2013 Fall Meeting & Seminar
Defending the Unthinkable: Zealous Advocacy in Sexual Assault & Child Victims Cases
Savannah, GA / October 16-19, 2013
"Now, more than ever, the defense needs to be on top of the newest techniques, strategies, science, and psychology available to boldly and successfully counter the prosecution's case. In order to effectively serve your clients charged with sex offenses, you have to be prepared to aggressively confront the prosecution and their witnesses.
This unique seminar will equip you with the knowledge base, strategies, and methods to win even the most difficult of cases. We will address modern charges of sexual misconduct in cases involving child pornography, female sex offenders, cell phone data, false confessions, and much more, while also analyzing child development, adolescent sexuality and communication, and providing you with strategies for confronting "other acts" evidence.
Join your NACDL colleagues in historic and beautiful Savannah-a southern gem bursting with charm-where dramatic old-world architecture mingles with trendy restaurants and art galleries, and prepare yourself for being the best possible advocate for your client at trial."
http://www.nacdl.org/LegalEducation.aspx?id=16306&libID=16276
https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/events/12
http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/ga-nacdl-2013-fall-meeting-seminar.html#.UkVgk1NjP1E
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10/03/2013
The seductive appeal of aggressive advocacy: and why you should avoid it
"Few barristers will ever find themselves publicly lambasted to quite the same extent as Mr McNulty, but if it does nothing else the case should serve as a constant reminder that with the great privilege of advocacy comes a corresponding duty. No scheme of registration and accreditation will ever replace the individual advocate’s duty to practice the craft with discretion, tact and responsibility."
http://barristerblogger.com/2013/10/03/seductive-appeal-aggressive-advocacy-avoid
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How We Work
http://www.falselyaccused.co.uk/how-we-work
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Date: 17 October 2013
Evidence in Child Abuse Cases Conference
"Cutting edge guidance from an expert multi-disciplinary team
Speakers: Jeremy Weston QC, Mr William Newman, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Helen Whittle, Behavioural Analysis Unit Researcher, Dr Kieran Hogarth. Consultant Neuroradiologist and Mr Jayaratnam Jayamohan, Consultant Neurosurgeon
Chairperson: The Honourable Mr Justice Keehan
Location: Copthorne Tara Hotel, Scarsdale Place, Kensington, London
Date: 17 October 2013"
http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/training-and-development/family-law/-medical-evidence-in-child-abuse-cases-?cc=g238q
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Friday, 27 September 2013
Saturday, 17 August 2013
Disproves The Common Beliefs That All Sex Offenders Are Dangerous To Children ...
August 13, 2013 11:07 AM
Family Members of Registered Sex Offenders Organize, Exhibit at National Conference of State Legislatures in Atlanta, GA
"USA FAIR issued the following joint press release:
ATLANTA, GA – For the first time ever, five national advocacy groups fighting for sex offender registry reform have come together to exhibit at the National Conference of State Legislatures at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Booth 114 will be manned by USA FAIR, Inc. (USA Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry), a national nonprofit group representing family members of people on the registry; Florida Action Committee, a state-level advocacy group fighting for evidence-based sex offender laws; and Caution Click National Campaign for Reform (CCNCR), a federal child-pornography awareness campaign.
Booth 315 will be manned by Women Against the Registry, created in 2011 to publicly advocate for the family members of those convicted of a sex offense. Joining W.A.R. is Reform Sex Offender Laws (RSOL), Sex Offender Solution and Education Network (SOSEN), Illinois Voices for Reason and Texas Voices. Literature pertaining to the 'End Mass Incarceration' National March on Washington D.C. 2014 is also available. All of the groups point to voluminous governmental and independent research, which disproves the common beliefs that all sex offenders are dangerous to children and have high recidivism rates as the basis for their philosophies."
http://www.usafair.org/family_members_of_registered_sex_offenders_organize_exhibit_at_national_conference_of_state_legislatures_in_atlanta_ga
August 15, 2013
Our Voices Heard... On the Road to Reform at NCSL
"Gail Colletta and Shana Rowan at the USA FAIR table at NCSL
USA FAIR's exhibit at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Atlanta, Georgia was well received by state representatives from throughout the country - allowing hundreds of contacts over the three-day event.
