News & Updates

A federal judge has ruled that parts of Tennessee’s sex offender registration act should not be applied retroactively to two offenders who sued over the law. Monday’s ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee was narrowly written to apply only to the two plaintiffs. But it could open the door to more lawsuits and a

So far the civil commitment program has incarcerated Whipple three times longer than the prison sentence he served. The hunger strike, which involved a dozen of the program’s 737 “clients,” ended last week after state officials promised meetings where protesters could air their complaint that there is no “clear pathway” to release from their indefinite confinement. But those meetings surely

The following was submitted: You may or may not have heard about a current imbroglio at Poetry Magazine.  It’s the leading magazine in the area, been publishing for more than 100 years, and is supported by the Poetry Foundation.  It recently published an issue in which the poems were all written by individuals currently or (in a few cases) previously

Two plaintiffs were successful in challenging the Tennessee Sex Offender Registry on Ex Post Facto grounds. Below is a link to the 87 page opinion, a more comprehensive breakdown will follow. I anticipate many people’s initial reaction will be “but it only helped these two people”, which is true, but keep in mind it opens up the path for those

We have received a spike in comments and contacts from people who have had address verifications, many of which involving multiple jurisdictions over the last two weeks. We suspected it was part of one of these “operations” taking place in certain counties, such as Brevard, Bay and others. You know the ones… Its where they round up a bunch of

It started off as a story of FBI agents coming under attack in the Miami/Dade area with two being killed.  Then there was the mention of the man being served the warrant to allegedly having CP.  We all knew what was coming next:  The Miami Herald’s coverage went from reporting the attack to turning this horrific crime of murdering two