News & Updates

Dear Friends, Last night the Senate passed the First Step Act, 87-12. The bill will now be considered this week in the House! While the First Step Act is far from perfect, it would provide relief to thousands of prisoners serving unjust sentences for crack cocaine and thousands more defendants sentenced every year for low-level drug offenses, firearms offenders currently subject to unjust

Nobody doubt’s the pain Ron Book must feel. His daughter was sexually abused by the family nanny under his own roof. The pain must be compounded by guilt over the fact that it was committed by someone who he and his wife brought into their home to care for their children. The pain must also be compounded by anger and

Sen. Lauren Book filed a new bill on Monday (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/160/BillText/Filed/PDF) that would criminalize “knowingly selling, lending, giving away, distributing, transmitting, showing, or transmuting; offering to commit such actions; having in his or her possession, custody, or control with the intent to commit such actions; or advertising in any manner an obscene, child-like sex doll“. What’s disturbing is not the idea

The Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision that found lifetime registration for sexual predators in Ohio unconstitutional. The Appellate court ruled that, “because Doe’s registration requirement stems from the determination of her likelihood of reoffending at the time of her classification hearing and is not dependent on her current dangerousness, she has no procedural

This afternoon the court issued it’s findings in the Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Restriction challenge and it is a loss. A copy of the document can be found here and comments will follow after it’s digested and we speak with the ACLU attorneys. Does v. Miami-Dade – Sorr – Order of Judge It was anticipated that whoever lost will appeal.

Dear Friends, Congress is on the verge of passing significant sentencing reform legislation, and now is the time to make your voice heard! While the First Step Act is far from perfect, it would provide relief to thousands of prisoners serving unjust sentences for crack cocaine and thousands more defendants sentenced every year for low-level drug offenses, firearms offenders currently