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The long legal battle facing the Minnesota Civil Commitment center seems to be chipping away at the doors of the gate as the first ever detainee was released today.     A Minnesota court has ordered the first-ever full and unconditional discharge from Minnesota’s sex offender treatment program, choosing a young man who has spent the past six years in

A recent case came out of the 10th Circuit which described AOL’s (the Internet Service Provider) ability to scan digital images and detect which ones are illegal pornography based on a “hash value.” The court described it as follows, “AOL’s automated filter works by identifying the hash value of images attached to emails sent through it’s mail servers. Those values

On August 18, the 1st District Court of Appeals in Florida ordered the acquittal of a registered citizen who was charged with failing to report to the sheriff’s office within 48 hours of moving. The appellate court pointed out that the relevant statute, 943.0435(4), provides that registered citizens are required to report to the drivers’ license office within 48 hours

This symposium was promoted as the “10th Anniversary of the AWA” Important points: Much was discussed about efficacy etc. There were areas in which there were strong consensus of what we know works and how we can do better. These include: •    Residency Restrictions: They do not further public safety and the organizational view is there is no support for

The shame of Miami-Dade has reached a new level. The encampment of homeless sex offenders living alongside the railroad tracks on the street corner in a warehouse district in Miami-Dade county has reached two hundred fifty people. That’s 250 human beings who were once convicted of a sexual offense, no matter how serious or benign, many of which have served

For those of you who read our posts and weekly updates, you probably have noticed that some of the articles contain a bit of sarcastic humor. I chose to write in this fashion for a number of reasons. First, a lot of the topics involve complex legal issues which can be dry and boring and I want people to actually