Registry Matters

Trying to navigate the complicated world of sex offender laws and how they affect a person forced to register?
Each week Andy and Larry discuss life on the sex offender registry and how registry laws affect those on “the list.” Our goal is to help listeners navigate the complexity of the onerous “civil, regulatory schemes” that are clearly punitive in nature.
We discuss current legal challenges to sex offender registries and answer questions from PFRs and listeners. Special guests share their insight and experiences.
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RM219: Supreme Court Confirmation Debacle Will Set Us Back Years

We dig into the confirmation hearings of Ketanji Brown Jackson and the attacks that were launched on her by the Senators of the United States Congress. They were very unprofessional to say the least. Larry goes into a history lesson... Read More

RM218: Should Judge Jackson Be Elevated To The Supreme Court?

We are going to dive into comments made in response to criticism of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States. We’re going to be doing a plethora of questions. This is probably the most questions... Read More

RM217: 3 Questions About The Adam Walsh Act

On this episode of Registry Matters, we have started digging into the details of the Adam Walsh Act. I came up with a bunch of questions, but we only had time to get into three of them. We also had... Read More

RM216: Deep Dive into California’s Registry Removal Process

This weeks episode has a feature segment about the registry removal process in California. Larry digs into the nuances of who would qualify, the specific language of evidence required to be presented. We also cover the impact of the American... Read More

RM215: Sotomayor: NY Residency Restrictions for PFRs Unconstitutional? Maybe

On RM215, we do a deep dive into United States Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor’s recent statement in response to a denial of a cert petition. We have a few questions and situations of probation and transferring to other states... Read More

RM214: Court Says “FYP” Is Protected Speech

We’ve got a case out of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The name is Matthew Wood v. Chad Eubanks and a huge list of other names. This isn’t directly “registry” related, but it’s a First Amendment issue that seemed... Read More

RM213: Virginia Says “The Registry Is Non Punitive”

We’ve going to do a deep dive into a case from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case involved a recently turned 18 year old and a relationship with his high-school girlfriend and he’s now on the registry for... Read More

RM212: Accused and Held Without Bond Explained

On RM212, we are going to have a special guest attorney, Ashley, Reymore-Cloud. With her, we’re going to be talking about pretrial detention as exist around the country, in New Mexico and in the federal system. We have some listener... Read More

RM211: Stinging Defeat in Butts County

Tonight, we cover the fantastic victory for our team that came out of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals just a few days ago. In this case, Sheriff Gary Long of Butts County, Georgia, made up rules that he could... Read More

RM210: Cert Petition from Texas Denied by SCOTUS

This week on Registry Matters, we cover a cert petition for the United State Supreme Court, and how hard it is to get a case heard. It takes significant time and hours to prepare a case to be heard by... Read More