sex offenders

Judge blocks California’s new ban on anonymity for sex offender

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Judge blocks California’s new ban on anonymity for sex offenderThis one is worth watching. With regard to blogs and forums, particularly, there’s a strong analogy with letter-writing and other modes of communication with the “outside” that are typically allowed. The plaintiffs, two registered …

Online release of Boy Scouts’ ‘perversion files’ breaks decades of secrecy

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Online release of Boy Scouts’ ‘perversion files’ breaks decades of secrecyDespicable.

Nebraska court strikes down restrictions on internet use for sex offenders on free speech grounds

Friday, October 19, 2012

Nebraska court strikes down restrictions on internet use for sex offenders on free speech groundsProfessor David Post of Temple Law served as an expert for the plaintiffs — yes, sex offenders — in this case. His focus, as he points out in his Volokh Conspiracy post, was on the overbroad nature of …