Family of Texas teacher suing police after sting operation.

The family of a Texas teacher are suing a local police department, claiming that a detective drove him to suicide by unjustly arresting him as part of a sting operation. A 39-year-old junior high school teacher from Conroe, Texas, poisoned himself to death with carbon monoxide just days after being released from the Montgomery County jail in August 2019. At

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Intentional oversight?

A man was killed by his cellmate at the Airway Heights Corrections Center in Washington. Turns out the cellmate happened to have molested the killer’s sister. Coincidence? “I was like, ‘What the f—?’… This stuff doesn’t happen,” he told the broadcaster. “You’re talking the same institution, the same unit, the same pod in the same cell as this dude. That’s

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NJ: Another state says you can’t move the finish line!!! Great news.

New Jersey is another in the line of State Supreme Courts to say the legislature can’t move the finish line.and impose new burdens for past crimes. Below is a link to the decision, but below that is a very informative quote from it. https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/supreme/a_24_20.pdf   [i]t is a fundamental principle of jurisprudence that retroactive application of new laws involves a

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Successes

One of our members recently suggested that people share some of their successes in dealing with the registry and/or probation with other FAC members.  These suggestions will hopefully help others to meet with more successes. Two years ago, I read the following suggestions at our FAC website and have met with some success in following them: Keep one of the

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Apple’s plan to scan phones for child abuse worries privacy advocates

Apple for years has focused on adding new programs to its phones, all designed to make life easier. Its systems scan emails for new calendar appointments, and its Siri voice assistant suggests to call friends on their birthdays. But Apple’s latest feature is focused on abuse. The tech giant said in a new section of its website published Thursday that

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