News & Updates

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

In the last few years, Pennsylvania’s courts have taken an active role in defining the propriety and scope of the state’s sex offender registration program.  Following on the heels of a December 2014 decision striking down sex offender registration for juveniles, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a sweeping challenge to the retroactive application of Pennsylvania’s adult sex offender

“So… nothing illegal or wrong happened in this incident. Everyone over-reacted and jumped to conclusions. The word sex offender was uttered and everyone lost their minds. In the end, nobody was charged with any kind of crime. I called it this way from the start” That was a comment posted under a story about a Michigan registered citizen who did

It’s looking like sex offenders in Indonesia are facing a new and invasive consequence; an implanted microchip that will track their activity. That’s what the news outlets are reporting, but the tone is “have these laws gone too far?” Indonesia already chemically castrates sex offenders, which has been considered sexual torture by some countries, but now wants to take it