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Anniston PD reminds us that teen sexting is a Class A Felony. How quaint! 31 Jul 2013 | 08:33 pm
Don't forget, teens, if you take a naughty pic of yourself and send it to someone, you're a kiddie porn producer, and we will give as much time as a murderer. Yee-haw! http://blog.al.com/east-alabama...
State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams, alias 24 Jul 2013 | 06:49 am
State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams, alias (CR-08-1728, Oct. 2010) Summary: "The State of Alabama appeals the trial court's order declaring unconstitutional that portion of former ยง 15-20-22(a)(1)...
Huntsville looks to ban registrants from working as sales solicitors 15 Jul 2013 | 03:11 am
This news is a little late in coming, but had I seen this days ago, I would have tried stopping it. I also see the city is attacking panhandlers as well. http://itemonline.com/local/x1333761469/Door-...
Decatur Police and state Attorney General are claiming foster homes are the same as daycares 21 Jun 2013 | 05:09 am
If what is in this media account is true, then the floodgates open up to declare every family with children a "daycare," thus exploiting a loophole in the law to banish all former offenders from the s...
Alabama's legislation is officially over, and HB 85 dies from neglect. For now. 28 May 2013 | 06:13 am
On May 20, 2013, the Alabama state legislature officially ended. And HB 85 is still "indefinitely postponed." Unless there is a "special session," HB 85 is dead in the water. For now. (This is the bes...
Birmingham attorney wants to change how juvenile sex offenders register 11 May 2013 | 11:49 pm
A great find from the Sex Offender Issues Blog. It is nice to know even in the cesspool of bad legislation that is Alabama, there are a few people willing to address the laws. Kudos to this attorney,...
A letter to the Alabama House of Representatives from a ReFORM-AL reader 20 Apr 2013 | 05:33 pm
In my last post, I notified my readers that HB 85, the anti-clustering bill preventing registrants from living within 500 feet of each other and one per multi-family unit, has passed Judiciary and is ...
UPDATE: HB 85 passes the Judiciary Committee. Emails for the full house 16 Apr 2013 | 08:17 pm
I was just informed by phone today that HB 85, the anti-clustering law, has passed the Judiciary and will soon go before the entire House. Why it isn't noted on the legislative website, I'll never kno...
Birmingham police waste "months of investigation" to determine some guy was using a computer at a coffee shop 21 Mar 2013 | 05:33 am
An awful lt of resources went into this coffee shop "investigation". Apparently donuts were somehow involved as well. It never ceases to amaze me how far Jefferson County goes to look ridiculously to...
ReFORM-AL at the AL HB 85 Judiciary Hearing 7 Mar 2013 | 11:35 pm
UPDATE: The substitution HB 85 is now online. Follow the bill here, and be prepared to address the bill to the full House, because it seems this bill may pass. http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us...
