By Mani Dabiri | Published March 31, 2015 | Posted in Federal and State Criminal Defense, Post-Conviction Defense and Appeals | Tagged Tags: childpornography, jurisdiction, mandatoryminimums, sexoffenseregistration, sexoffenses |
Child-Pornography Possession in State and Federal Court
Among the common offenses for which people must register as sex offenders is possession of child pornography. Under California law, possession of child pornography is a felony, though it may be punished by imprisonment either in the county jail for up to one year or in state prison for 16 months, two years, or three years. Pen. Code § 311.11(a). If you possess Read More
Read MoreOur Ballooning Sex-Offender Registries
California’s not the only state having trouble with its sex-offender-registration regime. In New York, the prisons are holding people past their release dates because they can’t find anywhere to live, and nearly 95% of the homeless shelters are off-limits, too. The problem is that we don’t pass these laws on the basis of reason and evidence but Read More
Read MoreHomeless Outside a Homeless Shelter
Hold on to your hats. Two weeks ago, the California Supreme Court unanimously struck down a provision of Proposition 83—commonly known as Jessica’s Law—that had barred all registered sex offenders from living within 2000 feet of any school or park. The Court held the provision was unconstitutional to the extent that it applied automatically across the board to every registered parolee in San Read More
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