Executive Director Shana Rowan was joined by Gail Colletta, President of the Florida Action Committee and Caution Click, in staffing USA FAIR's table. Reform advocates from Women Against the Registry, RSOL, SOSEN, Illinois Voices for Reason and Texas Voices conducted similar outreach at a nearby exhibit - providing double coverage to the largest annual gathering of state legislators."
http://www.usafair.org/our_voices_heard_on_the_road_to_reform_at_ncsl
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USA FAIR - Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/USAFAIR
Family Members of Registered Sex Offenders Organize, Exhibit at National Conference of State Legislatures in Atlanta, GA
"USA FAIR issued the following joint press release:
ATLANTA, GA – For the first time ever, five national advocacy groups fighting for sex offender registry reform have come together to exhibit at the National Conference of State Legislatures at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Booth 114 will be manned by USA FAIR, Inc. (USA Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry), a national nonprofit group representing family members of people on the registry; Florida Action Committee, a state-level advocacy group fighting for evidence-based sex offender laws; and Caution Click National Campaign for Reform (CCNCR), a federal child-pornography awareness campaign.
Booth 315 will be manned by Women Against the Registry, created in 2011 to publicly advocate for the family members of those convicted of a sex offense. Joining W.A.R. is Reform Sex Offender Laws (RSOL), Sex Offender Solution and Education Network (SOSEN), Illinois Voices for Reason and Texas Voices. Literature pertaining to the 'End Mass Incarceration' National March on Washington D.C. 2014 is also available. All of the groups point to voluminous governmental and independent research, which disproves the common beliefs that all sex offenders are dangerous to children and have high recidivism rates as the basis for their philosophies."
http://www.usafair.org/family_members_of_registered_sex_offenders_organize_exhibit_at_national_conference_of_state_legislatures_in_atlanta_ga
August 15, 2013
Our Voices Heard... On the Road to Reform at NCSL
"Gail Colletta and Shana Rowan at the USA FAIR table at NCSL
USA FAIR's exhibit at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Atlanta, Georgia was well received by state representatives from throughout the country - allowing hundreds of contacts over the three-day event.
Executive Director Shana Rowan was joined by Gail Colletta, President of the Florida Action Committee and Caution Click, in staffing USA FAIR's table. Reform advocates from Women Against the Registry, RSOL, SOSEN, Illinois Voices for Reason and Texas Voices conducted similar outreach at a nearby exhibit - providing double coverage to the largest annual gathering of state legislators."
http://www.usafair.org/our_voices_heard_on_the_road_to_reform_at_ncsl
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USA FAIR - Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/USAFAIR
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Well Done, Shana - You Are Winning
Posted: 05.22.2013 at 11:02 AM
Sex offenders - one woman's mission to separate myth from fact
"Shana Rowan first met her fiance when they attended high school in downstate New York. She says they lost touch when he suddenly left school at the age of 16. Years later, Shana says they reconnected.
Shana says they eventually fell in love and she learned the reason why he had disappeared when he was 16. It turns out that he had been convicted of sexually abusing an underage girl and spent four years in prison. She asked that we not reveal his name for fear over his safety.
"It wasn't a violent crime. It wasn't a forcible crime. Was it a crime? Yes, and I believe he should have been punished. I'm glad he can now see the impact he had on his victim, but he's not a monster. He's not a pedophile. He's not dangerous to children," Rowan told CNY Central's Jim Kenyon.
They are now engaged to be married. When they moved to a home in Oneida County however, her fiance, a level 2 registered sex offender, failed to register his new address on time. He was arrested and faced spending three years in prison.
Though he was able to avoid jail time, the experience provided Rowan with a mission in life. Shana Rowan is the Executive Director of USA FAIR, which stands for Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry. "We do advocate for some sex offenders but our focus is actually on family members because what I found when my fiance was looking at jail time, I felt so alone."
Rowan maintains a website that features extensive research that challenges what she says are society's preconceived ideas about sex offenders. She also lobbies legislators nationwide in an attempt to reform laws regarding sex offenders."
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=900812#.UZ4K7UpaTQM
May 27, 2013 at 7:30 AM, updated May 27, 2013 at 7:31 AM
Hamilton nonprofit advocates reforming Megan's Law
"Shana Rowan, executive director of USA Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry (unrelated to Peifer’s organization), said the sex offender registry has lost its original purpose since the New Jersey Legislature enacted Megan’s Law in 1994.
“The initial idea of a registry was not a bad one, but unfortunately it has expanded exponentially. Now, there are hundreds of crimes that are considered registrable in various states, ” Rowan said. “It’s no longer a safety tool, where people can look and say ‘These people might be dangerous to my kids.’”
“Offenders need to be held accountable, but it gets to a point where, once somebody has served their time and is back out into the community, a lot of these laws are set up to make them fail,” she said.
