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"Arizonans Approve Life in Prison for Sex Trafficking a Minor," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Reason, November 06, 2024
"Enough With the Sex Offender Registry," by Christy Perez & Kastalia Medrano, Filter, October 23, 2024
"Tennessee will remove HIV-positive people convicted of sex work from violent sex offender list," by Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press, July 19, 2024
"Michigan Supreme Court decision will likely strike hundreds from sex-offender registry," by Ed White, Associated Press, July 29, 2024
"Surgical castration, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ and absentee regulations. New laws go into effect in Louisiana," by Sara Cline, Associated Press, August 01, 2024
"N.J. high court eases test for juvenile offenders to be removed from sex offender list," by Nikita Biryukov, New Jersey Monitor, July 01, 2024
"Opinion: Death penalty for child rapists does more harm than good. Tennessee erred on new law," by Sarah McGee, Tennessean, July 07, 2024
"Louisiana bill proposes surgical castration for child sex offenders," by Kelly Kasulis Cho, Washington Post, June 04, 2024
"Inside Vermont’s Radical Approach to Helping the Formerly Incarcerated Succeed," by Steven Yoder, The Appeal, May 28, 2024
"New York Senate passes bill to tighten legal standard Harvey Weinstein used to toss rape conviction," by Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press, May 22, 2024
"Sixth Circuit vacates sweeping injunction against Tennessee sex offender registry laws," by Kevin Koeninger, Courthouse News Service, May 15, 2024
"Minnesota's Indefinite Detention of Sex Offenders Is Ineffective As Well As Unjust," by Jacob Sullum, Reason, May 06, 2024
"Weinstein Ruling Poses Quandary: Can #MeToo Coexist With Protections for Defendants?," by Susan Chira, The Marshall Project, May 04, 2024
"Sex Offense Civil Commitment — Minnesota’s Failed Investment and the $100 Million Opportunity to Stop Sexual Violence," by Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, April 01, 2024
"Illinois ban on sex offender phone calls with their children ruled unconstitutional," by Caitlyn Rosen, Courthouse News Service, April 18, 2024
