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A small bit of encouragement came from a civil class action lawsuit, IN RE ARRIS CABLE MODEM CONSUMER LITIGATION, Dist. Court, ND California 2018. Plaintiffs, a group of consumers, are suing cable modem manufacturer, Arris, in a class action lawsuit. The case has nothing to do with our cause, except that one of the class representative plaintiffs happens to be

SOURCE: Jacksonville.com Here are some excerpts. To read the entire article, visit the link: Even as crime rates and prison admissions have fallen over the past decade, ever-lengthening criminal sentences have left Florida prisons full of inmates and in need of a record $2.4 billion — a budget-busting challenge for the state’s next governor to resolve. The Democratic candidates say

One of the most frequent questions received by our legal department is “when will ___ happen?” or “why is it taking so long for ___?” There is nobody that wants relief to come sooner than we do. We on the Board are all personally impacted by the registry as either ourselves or an immediate family member is on the list.

SOURCE: Center on Media Crime and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice The classification of sex offenders based on the risks they pose to the community following their release from prison is subject to racial bias, according to a study published in the Criminal Justice Policy Review. African-American sex offenders were found to be two-and a half times

Gaines Township is threatening legal action against Living Water Ministry Network, a nonprofit ministry that helps provide housing to homeless sex offenders. According to the ministry’s website, “Living Water Ministry Network provides homes and supportive services to disciple men paroling from prison and at-risk young men to become godly, contributing members of the community” Their vision is, “To stop the

A company called “SOMAPS” is using the sex offender registry as a marketing list to sell their app. The app is described as “the app that was created by a sex offender for sex offenders” and supposedly warns registrants when they come in proximity of a “danger zone”. What’s offensive is the company behind the app used the sex offender