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On April 19, 2018, Facebook owned Instagram, revised it’s Terms of Use. The new version replaces the prior version, which had been in place since 2013, can be found here: http://help.instagram.com/581066165581870?helpref=page_content Sadly, included in this months change is a ban on anyone registered as a sex offender. The restriction did not appear in the prior version. A comprehensive online news

Although the Indiana Supreme Court ruled against a registered sex offender father trying to attend his son’s school events, they did give him some guidance on how to go about his challenge. Douglas Kirby plead guilty to child solicitation eight years ago and was sentenced to eighteen months probation. While he was on probation (and until 2015) he was permitted

Since 2014, a colony of homeless sex offenders has been rapidly growing by the railroad tracks near Hialeah. Nobody wants them there, including the dozens who call the ramshackle camp home. Everyone, from the Homeless Trust to the ACLU to the county commission, agrees the encampment is a public health and safety hazard. But for years, the sex offenders have

This past Friday night, the Florida Action Committee honored attorney and activist, Jeanne Baker, with what will become the first of our annual humanitarian awards. The award will be named in her honor. Jeanne has practiced in the area of civil liberties litigation and criminal defense for more than four decades. Throughout that time she has been an active participant

In a disappointing decision that came out the eve of a deadline imposed by the lower court, The 11the Circuit Court of Appeal granted Governor Rick Scott a stay pending appeal. The opinion, which itself was disheartening (and can be read here: http://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/201811388.pdf) maintains the status quo until the appeal is decided. That means that hundreds of thousands of individuals’s

Talk about waiting until the last minute… Florida Governor Rick Scott has scheduled a meeting tonight of the state’s Board of Executive Clemency to address Judge Walker’s order out of the Northern District of Florida that they revamp their process for restoring felon’s voting rights by the 26th of April. For those who don’t have a calendar handy, today is