Robin Vanderwall was a conservative campus activist. He managed successful political campaign for two Republican candidates and was going to law school when he was arrested for soliciting sex from an underage boy who happened to be a Virginia Beach police officer. He was arrested when he went to the arranged meeting with the 14-year-old boy who wasn’t.
He was, for a time, a director of Faith and Family, a nonprofit used by Abramoff to move money. Since prison, he has become an advocate for more lenient, or more “rational” sex offender policies. His advocacy for better post-prison treatment is not limited to sex offenders and he has become an advocate against the racism and oppression of the carceral system.
- Just Leadership: Robin W. Vanderwall bio
This is an advocacy group for former felons, not just sex offenders - ChessLaw: Regent law student charged with Internet sex crime
- Washington Post: How a Lobbyist Stacked the Deck
This is one of the few news sites that have any remaining coverage of Vanderwall’s criminal past. It’s on the bottom of page 3 in a story about the Abramoff bribery scandal. Vanderwall was in prison when the candidate he worked for in the past was indicted. - SteemIt: Ex-Government Lobbyist Sex Offender now lobbying for pedophile rights
- Public News Service: Restrictions for NC registered sex offenders spurs civil rights suit
- SourceWatch: Robin Vanderwall
17 Jan 2003