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Following the success of a similar suit in Georgia, lawyers have filed a lawsuit challenging the practice of putting persons required to register as sex offenders on GPS monitors for life – even when they are no longer on probation. The lawsuit (a copy of which can be read here: https://madison365.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/GPS-Lawsuit.pdf) was filed by attorneys Mark Weinberg and Adele Nicholas,

The Dobbs Wire:  Banishment!  In the 21st century many localities in the United States use an ancient means to get rid of people who have been stigmatized and are despised, banishment.  More formally and politely known as “residency restrictions,” the desired result of such laws is to drive individuals who are blacklisted — required to sign the sex offense registry

In 2015, the Florida Supreme Court decided State v. Shelley, which held that double jeopardy prohibits separate convictions based on the same solicitation conduct. Multiple charges for the same course of illegal conduct were considered double Jeopardy. To over-simplify; soliciting a minor and traveling to meet a minor are two separate crimes, but to be convicted of both, you need

A year after Connecticut for One Standard of Justice, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of accused and convicted persons required to register as sex offenders, filed a lawsuit against the town, Windsor Locks is considering repealing a proximity ordinance that bans persons required to register as sex offender from entering “child safety zones,” which include the areas of

Watch this abbreviated coverage of the recent testimony on Florida Senate Bill 540 (2019) “Human Trafficking” (Video is member-submitted.)  

A Public Service Announcement about Child Pornography.