Back to not voting: 11th Circuit sides with Florida on voting rights.

The voting rights if people in Florida with past felony convictions have been in limbo since the 2018 passage of Amendment 4, that was supposed to restore rights to former felons (other than those with a murder or sex offense conviction) who have completed their sentence. Governor DeSantis’ administration, however, thought “completed their sentence” should include paying off all fines

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MI: Sex offender registry months out-of-date, but little action from lawmakers… so what?

A local Michigan news paper ran this story yesterday, which spoke about the state of Michigan’s sex offender registry and how out of date and inaccurate it is. Essentially, since U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland declared parts of the State’s registry unconstitutional, Michigan has not been enforcing it. That means information on 44,000 people on their list has not been

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ACSOL: Action Alert “KILL A PEDOPHILE” MERCHANDISE

There are at least four websites currently offering for sale merchandise with the message “Kill a Pedophile.”  The websites are Amazon, Etsy, Killer Culture Shop and Scratshirt.  Merchandise being sold on these websites includes clothing and/or stickers. “The logos on some of the merchandise being sold include graphics of a person aiming a gun at the head of a bound

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UPDATED: Advocates organize “Operation Pushback” in Denver.

Certain advocacy groups, including WAR are organizing a peaceful protest on Thursday, September 24, 2020, in front of the 10th Circuit Appeals Court building in Colorado. The purpose will be to protest the 10th Circuit’s ruling in Millard v Rankin. The message to the court will be that the registry IS punishment. We originally re-posted the complete message from WAR,

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Lauren Book: “stranger danger” is usually not a factor.

Florida Senator Lauren Book, the state’s most vocal proponent for harsh sex offender restrictions, has made some interesting comments lately. In a feature she wrote for Social Miami about children wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID, she wrote that “stranger danger” is usually not a factor in child abductions or sexual assaults. While most laws restrict those required to

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