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The SCOTUS heard oral argument in Packingham this morning and the initial feedback is that the hearing went well! GREAT NEWS! Here’s the latest report WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears likely to strike down a North Carolina law that prohibits sex offenders from using Facebook and other social networking sites. At least five justices suggested during argument Monday they

Showdown at the Supreme Court:  Feb. 27 the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case known as Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions.  Underage, consensual sex is at issue; criminal statutes,  immigration policy and sexual civil liberties collide.  When Juan Esquivel-Quintana was 20 and living in California he had sex with his 16-year-old girlfriend.  Alas, this was illegal in California; he

A Miami-Dade man was sentenced last week to one hundred (yes 100) years in prison for possession and distribution of child pornography. A press release from the Southern District of Florida can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/miami-dade-county-man-sentenced-100-years-prison-child-pornography-offenses On top of the prison time he was given 25 years of probation.  

You know how humiliating they are. The monthly “address verification” visits from police. You’re years off probation and haven’t had a single brush with the law since, but still the police show up at your doorstep to “verify” that you’re living or working where you’re supposed to. If you live in a municipality with some class or discretion, they will

According to the FBI, human trafficking is believed to be the third-largest criminal activity in the world. In recent years cases have been piling up and leads are hard to follow in many instances.   President Trump has vowed to bring “full force and weight” to battle this epidemic aggressively . In a Reuters video the president pointed out the seriousness of

The Judge in the Internet Identifier case has DENIED FDLE’s request to stay the proceedings in the Internet Identifier. The FDLE had filed a motion to stay the proceedings and halt discovery in the Internet identifier case, on the grounds that the Florida Legislature had filed a bill to amend the Internet Identifier requirement and because there was a Supreme