Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
One of the most common criticisms of internet sting operations is that there was never an actual child involved. If the “victim” was really an undercover officer sitting behind a computer screen, can there truly be a victim at all? The criminal conviction itself is not the surprising part — that question has largely been settled by decades of case
Read moreDetectives with the Collegedale Police Department connected the disappearance of a 56-year-old man to an 18-year-old, who now faces several charges, including criminal homicide. Police said that on June 9, someone reported that Neal “had told her that he had killed someone, but they were a rapist and missing, and that he disposed of the body,” the affidavit stated. Detectives
Read moreLate on a Saturday night in McAllen, Texas, Sanjay Singhania was awoken by a call from a phone number he didn’t recognize. The man on the line said that Mr. Singhania’s son, Akash, was being arrested. The stranger was not trying to be helpful. He sounded amused. Mr. Singhania hung up and tried to call Akash, 25, who lived in
Read morePolice arrested a man in Florida for attempted child abduction in a town he had never visited, and the only evidence linking him to the crime was an AI facial recognition hit. Represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), he is now suing the officers and agencies who put him through it. In November 2023, police in Jacksonville Beach,
Read moreThe United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) is currently soliciting public comments on federal sentencing guidelines and sentencing policy priorities. For those unfamiliar with the Commission, the USSC is an independent agency within the judicial branch of the federal government. It is responsible for developing sentencing guidelines and policy statements used by federal courts throughout the country. The Commission also regularly
Read moreYesterday, we watched oral arguments before the Ohio Supreme Court in State v. Smith, a case that highlights the often-impossible realities of registry compliance. The State’s position suggests that a person working for a cleaning company, landscaping service, construction crew, or similar would be required to report, in person at the sheriff’s office, every location where they are sent to
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