N.Y. court tosses local limits on sex offenders' homes

The following article appeared in USA Today. Before anyone in Florida gets too excited, the preemption argument was tried here already several years ago and failed.   ALBANY, N.Y. — Local governments in New York cannot restrict where registered sex offenders can live, according to a ruling Tuesday by the state’s highest court. The state Court of Appeals threw out

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NH Supreme Court Rules That Retroactive, Lifetime Registration Requirement Is Unconstitutional As Applied To ACLU Client

In a victory for fundamental fairness, the New Hampshire Supreme Court held today that New Hampshire’s law requiring the registration of certain criminal offenders is unconstitutional as applied to an ACLU client because the law retroactively imposes lifetime restrictions on individuals who were convicted before these lifetime restrictions were enacted.  The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of

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Florida sex offender allowed to spend $3 million lottery jackpot winnings despite alleged victims' lawsuit

A convicted sex offender can spend his $3 million Florida lottery winnings any way he wants, over the protestations of two of his alleged victims, a judge ruled Friday. Timothy Poole won the Florida Super Millions scratch-off lottery in December, taking home a lump sum of $2.2 million. Two brothers are suing Poole for psychological damages after they say he

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