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After Illinois teacher, XXXXX, who admitted to having a six-month sexual relationship with a student, was only sentenced to probation (note: no prison time for female teacher having sex with student), blog site Coed.com put together a compilation of just some of the teachers they have posted about over the last year who have had sexual relationships with students. The

In November, Florida voters will be voting on The “Voting Restoration Amendment,” which was approved to appear on the ballot today as Amendment 4. The amendment would automatically restore voting rights to felons who have served their sentences, completed parole or probation and paid restitution. However, the amendment would not apply to “murderers and sex offenders”. While we’re pleased that

Following is an excerpt of from a recent Washington Post article. Research on “police sexual misconduct” — a term used to describe actions from sexual harassment and extortion to forcible rape by officers — overwhelmingly concludes that it is a systemic problem. A 2015 investigation by the Buffalo News, based on a national review of media reports and court records

The “Bovo Amendment” to Miami-Dade County’s Overnight Camping Ordinance that will permit Law Enforcement to arrest homeless sex offenders on sight, sailed through the Miami Dade County Commission meeting today, passing unanimously and without discussion. We’re not surprised at all. Hopefully this additional punitive component of the sex offender residency restriction only helps support the argument in the pending lawsuit.

Baptist minister Glenn Burns calls the evening of April 7, 2016, the “crucifixion.” It was the toughest test of his 40-year career. Burns leads a Christian social services ministry in northern Florida called the Good Samaritan Network. Until last April, the nonprofit was headquartered in the town of Woodville, just outside Tallahassee. Its food bank served 7,000 people a month.

Life Jacket Theatre Company, the team behind the acclaimed show Gorey, is set to debut its newest work, America is Hard to See, at the HERE Arts Center Off-Broadway this month. The new play by Travis Russ with music by Priscilla Holbrook is woven together from interviews and research conducted in Florida’s Miracle Village, a rural community for sex offenders.