of Texas are grappling with indigent defense; How do polygraphs work? They don’t. This poligrapher believes the machine is real; Sen Schumer wants better background checks; nearly $64,000 spent in Operation Hallowed Streets in Florida to find 118 people with mostly technical violations; Even if you are acquitted of a charges, you can still service time (for the remaining charges); Everyone is coming out of the woodwork to sue the Epstein estate; Criminal justice reform continues to find opponents; Our criminal justice system is doing exactly what we’ve asked for; Larry explains why we didn’t do DNA testing for the death row inmate in Georgia; A total garbage news segment from KYMA with demonstrably false information; Police captain arrested in prostitution sex sting from his own department. We should afford him the same presumption of innocent that we ask for.

[12:00] https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/dw79y2/ideological_leanings_of_current_united_states

[16:00] https://nypost.com/2019/11/10/schumer-feds-havent-shared-sex-offender-database/

[19:35] https://www.kuow.org/stories/experts-worry-active-shooter-drills-in-schools-could-be-traumatic-for-students

[24:45] https://theappeal.org/massachusetts-highest-court-is-urged-to-address-a-crisis-in-indigent-defense/

https://www.texasobserver.org/potter-county-criminal-defense-system-is-lambasted-in-a-new-report/

[32:20] https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/how-do-lie-detectors-actually-work/

[38:20] https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/91260-us-sen-schumer-calls-on-doj-to-implement-better-employment-background-checks

[41:45] https://patch.com/florida/brandon/operation-hallowed-streets-checks-5-000-sex-predators

[45:00] https://theappeal.org/you-can-be-sentenced-even-if-you-were-acquitted/

[52:55] https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/11/12/boies-schiller-sues-jeffrey-epstein-estate-on-behalf-of-3-sexual-abuse-accusers/

[55:00] https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/11/12/local-opposition-mounting-to-criminal-justice-reforms

[58:40] https://theintercept.com/2019/11/09/criminal-justice-mass-incarceration-book/

[1:04:35] https://reason.com/2019/11/14/georgia-has-executed-a-death-row-inmate-without-dna-testing-the-evidence/

[1:08:50] https://www.kyma.com/news/released-to-reoffend-news-11-investigates-the-sex-offender-next-door/1142347283

[1:14:30] https://wreg.com/2019/11/16/police-captain-arrested-in-own-departments-prostitution-sting/

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