Registry Matters

We are proud to release episode 60 of the Registry Matters Podcast. This week we have: A listener asks a question about conflict of interest with judges and should they recuse themselves; And Patron Jeff asks what does it mean when the circuit courts are split; New York is about to make conversion therapy illegal; FCC judge rules registrant cannot use Ham radio; Some thoughts on how to pick an attorney; We should make life inside institutions as much as possible like life outside so that there isn’t this huge divide between the way people live inside and outside; Deepfake porn videos with your favorite actor/actress; Poligrapher in NC says “Polygraphy is an evolving science”; Judge issues preliminary injunction against registration of man convicted on non-sexual offense; City in Wisconsin improves residency restrictions from 7% up to 24%; Of course we need another registry!; The federal court system is definitely impacted by the government shutdown, and this affects registrants; How conservative SCOTUS justices can side with liberals

[21:10] https://pix11.com/2019/01/15/ban-on-gay-conversion-therapy-poised-for-passage-in-new-york/?mc_cid=dc5b3be73e&mc_eid=1207c63e34

[28:10] https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/fcc-revokes-ham-license-for-convicted-sex-offender

[33:00] https://abovethelaw.com/2019/01/how-to-pick-a-good-criminal-defense-attorney/

[48:00] https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3mx75/the-prison-system-is-a-nightmare-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-think

[54:00] https://apple.news/A_vSDZtJiQo2vIw7Xh-o-sA

[1:01:35] https://www.shelbystar.com/news/20190115/private-investigator-brings-polygraph-services-to-shelby

[1:05:00] https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/01/15/us-judge-halts-imposition-of-registration-requirement-on-parolee-with-no-sex-offense-record/

[1:12:30] https://www.jsonline.com/story/communities/west/news/brookfield/2019/01/15/city-brookfield-proposes-changes-sex-offender-ordinance/2576644002/

[1:15:00] https://kutv.com/news/nation-world/tinas-law-aims-to-create-legislation-for-domestic-violence-offender-registry

[1:20:00] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/us/politics/courts-money-government-shutdown.html

[1:24:50] https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/gorsuch-arbitration-labor-new-prime-oliveira.html

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Registry Matters on a Wednesday? We tackle a listener question regarding a foreign conviction and how that translates to strict liability; Legislator has an epiphany after getting mandatory minimum; News revelation – civil commitment is wrong, expensive and ineffective;  Florida felons registering to vote after voter rights restored; Alaska says you can’t use common lie detector results in court; Man arrested for failure to register dies in jail; SCOTUS is not itching at the chance to reverse Smith v Doe

[18:00] https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/dec/28/i-once-wrote-mandatory-minimum-laws-after-ties-abramoff-landed-me-prison-i-know-they-must-end/

[27:50] https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2019/jan/8/sex-crimes-and-criminal-justice-formerly-incarcerated-sex-offenders-say-civil-commitment-programs-deny-proper-rehabilitation/

[33:03] https://www.npr.org/2019/01/08/683108763/florida-law-restoring-the-vote-to-former-felons-takes-effect

[38:10] https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2019/01/09/alaska-supreme-court-rules-common-lie-detector-test-cant-be-used-as-evidence/

[43:30] https://ktvo.com/news/local/southeast-iowa-sex-offender-dies-in-jail

[47:00] https://floridaactioncommittee.org/supreme-court-denies-cert-in-all-three-cases-we-were-following/

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Episode 58 brings in the first Registry Matters episode of the new year! Ask your prosecutor how they can prosecute someone knowing that they might be innocent; Lubbock, Texas has a novel method of indigent defense; News Flash: Not all offenders are the same – I know, shocker right?; A seven-fold increase in men in prison for CP; YAV (Yet Another Vigilante) with blood on his hands; Sovereign nations controlling their borders; Suing the state for damages from the Scarlet Letter; Seventh Circuit vacates conditions of supervision (US vs. Canfield)

[14:00] https://dailyjournalonline.com/opinion/letters/fooling-the-taxpayer/article_4fe3036d-1bd7-5dd4-a3ac-782dacd85d9b.html

