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Aged 12, Josh Gravens committed a sex-related felony. Charged with failing to update his register details, he now, aged 28, faces a possible 25 years to life in jail Josh Gravens was homeschooled by his Christian parents: ‘It was more important that we studied scripture and be ready for the rapture than learn any other skills.’ Photograph: Josh Gravens Josh

The following story appearing in yesterday’s Tampa Bay Times is exactly the type of story that enrages community members. A multi-time repeat sex offender is released after spending 15 years in prison, only to repeat his offending pattern upon release. Well guess what? It’s the type of story that enrages most sex offenders too!!! Why? Because most sex offenders don’t

Florida State College at Jacksonville has implemented a policy that mandates sex offenders go through an additional application process while baring sexual predators from enrolling. The change comes after a state database indicated more sex offenders enrolled at FSCJ than at any other Florida college or university. That unflattering distinction occurred when the Florida Department of Law Enforcement created a

Estimates of the number of entries with crucial mistakes run into the tens of thousands. One man—and pretty much only one man—is trying to fix them. Tim Fisher steps slowly up the driveway, glancing back with mournful eyes a few times toward his sister-in-law across the street, silently pleading for her encouragement. With neat, shoulder-length, salt-and-pepper hair and a mustache,

KUDOS TO W.A.R.!!!! ____________   As New Times discovered earlier this year, there isn’t a subject touchier than the laws outlining the rights — or lack thereof — of sex offenders. The uptick of laws determining where sex offenders can and cannot go, along with the rise and ubiquity of information on the sex offender registry, has created a tricky

The following appeared in AlJazeera   Rape and sexual assault often do not get the police attention they deserve in the United States, whether on college campuses, in the military or in major American cities. This isn’t arguable. But sex is vastly overpoliced in this country, and this ought to concern us too. The combination of steroidal law enforcement, puritanical