USA FAIR isn’t against the registry itself. Instead, Rowan advocates for a more “intelligent” database based on “individualized risk assessment,” taking into account the nature of each offender’s crime, personality and risk of recidivism.
“We need to get away from the broad brush approach, treating everybody as if they are the worst of the worst and are going to go out and rape and murder children,” Rowan said. “We have to look at the research between different subtypes of offenders that have very different recidivism rates.”"
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/05/hamilton_nonprofit_advocates_r.html
Sex offenders - one woman's mission to separate myth from fact
"Shana Rowan first met her fiance when they attended high school in downstate New York. She says they lost touch when he suddenly left school at the age of 16. Years later, Shana says they reconnected.
Shana says they eventually fell in love and she learned the reason why he had disappeared when he was 16. It turns out that he had been convicted of sexually abusing an underage girl and spent four years in prison. She asked that we not reveal his name for fear over his safety.
"It wasn't a violent crime. It wasn't a forcible crime. Was it a crime? Yes, and I believe he should have been punished. I'm glad he can now see the impact he had on his victim, but he's not a monster. He's not a pedophile. He's not dangerous to children," Rowan told CNY Central's Jim Kenyon.
They are now engaged to be married. When they moved to a home in Oneida County however, her fiance, a level 2 registered sex offender, failed to register his new address on time. He was arrested and faced spending three years in prison.
Though he was able to avoid jail time, the experience provided Rowan with a mission in life. Shana Rowan is the Executive Director of USA FAIR, which stands for Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry. "We do advocate for some sex offenders but our focus is actually on family members because what I found when my fiance was looking at jail time, I felt so alone."
Rowan maintains a website that features extensive research that challenges what she says are society's preconceived ideas about sex offenders. She also lobbies legislators nationwide in an attempt to reform laws regarding sex offenders."
http://www.cnycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=900812#.UZ4K7UpaTQM
May 27, 2013 at 7:30 AM, updated May 27, 2013 at 7:31 AM
Hamilton nonprofit advocates reforming Megan's Law
"Shana Rowan, executive director of USA Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry (unrelated to Peifer’s organization), said the sex offender registry has lost its original purpose since the New Jersey Legislature enacted Megan’s Law in 1994.
“The initial idea of a registry was not a bad one, but unfortunately it has expanded exponentially. Now, there are hundreds of crimes that are considered registrable in various states, ” Rowan said. “It’s no longer a safety tool, where people can look and say ‘These people might be dangerous to my kids.’”
“Offenders need to be held accountable, but it gets to a point where, once somebody has served their time and is back out into the community, a lot of these laws are set up to make them fail,” she said.
USA FAIR isn’t against the registry itself. Instead, Rowan advocates for a more “intelligent” database based on “individualized risk assessment,” taking into account the nature of each offender’s crime, personality and risk of recidivism.
“We need to get away from the broad brush approach, treating everybody as if they are the worst of the worst and are going to go out and rape and murder children,” Rowan said. “We have to look at the research between different subtypes of offenders that have very different recidivism rates.”"
http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/05/hamilton_nonprofit_advocates_r.html
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
FAIR Enough
Monday, November 12, 2012
And another door opens: USA FAIR
"Today I and several other advocates did something amazing. Today is the official launch of USA FAIR, Inc., which stands for USA Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry – and of which I am proud to have been named Executive Director.
With your help and support, we can help get the facts out on low sex offender recidivism, tell the stories of how the registry needlessly and negatively impacts the families of registrants and work to bring about real change through public education. We will hold the media accountable for the information they report and provide them with a central source for contacting advocates for reform and accessing the latest in sex offender research."
http://iloveasexoffender.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/and-another-door-opens-usa-fair.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+ILoveASexOffender+%28I+Love+a+Sex+Offender%29
USA FAIR
http://www.usafair.org
And another door opens: USA FAIR
"Today I and several other advocates did something amazing. Today is the official launch of USA FAIR, Inc., which stands for USA Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry – and of which I am proud to have been named Executive Director.
With your help and support, we can help get the facts out on low sex offender recidivism, tell the stories of how the registry needlessly and negatively impacts the families of registrants and work to bring about real change through public education. We will hold the media accountable for the information they report and provide them with a central source for contacting advocates for reform and accessing the latest in sex offender research."
http://iloveasexoffender.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/and-another-door-opens-usa-fair.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+ILoveASexOffender+%28I+Love+a+Sex+Offender%29
USA FAIR
http://www.usafair.org
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