Lawsuit over ‘defamatory’ ECSO billboard dismissed

A man who claims he was falsely labeled as a sexual predator on a law enforcement billboard had his defamation lawsuit thrown out Monday. Kenneth Cobb, 42, is currently incarcerated for failure to register as a sex offender, but he claims a 2014 Escambia County Sheriff’s Office billboard misrepresented him as a sexual predator — a designation that is reserved for

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Carnival Cruise Line’s Ban on Sex Offenders does Little to Protect Passengers

Carnival Cruise Lines has banned registered sex offenders from cruising aboard its ships. A move that we maintained is unnecessarily discriminatory and has caused families to miss out on vacations. But more often than any incident caused by a registered person on one of Carnival’s ships is the occurrence of passengers finding hidden cameras in their rooms. This FoxNews Report

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Sex offenders sue over Indiana registry requirement

INDIANAPOLIS — Three men have filed a lawsuit over an Indiana requirement that they register as sex offenders when moving to the state, saying they’re being treated differently than other residents in similar situations. Patrick Rice, Adam Bash and Scott Rush all were convicted out of state and before the enactment of the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act, The Indianapolis

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The Betrayal of Justice by Miami-Dade County Legislators

Weekly Update 2017-12-13 Dear Members and Advocates, It was a disappointing day in the Miami-Dade County Legislature, as the Commissioners on the Public Safety Committe passed through a proposed amendment that would allow police to arrest homeless sex offenders without offering them shelter, as they would for any other homeless individual. While disappointing, it was not unexpected. As expected, lobbyist

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Now it makes sense… political contributions over human rights.

My mind has been racing since watching the webcast of the Miami-Dade Public Safety Committee meeting this week. How is it that Ron Book, the same guy who has publicly vilified registered sex offenders, called them monsters, lied in testimony about recidivism rates (in fact, stating absurdly that 100% re-offend) and who orchestrated a recent eviction of registrants from stable

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