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Doe v. Settle U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Case No. 20-1951 Opinion and decision filed Jan. 28, 2021 https://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/201951.P.pdf Another victory for endless punishment. So while Doe may have felt lucky to only be charged with indecent liberties, given the potential for a lower prison sentence, that plea ended up condemning him to worse treatment on the

I was arrested by my local police agency and spent 24 days incarcerated, including the six days it took to transport me from Ohio to Florida so I could bond out and mount my defense. But Florida delayed my release in order to force me to register on the public sex offense registry. I have never lived in the state

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring after serving more than two decades on the nation’s highest court, Supreme Court and Biden administration sources tell NPR. Breyer is expected to make the announcement at the White House on Thursday. Breyer — professorial, practical and moderately liberal — wrote many of the court’s legally important but less glamorous decisions and

A former ICE agent has pled guilty to flashing several students at a Florida High School. Ruben Rosado-Milan pled guilty to seven charges and will spend 31 days in a Lee County jail after he flashed several students at Riverdale High School in Fort Myers. According to authorities, Rosado-Milan, who worked as a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, was

People on the sex offender registry in New York State can now access the internet and social media platforms without restrictions, except in some cases. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), Rutgers Law School Constitutional Rights Clinic, and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York secured a settlement on January 24 ending the ban. The original Jones et al. v.

“We are thankful and gratified that the 11th circuit saw the case in the same way that we did,” said Mark Yurachek, the attorney representing the three plaintiffs who sued the sheriff’s office in 2019. “Our clients are members of a particularly vulnerable group of people politically because frankly, no one really cares what happens to them,” Yurachek said.