The sex offender registry failed them: Walton County school resource deputy charged with relationship with student

Despite the publicly available registry and the banishment zones in all Florida counties, the registry along with its 52 registry requirements and state/county/municipal laws have failed society again.  Why does it keep failing to protect society, particularly minors? In Walton County, FL, a Walton County Sheriff’s Office school resource deputy has been arrested after a victim came forward saying that

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Lifetime Registration for Florida Sex Offenders Isn’t ‘Custody’

The Eleventh Circuit has ruled that the requirement for lifetime registration is not “custody” for purposes of habeas corpus. The petitioner claimed that requiring registration and reporting after completing probation for a lewd or lascivious charge is illegal custody.   SOURCE (Behind a paywall) Full order: Eleventh Circuit Ruling – No. 21-12540 – D.C. Docket No. 217-cv-00396-JLB-NPM

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The Dobbs Wire: It’s a WIN in the Minnesota Supreme Court concerning Minnesota’s sex offense civil commitment program

A new ruling has come out of the Minnesota Supreme Court concerning Minnesota’s sex offense civil commitment program.  The case was filed concerning the delays by which the state consumes constitutional and human rights to liberty, along with the lives of those locked up in Minnesota’s commitment center. CBS News Minnesota has covered the story. Court’s decision in McDeid v.

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Colorado’s State Supreme Court’s polygraph hypocrisy

According to Colorado Politics, the Colorado Supreme Court decided in 1981 that polygraphs are scientifically unreliable and are therefore inadmissible in criminal court.  Yet, Colorado continues to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on polygraphs for the supervision of people on probation who are released for a sex offense. In the meantime, “polygraphers have financially benefited from this practice by serving

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