April 15, 2020, 12:56 pm Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a the probation violation of a man who was caught with a Penthouse magazine. George Bryan was charged with violating his probation and lying
Read MoreApril 15, 2020, 8:26 pm This week the Supreme Court of the United States announced that for the first time in history, they will hear oral arguments remotely. The decision, prompted by the Coronavirus epidemic, introduces a new
Read MoreApril 18, 2020, 11:15 am An excellent case came out of Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeals last week! An individual who had been charged with a Failure to Register (FTR) had his charges thrown out by the
Read MoreApril 20, 2020, 12:05 pm It’s not a “sex offender case” but another appellate court decision out of Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals found that a probation officer must PROVE that a probationer moved without permission in
Read MoreApril 22, 2020, 11:41 am When former Florida Gov. Rick Scott took office in 2011, he pushed to privatize health care for Florida prisoners. He promised the move would save taxpayers millions of dollars and it did, at
Read MoreApril 22, 2020, 9:25 pm Another story from the “it’s not the people on the list you need to watch: The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program should better be called an hilarious exercise in how not to
Read MoreApril 23, 2020, 7:16 pm The Governor of Colorado has issued an executive order (Executive Order D 2020 029) Among other suspensions, he “temporarily suspend the requirement in C.R.S. § 16-22-108(6) that any person required to register as
Read MoreApril 23, 2020, 8:34 pm Courtesy of law firm Carlton Fields, the following is a compiled list of lawsuits filed on behalf of inmates for conditions of confinement in light of the Coronavirus outbreak. Among those featured is
Read MoreApril 26, 2020, 1:59 pm An excellent decision came out of Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit (Nassau County) Friday afternoon finding their Sex Offender Residency Restriction (SORR) Unconstitutional as applied to the Defendant (who was charged with violating the
Read MoreApril 28, 2020, 12:06 pm The Volusia County Jail is prohibiting in-person visitations for inmates, as many correctional facilities have due to the coronavirus pandemic. But one thing the Volusia County facility has limited that others in the
Read MoreApril 28, 2020, 2:09 pm The coronavirus pandemic has led to an unprecedented shutdown of many American institutions, from professional sports to many government agencies, including the suspension of many non-essential law enforcement services from fingerprinting to vehicle
Read MoreMay 15, 2020, 5:21 pm Dear Members and Advocates, I read something on Twitter that resonated. The tweet said, “right now we live in an infinite present. No future plans, no anticipation… It’s an endless today, never tomorrow.”
Read MoreApril 30, 2019, 8:15 pm A Kentucky teenager has pleaded guilty to killing a convicted sex offender who lived nearby. The Daily News reports 17-year-old Lance D’artagnan Lear of Auburn entered the plea Monday in Logan Circuit Court
Read MoreMay 7, 2020, 1:26 pm Testimony is from 41:30 to the end at 2:10(90 minutes) Some highlights… Dr. Jill Levinson 55:50-1:13 (Clin. Psychologist/researcher) Miriam Aukerman 1:20-1:28 (ACLU attorney) Jessica Zimbelman 1:28-1:33 (Public Def. Office) Brian Forett 1:38- (Registrant—family
Read MoreMay 7, 2020, 2:02 pm Even as most Ohioans are encouraged to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, people convicted of sexual offenses are still required to register in person. Some Ohio counties and even nearby states have
Read MoreMay 8, 2020, 6:01 pm Protesters gathered outside the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office to commemorate the death of Charles Hobbs, who was incarcerated for failure to register as a sex offender. Hobbs’ sex offense was more than
Read MoreMay 8, 2020, 6:06 pm The lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday is to allow City Walk to continue their ministry, which is open to registered sex offenders. The post Ministry that houses persons required to
Read MoreMay 8, 2020, 6:45 pm The US Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit ruled yesterday that Failure to Register as a Sex Offender constitutes a crime of moral turpitude. In Bakor v. Barr, the Petitioner, a permanent
Read MoreMay 8, 2020, 6:50 pm In his humorous and uplifting style, Gever Tulley debunks classic myths of childhood safety. With rampant fear mongering, is it any wonder that children are actually over-protected? Instead, Tulley believes the most effective
Read MoreMay 10, 2020, 12:35 pm A registered sex offender did not break the law by hiring a 16-year-old boy to work for his landscaping business, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled Friday. Edward Proctor was convicted in 2017
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