Research shows that a registrant deemed ‘high risk’ in 1995, now living offense-free for 30 years with a stable job and family, poses no greater threat to the public than someone with a decades old DUI.
Federal prosecutions of individuals who have complied with all state sex offender registration rules are possible in principle. Read More
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Dr. Debra Thompson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University. A leading scholar of the comparative politics of race, Thompson’s teaching and research interests focus on the relationships among race, the state, and inequality in democratic societies. Dr. Thompson previously taught at the University of Oregon. Here is a letter she recently… Read More
This summer, New York became the sixth state to ban the so-called gay and trans “panic” defense, which asks a jury to find that a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity is to blame for a defendant’s violent reaction, including even murder. Here is an informative MAP showing where different states stand on this issue.… Read More