Court upholds ruling to require teen who traded naked selfies with girls his age to register as a sex offender

Colorado’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling last week that required a juvenile boy to register as a sex offender after sexting and trading erotic pictures with two girls roughly his age, a split decision that highlights states’ recent struggles with applying laws passed in a less tech-heavy age. It began, according to the court’s decision, at a 2012 Future Farmers

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The Muddying of Legal Progress by Playing Politics with Sex Offenses

Weekly Update #34 Dear Members and Advocates, The decision came down from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Gundy v. United States and the Court decided to affirm the lower court’s decision. We already posted an analysis on what this means to for us here in Florida (see: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/gundy-what-does-it-mean-for-us/ – and for those who don’t have time

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“Stop Child Predators” is a FAKE grassroots advocacy group.

The non-profit group “Stop Child Predators” has been exposed for what it is, a fake! A recent article in the Huffington Post exposes the group’s underlying interests – lobbying on behalf of businesses seeking to profit by scaring the public. Case in point, the “group has published nearly identical op-eds and letters to the editor in Miami and Washington, D.C.,

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SCOTUS: United States v. Haymond: a win for the registrant

Andre Haymond was convicted of possessing child pornography. After serving a prison sentence of 38 months, and while on supervised release, Mr. Haymond was again found with what appeared to be child pornography. A district judge, acting without a jury, found by a preponderance of the evidence that Mr. Haymond knowingly downloaded and possessed child pornography. The Supreme Court held

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