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In 2012, the state of California added a provision to their Sex Offender registration requirements that provided: sex offenders register “any and all Internet identifiers” within 24 hours of their use. The change, which was contained in California’s Proposition 35, was part of the Human Trafficking Statute and the requirement was very similar to the one that went into effect

California can’t enforce a law to combat sex trafficking because it tramples on free speech rights of sex offenders by requiring them to report online activities, such as their Twitter, e-mail and chatroom accounts, a U.S. appeals court ruled. The San Francisco-based court today upheld a judge’s decision to block enforcement of a voter-approved law that was backed by former

The following story was reported by Tampa’s WFLA. Apparently the City’s Police Department Website had inaccurate locations for sex offenders. One showed a registered offender living in downtown Tampa, while they were actually in South Carolina… Hmmm… what about the FDLE’s site which shows people on their registry who are no longer in the State, deported or even deceased???? ____________________

Of the more than 8,000 people listed on Maryland’s sex offender registry, the vast majority have never been convicted of touching a child or assaulted another person. Instead, the registry lists those who have urinated in public or engaged in prostitution. Critics insist the registry has lost its purpose and is doing little to protect our children. At the dead-end

Please take a minute to support the ACLUs effort to end mass incarceration and also support an organization that supports FAC. Here is their plea:       While you may have seen my work as Chalky White on the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire and Omar Little in The Wire, I am not only an actor. I am also

More exposure for the extortion that was taking place throughout Florida with these “sex offender stings”.   9 Investigates: Low percentage of those arrested in online sex stings get on sex offender list By wftv.com 13/11/2014 15:50:00  0 ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Defense attorney’s call it entrapment. Prosecutors call it a valuable tool. In the last decade online sex stings