[18:50] https://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/editorials/article/How-Lubbock-became-the-model-for-indigent-defense-13467686.php

[22:15] https://amp.floridatoday.com/amp/2449606002

[26:50] https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/02/the-number-of-men-in-federal-prison-for

[34:00] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/he-lures-alleged-child-predators-shames-them-facebook-now-one-n953856

[41:00] http://philippines-magazine.com/2018/01/10/187-foreign-sex-offenders-mostly-americans-barred-entering-phl-2017/

[46:50] https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511691204-belleville-man-sues-state-s-attorney-officials-for-10m-over-sex-offender-registration

[52:50] https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/2476839002

[59:15] https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/dec/28/seventh-circuit-vacates-conditions-supervised-release-following-child-pornography-conviction/

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Larry and Andy move into Episode 57. Recording from their super secret bunker. A listener asks a question about being removed from the registry in one state, then moving to another; What should a listener in Florida do regarding college admissions; A new listener in Virginia asks about supreme court decisions and considering increased restrictions as expo facto; FOSTA/SESTA has caused many public Internet sites to remove anything related to adult content; The CBO predicts that the First Step Act will increase public spending, versus decrease it; A man exonerated by DNA evidence still has to register in Tennessee; Is the CJ system designed to target the LGBTQ community?

[25:00] https://www.thedailybeast.com/sex-workers-fear-tumblr-ban-will-destroy-their-bottom-line

[35:30] https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/14/cbo-estimate-criminal-justice-bill-1066505

[40:00] https://fox17.com/news/ferrier-files/ferrier-files-man-cleared-of-child-rape-by-dna-parole-board-wont-recognize-it

[44:10] https://reason.com/archives/2018/12/18/dead-suspect-loophole-texas-police-jail

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The First Step Act passed the senate this week. As a Christmas bonus, we cover the bill and it’s passage. We have been covering it’s passage (or stalling really) for the past month to finally reach this point.

First Step Act passed the senate 87-12

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-overwhelmingly-backs-overhaul-of-criminal-justice-system/2018/12/18/89efffb6-02e7-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html

Helpline available Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

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Larry and Andy cover an update about the appeal (or lack thereof) in NC in Meredith v. Stein; Attorney defending a guy of rape in the #MeToo era; Dire straights in Louisiana’s Public Defenders office; Farm bill passes with status-quo work requirements; You become out of sight, out of mind when you go to prison; GOP is possibly not the law and order party they profess; We probably shouldn’t lock up children with adults (what a concept); Why do people download CP; Out of Ohio, Doe vs. Michael Dewine, Ohio Attorney General

[13:00] https://abovethelaw.com/2018/12/trying-a-sex-case-as-a-woman-in-the-metoo-era/

[22:00] https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_2c1eb370-fe35-11e8-9599-e7bf2f7d1341.html

[36:00] https://www.npr.org/2018/12/11/673453156/farm-bill-compromise-reached-with-snap-changes-out-industrial-hemp-in

[42:20] https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/04/03/what-i-learned-about-justice-reporting-from-inside-prison

[50:00] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-the-gop-the-law-and-order-party-not-so-much/2018/12/10/b646336e-fcc0-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html

[1:00:00] https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/12/12/the-criminal-justice-reform-bill-you-ve-never-heard-of?ref=hp-1-111

[1:05:20] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/witness/201705/why-are-these-men-downloading-child-pornography

[1:12:00] No17-3857

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Here we have the latest episode of Registry Matters. Andy posits how the registry isolates people that may cause people to do less than desirable things; Our criminal justice system removes parents from their kids permanently; Is bail reform going well and is it a good thing; Who exactly is holding up the vote on CJ reform; Are we draining the swamp in Florida; Tyranny in supervision; Bi-Partisanship …. what more needs to be said.

