Vermont Supreme Court says sex offenders can have porn

On Friday, the Vermont Supreme Court decided that the State cannot uniformly declare pornography off-limits to sex offenders. It CAN, as a condition of probation (and even then, only under conditions that are deemed specifically appropriate to the individual offender). It CANNOT prevent sex offenders who are not on probation from viewing legal pornography. The decision can be found here:

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FBI Seizes Backpage.com

The FBI, which at one point seized and operated one of the largest sites for distribution of Child Porn, Playpen (see here), has seized Backpage.com, the classifieds site that purportedly facilitated sex trafficking and pornography. The CEO of Backpage was also recently arrested. More details are supposed to come shortly, the FBI reports, according to a post on backpage.com which

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IL Supreme Court OK’s Banning Registrants from Parks

The Illinois Supreme Court issued a horrible opinion, upholding the ban on predators and “child sex offenders” from parks. You can read the full opinion here: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SexOffendersIL.pdf The crux of the opinion is that the state’s ban on sex offenders from parks (which an appellate court previously found unconstitutional) was found to be constitutional and the same “frightening and high”

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InJusticeToday: As Deadline Approaches for Homeless Ex-Offenders in Florida, County Threatens to Jail Them

InJusticeToday A few miles from Miami International Airport, outside of Hialeah, sits a tent camp of about 280 homeless people. There’s no electricity or running water and no bathrooms. News reports describe the stench of human waste and garbage, tents that flood when it rains, and flies, mosquitoes, and rats infesting the area. “Animals live better than this,” one resident

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President Donald J. Trump Proclaims April 2018 as Second Chance Month

From Whitehouse.gov During Second Chance Month, our Nation emphasizes the need to prevent crime on our streets, to respect the rule of law by prosecuting individuals who break the law, and to provide opportunities for people with criminal records to earn an honest second chance. Affording those who have been held accountable for their crimes an opportunity to become contributing

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