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Note: The McGuire case is in the 11th Circuit, which is the same Federal Appellate Circuit as Florida. A decision in this case will be binding precedent for Florida. It is an important case to follow. The below article will give you some background. ______ A lawsuit before a federal appeals court may have broad implications for Alabama’s sex offender laws,

Another case demonstrating a clear double standard in sentencing. A FEMALE school teacher sexually assaulted TWO students and is facing less than 2 years in prison. She pleaded guilty to institutional sexual assault, unlawful contact with minors, corruption of minors, possessing child pornography and disseminating obscene materials to minors. A male teacher pleading to any of those offenses would have

Nova Scotia’s highest court is ordering Canada’s justice minister to take another look at her decision to allow the extradition of a Nova Scotia man accused of sex crimes in Minnesota. Robert Charles Carroll is facing charges involving a teenage girl he knew when he lived in Minnesota from 1998 to 2008. The girl alleges Carroll abused her from 2003,

Two decades after Ohio began labeling sex offenders on a public database and setting restrictions on where they can live, a major overhaul to the law is being proposed that could drop thousands of lower-level offenders off the list Some critics are even calling for doing away with the registry entirely, saying it’s been an expensive effort with little benefit

From Marion County, Iowa arrives a dispatch from this country’s endless war on sexual civil liberties.  Ed Bull, the county prosecutor, drew national notoriety for threatening to charge a 14-year-old girl with sexual exploitation of a minor—herself—for selfies she sent to a boy.  Possible penalties included a spot on the sex offense registry, prison time, and reportedly even removal from

So we all know how much local news stations play up the sex offender scare. Ratings are low… nothing compelling to report… thrown in a story about “dozens of sex offenders living in a motel” or “sex offenders in the parking lot of your grocery store” and people perk up! Believe me… as an organization that advocates for those labeled