Must Listen: Registrant Issue Discussed on Bill Mick Live

Space Coast Radio WMMB-AM’s Bill Mick Live discussed Sex Offender Issues on yesterday’s show in the context of how Sex Offender Residency Restrictions are similar in effect to the proposed restriction on the sale of firearms in Alameda County, California through a proposed proximity ordinance. You can listen to the recordings here: http://wmmbam.iheart.com/media/play/27000894/ A SPECIAL thanks to Jason whose persistence

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Colorado Supreme Court Ruling on Polygraph Admissions

The Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion yesterday ruling that the Fifth Amendment protection against self incrimination precluded a probationer from being violated for refusing to answer a question on his polygraph. This is the second such opinion to come up this month and the second time a superior court ruled that an individual’s refusal to answer a question during

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FAC Attorneys File Objections in Seminole Lawsuit

Today, Florida Institutional Legal Services Project of Florida Legal Services, our attorneys in the Seminole Proximity Ordinance Challenge, filed Objections to the Magistrate’s Order Denying Plaintiff’s (FAC’s) Motion for Protective Order. Essentially, this pleading objects to the Magistrate Judge’s Order ruling that FAC Members, specifically; registered citizens in Seminole County who are impacted by the Proximity Ordinance, could not proceed

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Challenge to SORNA retroactivity reaches Pennsylvania Supreme Court

In the last few years, Pennsylvania’s courts have taken an active role in defining the propriety and scope of the state’s sex offender registration program.  Following on the heels of a December 2014 decision striking down sex offender registration for juveniles, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a sweeping challenge to the retroactive application of Pennsylvania’s adult sex offender

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