John Oliver: Coronavirus in Prisons

June 24, 2020, 1:28 pm John Oliver took on the crisis of Coronavirus spreading in Prisons across the United States. The post John Oliver: Coronavirus in Prisons appeared first on Florida Action Committee. Go to Source Author: Florida

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“Sex Offender” Registries Are Fueling Mass Incarceration — And They Aren’t Helping Survivors

By: Paul M. Renfro The United States’ hyper-punitive approach to sexual offenders has fueled mass incarceration while doing little to actually help survivors. The “sex offense legal regime,” which has developed alongside mass incarceration over the last forty

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IL: Illiniois Supreme Court upholds conviction of registrant who entered park to retrieve his own son

June 23, 2020, 2:00 pm You won’t believe the absurdity of this one… The Illinois Supreme Court upheld the conviction of a man who entered a public park to retrieve his son. Patrick Legoo had a 2006 conviction

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Weekly Update 2020-06-17 Ref#94

June 19, 2020, 3:55 pm Dear Members and Advocates, In 1964, the United States passed a long overdue Civil Rights Act that outlawed discrimination against other human beings based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Among

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Divided Florida Court Revokes Sex Offender’s Probation After Bizarre Feud With Neighbors

June 18, 2020, 9:44 pm A peculiar dispute between two South Florida neighbors came before the Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday when it found that a registered sex offender’s three-year “campaign of harassment” against the couple next

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Scams persist

June 17, 2020, 6:23 pm A member from Jacksonville contacted us today to let us know that he was targeted in a sex offender scam. This time the person was pretending to be calling from the US Marshals

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Member Submission: Doxxing vs. Registry

June 17, 2020, 1:59 pm The “doxxing” of police officers mentioned in this article is of interest to me and perhaps it will be to others as well.  There are parallels between doxxing and the registry. We know

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Member Submission: Newspapers to stop publishing mugshot galleries

June 16, 2020, 2:32 pm The Tampa Bay Times will stop publishing its online mugshot gallery, which features people who have been arrested in the newspaper’s coverage area. The Times made the announcement on Monday. “The galleries lack context and further

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Time for a legal check up?

June 16, 2020, 12:29 pm This past week another individual, this time in Walton County, had a conviction overturned by the First District Court of Appeals on double jeopardy grounds. This is a scenario we see happen repeatedly

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Confronting Sexual Harm, Ending State Violence Webinar

June 15, 2020, 4:57 pm You are invited to join a webinar hosted by @EndtheRegistry and Amber Vlangas (amberspeaksup.com) on which there will be a virtual panel discussion with Judith Levine and Erica Meiners about their new book,

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Watch the Fairbanks Interview

June 12, 2020, 12:07 am The killer of Mattieo Condoluci gives a jailhouse interview – Watch it below. Then write to Brenda Beadle, Chief Deputy County Attorney and insist on the maximum punishment for this killer. She can

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Will Sex Offense Registry Changes be Part of Criminal Justice Reform?

June 12, 2020, 12:01 am The killing of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement has sparked outrage and mass protests across the nation. Calls for police reform have created yet another divide among the American public.

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NARSOL: Last call for web conference.

June 11, 2020, 11:57 am When NARSOL’s annual conference was cancelled because of the COVID-19 virus, they decided to replace it with a two day webcast. All of the speakers of the conference have agreed to speak on

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Weekly Update 2020-06-09 Ref#93

June 9, 2020, 11:44 pm Dear Members and Advocates, This morning, oral arguments in Doe v. Miami-Dade (the challenge to Miami-Dade’s sex offender residency restriction that has left hundreds of individuals without anyplace to live) took place before

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Petty, Petty, Petty: Ocala sex offender arrested for failing to update license

June 9, 2020, 8:24 pm Another registrant was arrested. This time for not updating his drivers license. On May 26, he reported to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and updated his registration after being released from the Department

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Ruling allows Tampa man to avoid sex offender registration until he pays $10K fine

June 9, 2020, 6:07 pm The case could upend part of Florida’s sex offender laws, officials say. A Tampa man who spent 12 years in prison for molesting two young girls at a community pool does not have

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Oral Arguments to take place in Miami-Dade Residency Restriction Case today

June 9, 2020, 11:15 am This morning the 11th Circuit will hold oral arguments in our case challenging Miami-Dade County’s sex offender residence restriction. Daniel Tilley, from the ACLU will be doing the argument on behalf of the individuals

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SCOTUS seeks to curb frivolous indigent prisoner lawsuits.

June 8, 2020, 8:16 pm It’s a bit off-topic but in a decision released by the Supreme Court of the United States today (Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez) the court limited a pro se prisoner’s ability to bring lawsuits if

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Nigeria starts “naming and shaming” sex offenders

June 8, 2020, 8:04 pm the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has now published names and photographs of some convicted sex offenders on the Nigeria Sex Offender Register. The DG of NAPTIP, Dame

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Florida’s 2nd DCA offers relief for terminal man confined in civil commitment.

June 8, 2020, 3:13 pm Florida really loves to keep people on it’s sex offender registry and locked up. There are nearly 80 thousand people on Florida’s sex offender registry but fewer than 30 thousand are actually in

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