Pennsylvania Megan’s Law can be confusing. Check out our Top 10 Facts about SORNA in PA.
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Judge says PA SORNA Overbroad & Unconstitutional in Chester County
Learn about Chester County Court Judge Allison Bell Royer’s ruling that Pennsylvania’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act is unconstitutional.
Read MoreDOJ releases SORNA Case Law Summary
[8/20/2022] The Dept. of Justice has released its Sex Offender Registration and Notification in the United States: Case Law Summary report: “[t]his summary is current through July 2022 and addresses the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), including SORNA’s requirements, and provides information about case law impacting state and federal sex offender registration and notification laws across the country.…
Read MoreWATCH: Board member talks PA Megan’s Law registry on FOXSOUL
PARSOL (and NARSOL) board member David Garlock recently spoke about the punitive nature of the sex offender registry, including Pennsylvania Megan’s Law List, as an invited panelist on the “Business of Being Black” show hosted by Tammi Mac on the new FOX SOUL network. Garlock joined Business of Being Black host Tammi Mac along with Gail Wyatt, Ph.D. a Psychologist…
Read MoreUpdate on Commonwealth v. Aumick
As you may recall, I posted an article on February 26th about the Superior Court opinion of Commonwealth v. John Aumick where the Court found that SVP determinations cannot be based simply on allegations and hearsay. Normally I don’t write articles on Superior Court cases for two reasons: 1) an application for en banc (full court) reargument can be filed…
Read MoreU.S. Marshals spending millions on registrant sweeps
By Steven Yoder . . . Since 2006, the federal government has funneled millions into sometimes-massive operations to verify the addresses of those on sex-offender registries. It’s hard to tell how often these happen–the Marshals Service didn’t respond to multiple requests from The Appeal about how many operations they ran in the latest fiscal year. But a look at how…
Read MoreHistory of PARSOL with our Board Chair and Vice Chair
Randall interviews our founding mother, Theresa, on a variety of topics including the early days of PARSOL, what has changed in the sex offense reform dialogue over the last decade, and how people can get involved.
Read MoreJuly 2022 Newsletter
PARSOL’s latest quarterly newsletter is now available. Click the link below to open the PDF document. JULY 2022 NEWSLETTER – Download PDF
Read MoreSex Offender Registries TW: Abuse
Someone asked me once how I determined which topics to cover. I answered that I have all these topics in my mind but one at a time they move to my heart and I get really curious and passionate enough to research and teach — to sexplain. This is what happened with the registry. There wasn’t a personal experience or…
Read MoreSenator Hawley’s Attack against SCOTUS Pick’s record
By ANDREW C. MCCARTHY Iwould oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson because of her judicial philosophy, for the reasons outlined by Ed Whelan last week. I address that in a separate post. For now, I want to discuss the claim by Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) that Judge Jackson is appallingly soft on child-pornography offenders. The allegation appears meritless to the…
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