The Redemptive Power of Social Rejection

I enjoy reading about eusocial animals. These are the ones who live in intricate societies like hives and nests where social cooperation is necessary for survival. Did you know that if a worker bee becomes unproductive due to injury, illness, or age, healthy bees will detect this? (Scientists aren’t really sure how, maybe behavioral cues,… Read More

Vigilante Justice: A Defense Attorney’s Warning.

Less than a year ago, in a Walmart parking lot near Albany, New York, a man stepped out of his car into a nightmare. A group of men from the vigilante group Dads Against Predators ambushed him, accusing him of soliciting a minor online. “You thought you were meeting a kid, you sick freak!” one… Read More

How are the federal government’s new SORNA rules going to affect Oregon?

As of this year, federal law will require even more people to register as sex offenders. Moreover, individual states will have to comply with strict new rules regarding state sex offender registration laws or lose federal funding.  See The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), AKA the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act… Read More