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Blogs with News Stories on Sex Offender Issues:
Non-delegation Doctrine in Sex Offender Cases Relisted
The Supreme Court of the United States have scheduled the following three cases for "relisting" Gundy v. United States, 17-6086 Paul v. United States, 17-8830 Caldwell v. United States, 18-6852 All cases have the same issue, "Whether the Sex Offender Registration and...
Member Submission: Raptor and school access
The following redacted letter was shared with us by a member. Good Morning, My daughter attends 4th grade at local elementary school here in county. She has been enrolled there since kindergarten. A few weeks ago, as always, I participated in my daughter's...
URGENT: Sex Offender Shuffle – AGAIN!
As we write this and in the middle of pouring rain in Miami-Dade County, police are serving eviction notices to the cluster of registrants who are legislated into homelessness in Miami-Dade because of the Lauren Book Act. This cluster, which has been shuffled around...
ACSOL: CA: Registrants Challenge Jury Pool Exclusion
Five registrants have filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court challenging a new state law that allows all felons, except those convicted of a sex offense, to serve as jurors. According to the lawsuit, the new law violates the equal protection clause of the...
The Florida Sheriff’s Association is happy with the Halloween initiative
According to Tampa's WTSP News "the Florida Sheriff's Association is happy with the Halloween initiative to keep kids safe during trick or treating and related events." Why are they "happy" you ask? You need to scroll to the bottom of the page to find out the real...
Thank you to Sarah, Maryann and Jacob!
Our Board would like to send a heartfelt thanks to our members Sarah, Maryann and Jacob who attended last night's Clay County Board of County Commissioners meeting. Although the Commissioners voted to enact their Ordinance, which included a doubling of the residency...
Congratulations to Dr. Jill Levenson on winning ATSA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Jill Levenson, professor of Social Work at Barry University in Miami, Florida, and one of the foremost experts in sex offender issues was awarded the ATSA Lifetime Significant Achievement Award at their annual conference last week. The Award recognizes...
Clay County: Stop the passage of an expanded residency restriction!
Today, at 4PM in Clay County, the county commission is scheduled to consider a proposed amendment to the "Sexual Offenders and Sexual Predators Ordinance" The agenda item can be seen here:...
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