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Steven Larry Folster has severe respiratory problems and is supposed to spend eight hours a day on oxygen. Unfortunately, he has just been forced to move into a tent in the woods, in the middle of winter in South Carolina. He is only allowed to be at home for 6 hours a day, max, or he could be arrested. Almost

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement wants to revise a law further cracking down on sex offenders that was slated to take effect a couple months ago. Among the law’s many provisions is requiring sex offenders register “internet identifiers,” like URLS and websites, before using them with the FDLE’s online system. But, critics were concerned it did not account for

If the holidays, or anything you are dealing with, have you depressed, reach out. Below you are free to share, anonymously, with others who are where you are or have been where you have been and can offer help. If you are feeling down, share. If you are feeling hopeful, share. We are a community, we are a family, let’s

An Indiana win!  Hartford City, IN (population around 6,000) has an ordinance which sets up banishment zones for registrants, areas where individuals on the sex offense registry may not spend time or even pass through under threat of prosecution.  For waiting, across the street, to pick up his daughter from school, a father was cited under the ordinance.  In  2015

In an important decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on Wednesday struck down [Doe v. Cooper — opinion posted here] as unconstitutional under the First Amendment yet another “unconstitutional monstrosity” perpetrated by the North Carolina legislature in its unceasing efforts to make life as miserable as humanly possible for previously convicted (but now ostensibly “free”) sex

A win in North Carolina!  Yesterday a federal appeals court turned thumbs down on major parts of a North Carolina law which set up banishment zones for registrants, areas where individuals on the NC sex offense registry cannot visit or even pass through, under threat of felony prosecution and prison time.  According to the court’s ruling, North Carolina failed to