Is your local Sheriff making up their own rules for sex offenders?

Here’s a scenario that happens frequently. We get a call or an email from a member that begins, “I just got back from registering and they told me I need to…” What follows, too often, is a description of some “requirement” that’s either a complete misinterpretation of the law or simply made up. Wanting to make sure the member simply

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SCOTUS to hear case on whether private companies can be public forums

The Supreme Court of the United States has decided to hear Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck. At issue in that case is: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals in the 2nd Circuit erred in rejecting the Supreme Court’s state actor tests and instead creating a per se rule that private operators of public access channels are state actors subject to

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Ex Post Facto Lawsuit Filing and Hurricane Michael

Dear Members and Advocates, Last week, the excitement over the filing of our Ex Post Facto lawsuit overshadowed a disaster that struck the Florida panhandle. Hurricane Michael was the third-most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in Florida. It caused over 8 Billion Dollars in property damage and displaced tens of thousands of residents. We are only starting to hear

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Reason: Patch Publishes Completely Unnecessary Sex Offender Maps to Keep Kids Safe on Halloween

Every year around Halloween time, Patch, the news website specializing in local coverage around the country, publishes maps that show where sex offenders live. Patch claims this is some kind of public service, even though a thorough study of 67,000 cases of child molestation found zero increase in sex crimes against children on Halloween. The vast majority of crimes against

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