News & Updates

Attorneys for the Doe Plaintiffs in what we are referring to as the “Ex Post Facto Plus” challenge have filed their objection to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Motion to Dismiss the Amended Complaint. A copy of their objection can be read here: Does v Swearingen – Second Objection to MTD As usual, the attorneys have done an exceptional

We see it happen all the time. After a high-profile misdeed happens, politicians implement a knee-jerk reaction that doesn’t punish the wrongdoer but punishes those having nothing to do with his or her misdeeds. Friday night, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw put a stop to the inmate work release program pending further review. According to the Sun-Sentinel, “Epstein spent

Really Palm Beach Daily News? Is your shaming article necessary? Wouldn’t you want someone convicted of an offense in the past to be doing better now? To have a profession, earn a license, become a productive member of their community? All your article does is seek to bring down a handful of people who are doing nothing other than trying

Earlier this week we wrote about a story in the Daily Beast called “A Tale of Two Jeffreys” This post is a Tale of Two Laurens, only here the two Laurens are the same person. Senator Lauren Book and Lauren Book, founder of the not-for-profit Lauren’s Kids. In the year prior to being elected as senator, the State of Florida

Sad news of a person convicted of a sexual offense being killed by a cellmate this week. People incarcerated on sexual offenses are often the targets of vigilantes. Some hate groups assign “points” to members that attack a registrant. The inmate killed inside his Duval County Jail cell Tuesday was drowned in his jail cell toilet in addition to being

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), established by the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act 2003, by the Federal Government of Nigeria has announced that it will launch a sex offender register to “name and shame rapists and offenders of other forms of violence against persons” Director General of NAPTIP, Julie Okah, made