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A Springfield Township man filed a federal lawsuit challenging Ohio’s sex offender parole law as unconstitutional because it forbids him from seeing his 14-year-old son. The Ohio Justice and Policy Center filed the lawsuit on Wednesday on behalf of a 50-year-old former high school teacher who is listed as John Doe in court filings. In 2014, Doe was convicted of

Bill Cosby, the former acting legend who was recently convicted of sexual offenses, is challenging his designation as a “Sexually Violent Predator” Days ago, Cosby received the designation from the State of Pennsylvania. Some of the distinctions of the SVP designation are lifetime registration and enhanced notifications (such as distribution of fliers to neighbors). Among the reasons for his challenge

Gov. Rick Scott’s new U.S. Senate campaign report shows generous support from a Florida-based company with a controversial track record, the Boca-Raton based corrections giant the GEO Group. GEO operates immigrant detention facilities in Florida and Texas that are at the center of a raging national debate over President Donald Trump’s “no tolerance” immigration policies. At a time when other

Clarence Collins, a sex predator who worked at the Pride Center for 15 years and was arrested in April for failing to re-register as a sex offender, is still behind bars. It’s unclear why though. Collins has a bond of $2,500, which means all he needs is $250 to get out of jail. “The entire bail system is designed to incarcerate poor people

From Florida Cares Charity Corp (www.floridacarescharity.org) “A victory for the incarcerated and their families – no visitation rule change!!!! A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone for all your time and effort as we stood together and opposed visitation cuts. Florida Cares just received notification from the JAPC that the time frame in which FDC had to respond has passed without a

YORK – An ordinance that would have banned convicted/registered sex offenders from living within 500 feet of a school or child care facility in York (NEBRASKA) was given a second public reading and then dropped for good. The matter came before the York City Council Thursday night, as they met in regular session. This type of local regulation was discussed