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A lawsuit was filed in Federal Court challenging the Florida Sex Offender registry. The suit is a facial challenge, filed on behalf of persons required to register in the State of Florida. It argues that the registry violates the Ex Post Facto clause of the constitution, constitutes Cruel and Unusual Punishment, violates Procedural Due Process, violates Substantive Due Process, is

Ryan Will, a homicide prosecutor with the 7th Circuit State Attorney’s Office who is running for Judge, admitted to the St. Augustine Record, that he helped communities install parks for the express purpose of banning persons required to register as sex offenders (who are subject to residency restrictions) from the area. One of Will’s activities outside the courtroom is helping

Arthur West, of Olympia Washington, was an active user of the Nextdoor.com app. That is, until they didn’t like what he had to say and then kicked him off the platform. Not one to be silenced, West sued Nextdoor and it’s CEO, using the precedent from a landmark sex offender case, Packingham v. North Carolina, that held the government cannot

A Writ of Certiorari has been filed to the Supreme Court of the United States, asking the highest court to hear Vasquez v. Foxx, a sex offender case out of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Vasquez case, which was previously reported on here. Upheld the eviction of two Illinois men who were required to register as sex offenders

SOURCE: The Statesman [FAC NOTE: Kudos to our friend, TX Attorney Richard Gladden for his role in this legal effort] At least four sex offenders in Texas have floated a new argument that has earned early legal victories. When the Beaumont police detective called him in 2014, Curtis wondered what the officer might want. His only run-in with the law

SOURCE: The Independent Florida Alligator. Murder and sex crimes. These are the two exceptions under which felons in Florida will be denied the right to vote. If Amendment 4 passes in the November elections, it will otherwise grant voting rights to all felons, who under current Florida laws are stripped of their voting rights after conviction. Murder and sex crimes