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Source: The Sydney Morning Herald To many, “sex offender” conjures a specific image: stranger abduction, child victim, sexual assault, murder. Such horrible things do happen but’s it extraordinarily rare. It’s so horrible that it makes the news. And it happens so rarely that it makes the news every time it happens, and when it happens it shakes us to our

Yesterday, an Amended Complaint was filed in Matthew 25 Ministries, Inc. v. Richard L. Swearingen. The lawsuit is a constitutional challenge to the myriad of requirements in the Florida sex offender registration scheme that require persons required to register to travel to a Sheriff’s office or Driver’s License office (or, in some cases, both) to report things such as a

Florida’s new Governor, Ron DeSantis will be sworn in tomorrow. Tonight, he’s hosting a private dinner in Tallahassee with his inaugural committee and “big donors”. According to the Miami Herald, a public records request from the Herald/Times, revealed the names of about 90 major sponsors. Prominent in the list; “Disney, private prison company The GEO Group, the Florida Police Benevolent

Some great news about UNTOUCHABLE, David Feige’s award-winning documentary…   At last, the film is available for streaming starting JANUARY 15th on Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play.   See it!  Bill Dobbs, The Dobbs Wire     More people now on sex-offender registry than in jail in the US   Stream it starting January 15 on Amazon, iTunes and Google

The SCOTUS has denied the Petition for Writ of Certiorai in all three cases we were following: Bethea, Vasquez and Prison Legal News. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/010719zor_m6ho.pdf Being picked is an extreme long shot (less than 1% of cases) but disappointing nonetheless. What this means is that we need to persist in these challenges on our own.