News & Updates

The Kansas Supreme Court says a man who beat an Overland Park woman and then left her to die does not have to register as a sex offender. Korrey Raine White Rinke was sentenced in December 2019 to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years for the 2016 death of Julianna Pappas. He was also ordered

Every month in the UK, hundreds of homes are visited by police officers dropping a bombshell: someone has been viewing images of child abuse. What happens to the families left behind? It was an ordinary summer evening in 2016 for Emma when her ex-husband, Ben, dropped their young children back after a weekend visit at his place. The couple had

You might think it’s repetitive for us to keep posting warnings about these scams, but we’re going to keep posting them until they are stopped or until law enforcement does something to stop them… or better yet, until the FDLE takes our information offline so we stop being victimized. The number of calls and emails we get each week “letting

Sex offenders whose convictions predated 2011 changes to Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act do not need to comply with those changes, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The 2011 requirements — which included bans on living within school safety zones and “onerous” in-person reporting requirements — constituted a new form of punishment that cannot be applied retroactively to past cases, a

I know what you’re thinking… This is GREAT news, but wasn’t the retroactive application of Michigan’s sex offender law already declared unconstitutional. Well yes… you’re thinking of the incredible Does v. Snyder case in the 6th Circuit FEDERAL appellate court (the state tried to take it to the US Supreme Court but they declined to hear it). This decision comes

We thank Ms. Tachana Joseph-Marc for her opinion piece in the Florida Times Union: “Guest Column:  Another missed opportunity for meaningful juvenile justice reform in Florida”.  The major flaw in the vetoed bill, though, was that it excluded those whose offense as a juvenile was a murder offense or sex offense. https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2021/07/25/another-missed-opportunity-juvenile-justice-reform-florida/8012109002/?mc_cid=c40dd6c29e&mc_eid=fa93f8fd3d To Ms. Marc, I say: Thank you, Ms.