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The meeting was a forum consisting of officials from Brevard County courts and Brevard County law enforcement. These included: Circuit Judge – Judge John D. Galluzzo State Attorney Phil Archer Public Defender Blaise Trettis Palm Bay Police Department – Deputy Chief James Rogers Melbourne Police Department – Chief Steve Mimbs Department of Corrections – Circuit Administrator Rachel Richardson   Unfortunately,

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Rhode Island Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday that it will file a lawsuit challenging a new state law that makes it a crime for high-risk sex offenders to live within 1,000 feet of a school. In a statement Thursday, the ACLU said the new law raises “grave constitutional concerns,” along with being

This summer, 19-year-old Zachary Anderson was featured on the front page of the New York Times. Unfortunately, Anderson became a national figure after he was placed onto the sex offender registry — for making a simple mistake. Zachary had consensual sex with a 14-year-old girl, but she had led him to believe she was actually 17. When everyone realized this

Yesterday, in the city of Melbourne, Brevard County, there was a Police Community Relations Meeting. The panel for the meeting was comprised of: Circuit Judge – Judge John D. Galluzzo State Attorney Phil Archer Public Defender Blaise Trettis Brevard County Sheriff Office – Major Vic DeSantis Palm Bay Police Department – Deputy Chief James Rogers Melbourne Police Department – Chief

Rechael Morrison -a city appointed resident ambassador at Dignity Village – is optimistic about the city’s new rules – including allowing sex offenders to reside in the tent city. One of the other future plans – the possibility of a family center at Grace Marketplace located directly next to Dignity Village – which Morrison says is not a good idea

CLEVELAND, Ohio – You might think that all advocates for rape victims would support the practice of forcing sex offenders to publicly register their addresses after their release from prison. But you would be mistaken. Growing numbers of victim advocates and criminal justice researchers are among those who have concluded that sex offender registries are too costly and provide little