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Florida’s new Dexter’s Law does more than crack down on animal cruelty. It exposes a decades-long hypocrisy at the heart of American registry laws. For years, courts have upheld sex offender registries by declaring them “civil regulation, not punishment.” That phrase has been the magic shield allowing states to apply registries retroactively without violating the Constitution’s ban on ex post

Every so often, a politician says the quiet part out loud. This week, Michigan Republicans did exactly that. While crowing about their latest culture-war gimmick — the so-called “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” — Rep. Josh Schriver proudly declared that anyone who distributes pornography should be thrown on the sex offender registry. In his words, this is a tool to

A group of five young Florida men is facing an assortment of criminal charges for battering and falsely imprisoning a man who they targeted in a “To Catch a Predator”-style sting that was recorded and “uploaded to a website for public viewing for profit,” according to court records. As alleged in arrest affidavits, the video vigilantism occurred around 2 AM

A local pastor is speaking out after court documents show he allowed registered sex offenders to volunteer at a car wash that was too close to a school or daycare. According to the documents, Dennis Potter is accused of allowing six sex offenders to volunteer to help wash cars on Sept. 14. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said the car

The state of Missouri is trying to revive a requirement for sex offenders to post a sign on Halloween stating they don’t have candy or treats at their residence. The law was blocked last October in the District Court, which stated that it violated the First Amendment guarantee of speech by compelling sex offenders to post the sign on their