News & Updates

From the Chicago Tribune A registered sex offender forbidden from visiting his severely ill 9-year-old son filed a lawsuit Friday against Wisconsin Children’s Hospital, arguing its visitation policy is “cruel and causes unnecessary harm to families and innocent children.” Security guards escorted Stuart Yates from the building Tuesday, five days after his son was hospitalized with a blood infection caused

Sadly, but not surprisingly, the Florida Legislature passed another stupid, punitive and unnecessary sex offender bill that will only enrich those in private prisons, the GPS vendors and the Books. We put up a very strong and valiant effort reaching out to our legislators. We expected the wishes of their constituents would not be as compelling as the campaign contributions

Today, the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana will hear arguments in Douglas Kirby v. State of Indiana, the case of a registered sex offender who is banned from attending events at his own son’s school. The plaintiff was convicted of a sex offense in 2010 and received 18 months probation. His son’s school district gave him permission to

According to an article posted today, Vernon, FL is considering an ordinance that would bar registered sex offenders from living inside the city limits. Let’s set aside the effectiveness of these ordinances (we know they are ineffective can counter-productive). Let’s set aside the constitutionality of these ordinances (they are currently being challenged in our State and we will have some

Sex offender cases in Pennsylvania are being remanded in the wake of Commonwealth v. Muniz, the PA case which found their registry unconstitutional under the ex post facto clauses of the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions. In Commonwealth v. Polzer, the appellant introduced the issue of whether, “SORNA’S irrebuttable presumption that all sexual offenders pose a high risk of reoffending

There are several things that strike me as incredible from the most recent Florida online sex sting. (1) People still fall for this BS! Honestly, after decades of police pulling the same scam, unless you’ve been under a rock for 20 years, you have to know that the only minors trying to meet up with adults on Craigslist are police