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Probation officers don’t tell registrants where to go??? HA!!!! OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — A sex offender who was evicted from an Osceola County homeless camp said his probation officer told him to sleep in a The Home Depot parking lot since he had nowhere else to go. For the past two nights, deputies found the man sleeping in the parking

Read the full audit here: http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/MonitorDocs/Reports/pdf/15-FDC.pdf   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –Florida’s prisons are infiltrated by drugs and tobacco, dependent on outdated security systems, run by inexperienced and overstretched staff, and are housing inmates who are staying longer — and returning just as frequently. In short, the nation’s third-largest prison system runs a daily risk of becoming another headline, according to the

North Carolina’s Supreme Court just upheld a law making it a crime for a former sex offender to use social media that minors also use—that is, any social media. In New Hampshire a judge rejected the appeal of Owen Labrie’s conviction for using a computer to “lure” a fifteen-year-old girl into sex. If Labrie, the prep school senior whose rape trial made

The stated purpose of a public registry is SUPPOSED to make the public aware of who to “watch out for” in the community, right? Well in doing some research, I came across a statistic that was pretty surprising. MOST registered citizens on the Florida Sex Offenders Registry are NOT IN THE COMMUNITY. In fact, about 60% are not! Here’s how

To get there spreadsheet in the email fill out this: http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/Spread-Sheet-Request-Form.aspx There are 1710 exonerated Only 9 are no longer on the sex offender registry: http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/detaillist.aspx?View={faf6eddb-5a68-4f8f-8a52-2c61f5bf9ea7}&SortField=Crime&SortDir=Asc&FilterField1=Crime&FilterValue1=8_Sex%20Offender%20Registration Each type of offense can be listed separately. There are 57 total for Florida including all offenses: http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/browse.aspx?View={B8342AE7-6520-4A32-8A06-4B326208BAF8}&FilterField1=State&FilterValue1=Florida Detail listing of the 57 in Florida: http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/detaillist.aspx?View={faf6eddb-5a68-4f8f-8a52-2c61f5bf9ea7}&SortField=Crime&SortDir=Asc&FilterField1=ST&FilterValue1=FL A while back I sorted the exonerates list

A while back we reported that the ACLU brought a lawsuit challenging a residency restriction that was put into place in Rhode Island. At the time, the Judge agreed to a 10 day injunction. According to RSOL National, the injunction against enforcement of the residency restriction was extended through trial. This is generally a good sign and we will keep