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Nine people have been charged in Alachua County with election crimes, with several more under investigation following complaints filed by a Gainesville database researcher. At least eight are currently inmates in the county jail, while one was recently released. The group, all of whom voted by mail from the jail, is the first batch of dozens who could face criminal

For missing states, no applicable study could be found. All percentages given are for repeat sexual offenses.   ALASKA: http://www.jrsa.org/projects/sex-offender-final-report.pdf, page 17: 2008 3.4 % rearrest rate after three years.   ARIZONA: http://www.jrsa.org/projects/sex-offender-final-report.pdf, page 17: 2008 2.3% rearrest rate after three years.   ARKANSAS: https://doc.arkansas.gov/wp- content/uploads/2020/09/Recidivism_Report_2015_Cohorts_-FINAL-BOC_approved_- _added_7-2-2020.pdf, pages 6, 22: 2020 Less than 1% (0.85%) reconviction rate after three years.

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the PROTECT Act of 2022, which protects children from sexual exploitation by enhancing the penalties for possessing child pornography and by preventing judges from sentencing offenders below federal guidelines. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Representative Ken Buck (CO-4) is introducing companion legislation in the

Brevard County Commissioners look set to soften a restriction prohibiting sex offenders from Commission meeting premises just months after a lawsuit was filed against them. During Tuesday’s meeting, commissioners voted to approve legislative intent and permission to advertise amending a section of the county code regarding restrictions the county imposed on people on the sex offender registry allowing them access

During confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Republicans hammered away at her record in cases involving sex offenders. Much of that centered around misleading claims about sentences she handed out to people convicted of possessing child pornography. But GOP senators also repeatedly questioned Jackson on her views on sex offender registries, a topic she wrote about as

I think we can all agree that it’s NEVER a good time to be a CP defendant, but this week it’s really not a good time to be one. Or is it not such a bad week? I can’t tell. There have been so many times during this week’s Supreme Court nomination hearings that I’ve cringed. If they are giving