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Book Club: Mass Supervision (Dec. 17, 2024)
Book Club Event Details Participants must Sign Up In Advance Here Get the Book About the Book The most comprehensive critique of probation and parole—and a provocative and compelling argument for abolishing both—from the former Probation Commissioner of New York City “Imagine if probation didn’t exist. And I came to you with $80 million and 30,000 people the courts considered…
Read MoreDomestic Travel On the Registry Challenges
Involvement with the legal system in the United States can be a traumatizing experience. For those who have been found guilty of crimes of a sexual nature, this process almost always results in a massive upheaval of what is considered normal. The dread of what is going to play out in the courts, the shame of exposure, and the remorse…
Read MoreOur Opinion: Supreme Court of PA Missed an Opportunity
Back in June of 2023 we published an article Are the Courts the New Galileo? It focused on Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (SCOPA) shifting away from the popular “frightening and high” myth and moving to uphold the science that persons forced to register (“PFRs”) pose a very low recidivism risk. Justice Kevin Brobson was quoted when referring to the Court…
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Book Club: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Oct. 15, 2024)
Book Club Event Details Click Here to Register Online Get the Book About the Book France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries…
Read MorePARSOL Editorial: Truth First, Emotions Second
In these past few years, I have learned that in a world where emotions often dictate our perceptions and actions, it is essential to reaffirm the fundamental importance of truth. While emotions are undeniably powerful and influential aspects of our human experience, they should not supersede the pursuit and acknowledgment of truth. The truth matters first and foremost, serving as…
Read MoreBook Reviews: Under Our Roof & None of This is True
Under Our Roof: A Son’s Battle for Recovery, a Mother’s Battle for Her Son by Madeleine Dean & Harry Cunnane Written by the mother-son duo of Pennsylvania Congresswoman Madeleine Dean and Harry Cunnane, the authors alternate chapters, each writing what they thought and felt while they were going through the son’s addiction to opioids and the journey through recovery. Madeleine…
Read MoreGuest Post: I believe I was the target of a police sting
Submitted by Atwo Zee, Registered Traveler Not long after I returned to Iowa after the 2024 NARSOL conference in Atlanta, I received an email forwarded by the national NARSOL office. This message came to them on their main “Contact Us” email address, and whoever sent it was looking specifically for me, “whose story “Unwanted Images” hit home when I was…
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