Tell Lady Lake to vote NO on new sex offender residency restriction

On May 20, 2019, the Town of Lady Lake Commission will consider expanding an already onerous residency restriction to now include PRIVATE parks in it’s residency restriction. The proposed broader restriction would leave even fewer places to live in the town. Please contact the Town Commission at: 409 Fennell Blvd. Lady Lake, FL. 32159 or via email [email protected] and tell them

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Florida Approves Database to Publish Details of People Who Pay for Sex

he Florida legislature passed legislation within the past week, Senate Bill 540 and House Bill 851, to establish a public database that tracks people convicted of, or who have pleaded guilty to, soliciting paid sex. While the legislation’s bipartisan authors consider it to be a step toward ending human trafficking, critics call it a means to publicly shame clients and

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Florida’s First DCA vacates more convictions for double jeopardy

We previously mentioned that after a Florida Supreme Court case (Lee v. State, 258 So. 3d 1297 (Fla. 2018)) ruled that multiple convictions for solicitation, unlawful use of a two-way communications device, and traveling which were based upon the same conduct violates double jeopardy, people were successful in getting their convictions (for the count that violated double jeopardy, not their

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Can you be charged with “relevant conduct” that occurs outside the United States

The 11th Circuit (Florida’s federal appellate circuit) decided an interesting case this past week. Basically, the issue was whether conduct that takes place outside the United States can be considered “relevant conduct” when sentencing a criminal defendant. The case is U.S. v. Spence and the facts are legally interesting. Spence traveled to Jamaica and while there, someone sent him a video

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Member Submission – Why we need justice reform and why you should care.

If you’re Republican/Libertarian/Conservative, you hate to see your tax dollars wasted by politicians and government employees playing games. If you’re a Democrat/Liberal, chances are you feel strongly about social (in)justices. If you fit any one of these categories read on… Tallahassee man with decades of alcoholism addiction is in a 20 year relationship that ends. There is a small child

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