News & Updates

Search for Zhuo “Simon” Liu in California’s online database of registered sex offenders and you’ll see a snapshot of his offenses. You’ll learn that he was convicted of “rape in concert with force or violence” and “assault with intent to commit a specified sex offense.” You’ll also see his photo, his home address, and his birthdate, showing that he’s now

In a move that will likely trigger constitutional challenges, Guam Senator James Moylan introduced a bill today that will toughen the requirement for chemical castration from voluntary to mandatory.   The drugs are a mixture of hormones and anti-androgen drugs that lower sex drive. It is generally considered reversible when treatment is discontinued; however, there are side effects like bone

The ACLU and Legal Services of Greater Miami, who represent the John Doe plaintiffs living homeless in Miami-Dade County because the Sex Offender Residency Restrictions (SORRs) restrict their housing options so drastically, have filed their Appellate Brief in the Appeal yesterday. Miami-Dade SORRs have been notorious for creating colonies of transient persons required to register. Most recognized was the encampment

Florida law enforcement was handed an appropriate slap on the wrist when video evidence of their much-hyped “human trafficking” massage parlor stings was thrown out. Yesterday, Palm Beach County Judge Leonard Hanser ruled that prosecutors cannot use surveillance video and other evidence in the prostitution solicitation case against Robert Kraft. Kraft sought to suppress the evidence obtained by police from

Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeals reversed an order designating a man as a “sexual predator” after he had completed his sentence. The Appeals court found that the lower court lacked jurisdiction over the individual to enter the order. The case is McKenzie v. Florida (Case No. 5D18-2206) and the facts are the following: Defendant was sentenced to six months’

A 62 year old man in Utah is dead after the brother of a 16 year old teenager who accused him of sexual assault killed him. The girl told her brother that the man sexually assaulted her on the bus. When the man got off on his stop, the brother followed him off the bus, tackled him to the ground