Colony of 140+ homeless registrants in Miami-Dade STILL in place.

FAC wanted to provide an update on the encampment of over one-hundred forty registrants who are forced to sleep outside along the railroad tracks on 71st street in Miami-Dade. Nothing! Absolutely nothing has been done by the County, State, Department of Corrections or the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust to either modify the ordinance to enable them to sleep in their homes,

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Sex Offenders Excluded From Reentry Grant

Pinellas County received a $750,000 grant to help offenders adjust to life outside prison. “A maximum of 120 people at a time can use the program services during the 36-month pilot. Services provided by the Department of Corrections include training classes in life skills, resume writing, housing and job placement, drug testing and acquiring social services or medical care.” Sex

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Miami-Dade Librarians Required to Review Sex Offender Registry Weekly

In an interesting story about “hundreds of criminal acts” taking place in libraries on what must have been a very slow news day, South Florida’s Channel 10 News discussed some of the many crimes taking place in the County’s libraries. The story, which can be found here, states: “Once a week, librarians are required get on the Florida Department of

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N.J. Supreme Court: Sex offenders who served their time can’t face penalities under new laws

Sex offenders can not be subjected to punishments under newly created laws if they committed their offense and served their time before the legislation was passed, the state Supreme Court ruled in a 4-3 decision Monday. In 1986, George Riley was convicted of aggravated sexual assault on a minor and given a 20-year sentence. About six months after his release

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Florida Registrant Not Forced to Register in Indiana

The Indiana Appeals Court ruled that a man convicted of a 1993 sex offense in Florida was not required to register in Indiana because the Indiana registration law came into effect in 1994 and could not be applied retroactively. Because the individual’s Florida crimes and convictions predated the 1994 enactment of Indiana’s Sex Offender Registry Act, he is not required

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