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“A 67-year-old Wildwood man has been jailed after allegedly attempting to use a pickup to run over a convicted sex offender.”  (Villages – News, July 16, 2023) Florida’s Marsy’s Law was approved by Florida voters as a constitutional amendment in 2018.  Among other things, this amendment enumerates specific rights to victims of crimes, including the right to “prevent the disclosure

As a result of a statewide survey of Florida law enforcement agencies that found that 146 out of 271 reported instances of social media platforms used in human trafficking were attributable to Meta platforms, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding that Mark Zuckerberg explain the high volume of human trafficking across Meta platforms.   Moody stated that these findings were

The news media continues to keep the public informed of the results of DeSantis’ elections police force, with a big emphasis on its failure.  According to The Brunswick News, “DeSantis office has yet to offer any explanation as to why they singled out just 20 among hundreds of cases of voters flagged due to potential ineligibility – and why others,

This report from the Wisconsin Capital Times shows what can happen when sex offenders challenge state officials’ personal interpretation of state law. Sometimes courts must step in to point out to the state that the statute means what it says and not what they wish it to mean.  The journalist reporting on this case interviewed not only state officials but

Most people know by now that the attorneys for the University of Florida’s backup quarterback Jalen Kitna cut a deal with the state attorney’s office so that there was no prison time (only 6 months of probation for each of the two second-degree misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct, possibly being released from the second set of probation if he follows

By Guy Hamilton-Smith, July 4, 2023 Attorney Guy Hamilton-Smith helps us ponder what it could mean for people leaving Twitter and flocking to other alternatives such as Meta’s unveiling of Threads. “…for all the nice things Meta/Mark Zuckerberg have to say about free speech, they have some decidedly anti-free speech policies. In particular, Meta has a policy of prohibiting anyone

A Federal district judge has issued an order denying the State of Idaho’s motion to dismiss its challenge to SORA. Plaintiffs represented by civil rights attorney Matthew Strugar “have plausibly alleged that SORA is so punitive in effect that it negates the Idaho legislature’s intent to enact a civil regulatory scheme. As such, plaintiffs’ ex post facto and double jeopardy

Public safety is of great concern to all Florida citizens with the new state budget shoring up weak areas such as years of unsatisfactory funding to meet the needs of our incarcerated citizens. Prison wardens have been pleading for more money to ensure the safety of all inmates within the Florida correctional facilities, and they will finally be receiving some