Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) is a nonprofit civil rights, legal reform, and support organization, with offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento. ACSOL advocates for civil rights for those required to register as sex offenders, and their families. ACSOL was formerly known as California Reform Sex Offender Laws (CA RSOL).
Activism
ACSOL has been active in legal battles challenging local Halloween ordinances, and proximity and residency restrictions aimed at registrants in federal court across the state of California. Due to lawsuits, paroled registrants in California are no longer required to post a sign on the front door of their residence on Halloween.
Due to the proximity restrictions lawsuits, registrants in California are currently allowed to visit public and private places throughout the state. In 2015, ACSOL began a series of lawsuits in state of California soon after the
California Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in San Francisco at the Earl Warren Building, but it regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacra ...
ruled
San Diego
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residency restrictions unconstitutional. As of June 2019, a total of 36 lawsuits had been filed across the state.
In 2016 ACSOL participated in a challenge to the
International Megan's Law (IML), passed by Congress and signed into law by President
Obama
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, in February 2016. The lawsuit was filed on February 9, 2016, but was dismissed by the United States District Court
See also
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National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws
The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) is a national civil rights and justice reform organization headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina with operations based in Albuquerque, New Mexico and with affiliated organizati ...
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Women Against Registry
Women Against Registry (W.A.R.) is a U.S. non-profit organization, based in Arnold, Missouri, which works to obtain changes in laws affecting sex offenders. Most W.A.R. members are mothers, wives, girlfriends, and other family members of persons c ...
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Illinois Voices for Reform
Illinois Voices for Reform is a non-profit advocacy and support organization for Illinois sex offenders and their families. It is dedicated to providing education on issues affecting sex offenders to the public and to legislators. Illinois Voices ...
References
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Sex offender registries in the United States