Talk of banning persons forced to register as sex offenders from bars

Every day we scan news headlines, appellate court decisions and legislative filings to learn about current events impacting people on the registry. During our daily perusal, we came across this article, which questioned whether persons forced to register as sex offenders should be barred from entering places which serve alcohol. The supposition for the story was that Brock Turner (a

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You’re more likely to be struck by a meteor than to have your kid abducted by a stranger

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) gets about $40 million a year in federal funding. It spends at least a few of those bucks crafting unnecessary emails like the one I got last week with the subject line: “Are your kids safely back-to-schooling?” Not only is “back-to-schooling” not a verb, but also the question seems geared less

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CA: Lakeside neighbors furious over home housing sex offenders

I’ll let you read the full article at the source before commenting: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/working-for-you/neighbors-furious-over-sex-offender-home/509-2796f9c3-dda7-4345-ad38-23147f92823d Note there were no issues – the neighbors only found out about the home after they checked the Megan’s Law Website. Despite there being no issues (aside from the community’s disapproval), they are looking to “change the laws” to prevent this program designed to reduce recidivism. They

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Uncivil Commitment

One of the foundations of a civilized society is the concept that people who do wrong need to be held accountable for their crimes. What naturally follows from that precept is that once a person has successfully paid society back by serving their prison sentence, they have earned the right to be free and return home. What would you think

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Polk County Pick’Em

Here’s a little fun… Polk county just announced ANOTHER “Human Trafficking Sting”. This month’s sting was called “Fall Haul 2” and it claimed 160 Arrests. By now we already know about Sheriff Grady Judd’s “human trafficking operations”, which should never be considered “human trafficking” operations because they don’t find victims of human trafficking – they are more like very aggressive

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Former Florida deputy accused of molesting girl in Lantana

A former Florida sheriff’s deputy is accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl multiple times at his home. The girl told a DCF investigator she had text messages from XXXXX that showed he admitted to the incident. Police downloaded evidence from the girl’s Android phone. The police report highlighted one text message from XXXXX that read, “How Dare you.” Police said

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Duval school safety officer arrested, accused of enticing minor to engage in sex activity

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A school safety officer is accused of enticing a person under the age of 16 to engage in sexual activity, according to a release from Duval County Public Schools. XXXXXXX  was arrested Tuesday by the Atlantic Beach Police Department on charges including lewd and lascivious battery—encouraging or enticing a person under the age of 16 to engage

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