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A person required to register as a sex offender got 99 years in Prison for failing to comply with his sex offender registration requirements. He was unlawfully present at a Catholic School, where he approached the father of a student for money to buy food and then refused to leave. When police were called and he was asked for ID,

Several individuals filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Paco County Sheriff, Chris Nocco for repeatedly harassing them, not because of what they did, but what they “predicted” a family member might do. Essentially, what the Pasco Sheriff did was create a “list” and then send his deputies out to their homes to surveil them at all hours of the day

After a person required to register as a sex offender registered a new address in Nebraska, a local school placed their students on a lockdown preventing them from leaving the building. The sheriff’s department checked the address and discovered it was inside the exclusion zone, the man agreed to immediately leave, end of story. There are two completely absurd things

Earlier today the Florida Clemency Board voted to automatically restore most civil rights stripped from felons once they have completed their sentences, including court-ordered financial obligations. Felons who meet the criteria for restoration of rights still won’t have the right to own, possess or use firearms, but they will be able to to serve on a jury and hold public

Like we didn’t see this one coming… About a month after her children’s pediatrician was accused of a sexual offense, Lauren Book introduced Senate Bill 1934. That bill would immediately suspend the license of a physician charged with a sexual offense. Under current circumstances, a physician’s license would not be suspended until they were actually convicted. In the case of

Book had more than $2.18 million on hand as of Feb. 28. Democratic Sen. Lauren Book added nearly $251,000 in February alone according to the latest fundraising reports filed with the Division of Elections. The haul comes as Book is considering whether to seek another Senate term or run for the Chief Financial Officer position. She now has a massive

A bad decision out of the state of Wyoming, where the state’s supreme court allowed changes in registration laws to be applied retroactively against a man whose offense occurred more than a decade before the changes. Jeffrey Earl Harrison committed a sexual offense in 1994. He was not required to register, because at the time registration was only required for

The family of Darrell Smith is suing the state after he was beaten to a near comatose state by a group of correctional officers at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel. The center is New Jersey’s civil commitment center, where people are held indefinitely after completing their sentence. The beating was described as “gang-style” and even after he

Watch video of Senate Rules Committee meeting in which SB 234 was on the agenda, and despite numerous objections, the bill passed the Rules Committee.  You can watch the video here, starting at 1:19. https://www.flsenate.gov/media/videoplayer?EventID=1_3wpkrnbb-202103040900&Redirect=true THANK YOU FOR SENDING YOUR APPEARANCE CARD  – WITH UNITY COMES CHANGE, We have a member representing FAC today in opposition of the SB 234, as

A notice of appeal has been filed in the original Ex Post Facto Plus case that was dismissed a couple of months ago. The case will go before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. A separate case, Doe v Swearingen (Ex Post Facto Plus II) was filed last month in the Northern District of Florida. Both cases are moving forward