[6:40] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/neuroscientist-thinks-one-way-to-fight-opioid-addiction-is-to-tackle-loneliness/2018/11/30/8f651440-f33d-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html

[16:00] https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/12/03/how-incarcerated-parents-are-losing-their-children-forever

[22:30] https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/12/07/lessons-from-california-and-new-jersey-bail-reform-legislation/

[32:30] https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/420331-trump-tells-mcconnell-to-let-senate-vote-on-criminal-justice-reform

[39:40] http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/12/08/florida-senate-presidents-new-job-with-private-prison-operator-doesnt-surprise-advocates/

[48:00] https://fox61.com/2018/12/06/state-sentencing-commission-considering-controversial-changes-to-sex-offender-laws/

[1:05:30] https://kutv.com/news/local/sen-orrin-hatchs-child-pornography-victim-assistance-act-signed-into-law

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In this action packed episode, recording from our home locations, Larry and Andy discuss a man and his family are homeless from a 20 year old offense; Tom Cotton (R-AK) is trying to derail the First Step Act; an offender in NY sued to get more resources to find housing; What is there to fear with sentencing reform?; New Orleans DA is fear mongering over bail funding; Can we change minds regarding the registry?; It is unconscionable to polygraph juveniles; Inmates in DE are still being beaten and tortured

[8:20] http://www.nbc12.com/2018/12/01/father-says-life-sex-offender-registry-has-forced-him-his-family-into-homelessness/

[19:00] https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/tom-cotton-criminal-justice-reform-senate-republicans-trump-1015149

Action Alert — Sen. Tom Cotton: “No early release for sex offenders”

[29:50] https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2018/11/27/complaint-over-flawed-sex-offender-housing-assistance-is-rejected-by-ny-court-of-appeals/

[39:00] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/27/we-have-nothing-fear-federal-sentencing-reform/

[49:30] https://theappeal.org/new-orleans-da-stokes-fears-over-bail-fund/

[56:40] http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2018/11/27/changing-minds-master-students-thesis-challenges-views-on-sex-offender-laws/

[1:01:00] https://www.komorebipost.com/juvenile-offenders-polygraph-test/

[1:09:10] https://theappeal.org/lawsuit-alleges-prisoners-are-still-being-beaten-stripped-and-tortured-9-months-after-uprising-in-delaware/

Meredith V Stein

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https://www.Registrymatters.co/rm53-meredith-v-stein

A special bonus episode. We didn’t plan on recording due to the holidays. But alas, here we are! This is somewhat of an abbreviated episode. What’s up with the First Step Act in the Senate?; Prosecutors in Kansas gain access to privileged recordings; SCOTUS to hear 8th Amendment case; PA report on clergy launches investigations in more than a dozen states around the country – what happens to due process?; GA registrants forced to move from under a bridge;

www.themarshallproject.org/2018/11/16/what-s-really-in-the-first-step-act?ref=hp-1-111

https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article221763245.html

http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/11/argument-preview-justices-to-consider-whether-eighth-amendment-ban-on-excessive-fines-applies-to-the-states/

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/white-collar-and-criminal-law/business-progressives-unite-at-supreme-court-against-big-fines

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/the-pennsylvania-report-on-clergy-sex-abuse-spawned-investigations-nationwide-now-what/2018/11/22/101dcce8-e467-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.html?utm_term=.765ad69a55ca

https://www.allongeorgia.com/georgia-column-politics/column-georgia-city-wrong-to-target-sex-offenders-in-new-homelessness-ordinance/

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After doing battle with failing technology on multiple fronts, I bring you Episode 51 of the Registry Matters Podcast. Larry shares his holiday travel tips; GPS monitoring is considered a search (duh); due process is a threatening term on college campuses; DeVos has released her vision of due process on college campuses; GOP leadership opposes CJ reform that the majority of people (and legislators) do support; Pakman changes stance to oppose registry

[11:00] https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article221418050.html

[23:00] http://iwf.org/blog/2807742/Some-American-University-Students-Find-Mere-Mention-of-Due-Process-Threatening

[27:00] https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668556728/education-dept-proposes-enhanced-protection-for-students-accused-of-sexual-assau

[35:20] https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/410809-mcconnell-looking-at-criminal-justice-reform-after-midterms#.W-7Mja5x_lI.twitter

Larry at the NACDL Conference

[1:07:20] https://youtu.be/FStdCWjCKCo

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