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Lobbyist Ron Book Favors Puppy Mills and Homelessness Who would push FOR puppy mills? OH… Ron Book would. That’s what happened when Ron Book took a job as a lobbyist for one of the states largest retailers of pets. While the County of Miami-Dade’s motto has been “adopt, don’t shop” to encourage people to adopt from the county’s shelters, Book
Read moreEmily Horowitz, author and Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, has put together the Registry Fact Sheet linked to below. This is a very well researched, comprehensive document that is full of useful information (including authorities) that you can cite to when contacting your legislators, the media or anyone you communicate on sex offender issues with. Thank you Dr. Horowitz
Read moreAdd Kania to the list of cases where individuals convicted of online solicitation offenses had their “associated” charges dismissed on double jeopardy grounds. Last week, the 2nd DCA threw out the “unlawful use of a two-way communications device” conviction of a defendant who was also convicted of traveling to meet a minor in 2012, finding that it was part of
Read moreSex Offender Registrants Attacked 42 year-old Jason Vukovich, targeted and attacked three strangers, beating one man so badly with a hammer that he fractured his skull and knocked him unconscious.All because their names were on the state’s sex offender registry. “We’re lucky we’re not dealing with a murder charge,” Assistant District Attorney Patrick McKay told the judge. “People do not
Read moreSex Offender Sues Twitter Although the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that States cannot restrict a registered sex offender’s access to social media (Packingham v. North Carolina, 582 U.S. ___ (2017)), nothing has stopped social media companies, such as Facebook, from restricting sex offenders from their platforms. A lawsuit filed last week may change that! Jared Taylor is
Read moreScam Directed at Registered Sex Offenders We have received several emails from members advising us that they have received a letter from a law firm in Texas, Estes-Hightower, PLLC stating they “received their contact information” from the state’s Public Safety Sex Offender Registry” and to contact them to see whether they are eligible for “early removal from the Sex Offender
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