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The Forgotten Victims of National Crime Week By Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com 4/13/2018 The week of April 8th to April 14th of 2018 has been declared “Nation Crime Victim’s Rights Week,” and while discussions about crime victims are commonplace, this recognized memorial week provides a greater platform for the victims’ rights group to promote their advocacy. There is, however,

Jackson County, FL was supposed to discuss a proposed increase to their Sex Offender Residency Restriction, increasing it to 2500 feet at their meeting that took place this past week. We asked for our members to reach out to the commissioners and many did. We also wrote to them ourselves. For whatever reason, the proposed SORR fell off the agenda

Last week the Illinois Supreme Court upheld a state law banning sex offenders from public parks, overturning a 2017 appeals court ruling that deemed the statute “unconstitutional on its face because it bears no reasonable relationship to protecting the public.” The seven members of the higher court unanimously disagreed, saying, “We conclude that there is a rational relation between protecting

After four years of civil rights advocacy, Howard Simon, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, is taking a well earned retirement! He will stay on until after the November elections, giving the organization time to appoint a new executive director. Undoubtedly his commitment to civil rights will continue even if he’s not in the leadership

“Rather than comply with the requirements of the United States Constitution, Defendants continue to insist they can do whatever they want with hundreds of thousands of Floridians’ voting rights and absolutely zero standards. They ask this Court to stay its prior orders….No.” That’s the beginning of Northern District Court Judge Mark Walker’s order DENYING the state’s motion to stay the

A new bill in Missouri has already passed the House and is making it’s way through the Senate.  The bill would create a tiered system, which would allow lower-level offenders to be removed from the registry after 10 years, level two after 25 and only keep the highest level on for life, which is the case now. Rep. Kurt Bahr,