By Sandy . . . A life has ended, the life of a man with a unique talent, a successful career, and, at 41, the expectations of a brilliant future. The circumstances are heart-wrenching but not unf...
https://www.narsol.org/2024/04/if-sticks-and-stones-can-break-your-bones-what-can-words-do/
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. ...
By Sandy . . . It is a given that if one is convicted of a crime, some sort of punishment will follow. Why? It has been thus from the beginning of time. The hope is that the punishment will evoke...
https://www.narsol.org/2024/04/wisconsin-what-are-you-doing/
On March 27, Abby’s column was a letter from a mom concerned that her son Joey was being invited to play at the home of his friend Paul, whose stepdad was a registrant due to a conviction for a...
https://www.narsol.org/2024/04/dear-abby-my-sons-friends-stepdad-is-a-sex-offender/
Originally prublished in the Arizona Capitol Times By John Covert . . . Among all the policy experiments in this country that have thoroughly missed the mark, sex offense registries have surely e...
https://www.narsol.org/2024/02/az-rsol-says-its-time-for-a-new-direction-in-sexual-offense-policy/
“In this era of mass incarceration, in which we already lock up more of our population than any other nation on Earth, it is especially curious that the government feels compelled to invent fak...
https://www.narsol.org/2024/02/entitled-to-a-jury-of-your-peers-maybe-not/
An advocate in Switzerland contacted NARSOL with a suggestion: We should organize a sign-on letter to the State Department asking them to cease revoking the passports of registered citizens who m...
Also published in the Digest, Vol. XVII-1 and the Washingtonn DC Patch, Jan 15. By Sandy . . . A freshman legislator in South Carolina is putting forth a bill this session proposing that sexual...
https://www.narsol.org/2024/02/death-penalty-legislation-is-not-about-the-death-penalty/
By Sandy . . . February 12, WKRC, Cincinnati, aired and ran a piece by David Winter about what they imply is a failure to protect children based on law enforcement’s handling of residence restr...
https://www.narsol.org/2024/02/please-print-a-balanced-piece-narsol-asks-wkrc-and-they-did/
AMENDED CALL TO ACTION #3 FOR SB 1230 and HB 1235: SB 1230 has been referred to Senate Fiscal Policy Committee and HB 1235 added to Second Reading Calendar. We have met with some success because ...
https://www.narsol.org/2024/02/call-to-action-from-florida-action-committee/