Should Jalen Kitna Have Been Required To Register as a Sex Offender?

Most people know by now that the attorneys for the University of Florida’s backup quarterback Jalen Kitna cut a deal with the state attorney’s office so that there was no prison time (only 6 months of probation for each of the two second-degree misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, possibly being released from the second set of probation if he follows

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As Much Free Speech as You Can Afford

By Guy Hamilton-Smith, July 4, 2023 Attorney Guy Hamilton-Smith helps us ponder what it could mean for people leaving Twitter and flocking to other alternatives such as Meta’s unveiling of Threads. “…for all the nice things Meta/Mark Zuckerberg have to say about free speech, they have some decidedly anti-free speech policies. In particular, Meta has a policy of prohibiting anyone

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Federal Judge Allows Challenge to Idaho Registry to Go Forward

A Federal district judge has issued an order denying the State of Idaho’s motion to dismiss its challenge to SORA. Plaintiffs represented by civil rights attorney Matthew Strugar “have plausibly alleged that SORA is so punitive in effect that it negates the Idaho legislature’s intent to enact a civil regulatory scheme. As such, plaintiffs’ ex post facto and double jeopardy

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FDLE Commissioner Glass Says Florida Is a National Leader in Public Safety Best Practices When It Comes to the Sex Offender Registry

Public safety is of great concern to all Florida citizens with the new state budget shoring up weak areas such as years of unsatisfactory funding to meet the needs of our incarcerated citizens. Prison wardens have been pleading for more money to ensure the safety of all inmates within the Florida correctional facilities, and they will finally be receiving some

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