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For Some Prisoners, Finishing Their Sentences Doesn’t Mean They Get Out After serving a year and two months for a probation violation, Landreaux Yantz should have been able to walk out of a New York state prison on June 26, 2015. But officials would not let him leave. “When I laid in my bed every night I was thinking, ‘I’m

Another sex sting, this time it looks like Georgia is getting in on the Federal Govt “goodies.” (millions in grant $$). A few disturbing things to notice here. Just look at how many agencies were in on this thing! Good Lord!! 18 different agencies??!! One even from Atlanta, and Jasper County (which is just across the border in SC). And

There are no pleasant moments in “Pervert Park,” only wretched and thought-provoking ones. Whether you can make it through them is an open question. The title of this documentary refers to Florida Justice Transitions, a trailer park that is home to some 120 convicted sex offenders. Since laws restrict where they can live, this park, founded by an offender’s mother,

Space Coast Radio WMMB-AM’s Bill Mick Live discussed Sex Offender Issues on yesterday’s show in the context of how Sex Offender Residency Restrictions are similar in effect to the proposed restriction on the sale of firearms in Alameda County, California through a proposed proximity ordinance. You can listen to the recordings here: http://wmmbam.iheart.com/media/play/27000894/ A SPECIAL thanks to Jason whose persistence

The Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion yesterday ruling that the Fifth Amendment protection against self incrimination precluded a probationer from being violated for refusing to answer a question on his polygraph. This is the second such opinion to come up this month and the second time a superior court ruled that an individual’s refusal to answer a question during

Today, Florida Institutional Legal Services Project of Florida Legal Services, our attorneys in the Seminole Proximity Ordinance Challenge, filed Objections to the Magistrate’s Order Denying Plaintiff’s (FAC’s) Motion for Protective Order. Essentially, this pleading objects to the Magistrate Judge’s Order ruling that FAC Members, specifically; registered citizens in Seminole County who are impacted by the Proximity Ordinance, could not proceed