Reader Submission: Florida prison deaths spark call for federal probe

Instead of making stupid laws to further harass registrants, perhaps the legislature could take up this cause. People dying in Florida DOC, scaled to death, 27 year old convicted of check forgery, gassed to death, etc, etc, etc. Why is this not a national story? http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-florida-prison-deaths-probe-request-20151016-story.html

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JANICE BELLUCCI TO BE ON THE SEAN HANNITY SHOW

UPDATE: I have just received notice that my interview with Sean Hannity has been postponed.  The reason given is Rep. Paul Ryan’s decision to run for Speaker of the House.  I have not been given a new date.  Thank you for your thoughts and prayers!   Law Office of Janice M. Bellucci   _____________________________________ Janice Bellucci will be interviewed by Sean

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Call to Action

  On August 7, 2015, the United States Sentencing Commission introduced a proposed amendment, “crime of violence” to include non-contact CP offenders. The Commission is currently reviewing criminal research data and federal sentencing statistics. The proposed amendment would then be promulgated to amend Section 4B1.2(a)(2) of the sentencing guidelines, which would be submitted to Congress NO later than May 1,

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Halloween Study

As Halloween approaches, many communities will start enacting or enforcing restrictions on the activities of registered citizens based on the myth that this holiday is a particularly dangerous time of year. For those looking to challenge this myth or respond to newspaper articles touting the “sex offender halloween scare”, you can cite this 2009 study which examined the myth and

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What are the Costs and Benefits of the SO Registration?

Richard B. Belzer has done a study to find out the over all costs associated with operating and maintaining the sex offender Registry and community notification compared to its social benefits.  The report consists of a pair of benefit-cost analyses of the application of registration and notification laws to juvenile sex offenders. The first is a quantitative retrospective assessment of

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