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Convicted sex offenders are reaching out to Virginia State Police for help. They’re concerned about a recent increase in phone call scams that seem to target them. “The Virginia State Police are getting numerous calls from convicted sex offenders in the Northern Virginia region who are being told there is a warrant out for their arrest,” a Virginia State Police

The Polk County Sheriff’s Department in Florida is touting its successful completion of “Operation Karma,” a three-day sting in which cops arrested 26 registered sex offenders for violating various legal obligations imposed on them. “They are apparently up to no good and we are going to hold them accountable,” Sheriff Grady Judd promises The Miami Herald. But there is no

I do a decent amount of case law research to support our advocacy and reform efforts. Generally come across court decisions that regurgitate the same “frightening and high” hyperbole, but once in a while I’ll come across a case where a judge just gets it. Such is the case with Judge Karon Owen Bowdre, the Chief US District Judge for

The following is a summary of talking points made at the FAC Membership Call Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, with guest Dr. Emily Horowitz.  Please excuse typos and grammatical errors as these were taken from a participant’s notes and generously shared below for the benefit of our members who could not join the call. The Topic was” “Using Research Evidence and

There’s been a modification in Senate Bill 540 to the proposed language that would create the soliciting prostitution registry. First, it’s not called a “registry” anymore. It’s now called the “Soliciting for Prostitution Public Database” I guess too much comparison to the “sex offender” registry and people realizing how well that’s going (note the sarcasm) that they are calling it

Press Release: Windsor Locks federal suit re: “Child Safety Zones” On March 27, 2018, Stamford attorney Audrey Felsen of Koffsky & Felsen filed suit in federal court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the town of Windsor Locks. The suit, on behalf of plaintiffs One Standard of Justice, Inc. and a Windsor Locks resident identified as John Doe, challenges the