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A Chancery court judge has rejected the American Civil Liberties Union’s challenge to a state law requiring GPS monitoring of certain convicted sex offenders who have been released from custody and are on probation. The judge on Friday granted summary judgment to the state corrections commissioner. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of three high-risk sex offenders, including a rapist and

Filmmaker, Matt Duhamel offers workable solutions from social workers and leaders to better minimize trauma for the registered sex offenders

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) It’s not often that someone handcuffed, in shackles, and facing a Superior Court judge on felony assault and robbery charges is greeted as a hero. But Jason Vukovich was last week, at least by some from a distance. Jason Vukovich Little about the case against him is ordinary. The 41-year-old is accused of using the state government sex

DADE CITY — The Pasco County Commission on Tuesday amended its sex offender ordinance, the 2015 law that severely restricts where certain registered offenders can live or even go in the county. But why the commission changed the law — which is being challenged in court — is in dispute. Patrick Leduc, the attorney who is challenging the county’s ordinance

Time Magazine posted an interesting article this morning about the abduction of Adam Walsh and how the tragedy misdirected our country’s focus on public safety. Adam Walsh’s murder, the article states, was a catalyst for change in the way law enforcement dealt with abducted children. They wrote the event, “created a massive alarm about stranger abduction that, some experts say,

Moments ago, The Florida Justice Institute, Inc. and the law firm of Weitzner & Jonas, P.A. filed a lawsuit in Federal Court to strike down the State of Florida’s requirement that registered citizen’s “Internet Identifiers” be reported. In connection therewith, our attorneys plan to seek a temporary restraining order to enjoin the implementation of revisions to the law, scheduled to