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So much of our lives today are conducted online that it’s essential that we know who has access to our information. And that’s especially true when it’s the government that’s doing the prying into our emails, texts, and Facebook updates. A recent case, in which Facebook acted in the perhaps surprising role of advocate for the ordinary citizen — two
Read moreInformation for Sex Offenders A new study by Shawn M. Rolfe, Doctoral candidate at the University of Louisville, helps identify some of the requirements each individual state has when a registered sex offender travels there. A chart contained in the study provides a useful reference. WhenaSOComestoVisit-Rolfe
Read moreFlorida Sex Offender News With an increase in some of the state’s most dangerous sex offenders living outside of prisons and on probation, some of the state officers assigned to watch them have asked the Legislature for a raise to keep the most experienced on board. As of last month, 1,812 community supervision officers with the Florida Department of Corrections watched 166,966 people
Read moreSouth Florida Psychologist William Samek’s op-ed; “Why Do Men Sexually Misbehave? It Feels So Good” was featured in yesterday’s Miami Herald. Samek is well recognized in the treatment community. It’s worth a read ____ People see sexual misbehavior as binary: a person is either a good person (innocent) or a pervert (guilty). It’s not that simple. Sexual misbehavior occurs on
Read moreA couple of weeks ago, we wrote to the FDLE for clarification of what rules must be followed when someone establishes a new permanent or transient address. We were contacted by a member, already on the Florida Registry, who went to visit family in another county. Since he would be at the temporary address for more than 4 days, he
Read moreOklahoma State Senator Ralph Shorty presented himself as a moral and conservative guy when it came to issues such as abortion and religion. In 2011 he co-sponsored a bill to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks. In 2012, a bill requiring abortion providers to inform the patient that the fetal heartbeat is audible. That same year, a bill to declare life
Read moreTALLAHASSEE — The Florida Democratic Party chairman resigned Friday in shame. A Republican state senator faces possible expulsion for sexual harassment. The state Senate’s top Democratic leader abruptly stepped down after admitting an extramarital affair with a lobbyist. Even amid the flood of sexual misconduct revelations that have rocked state capitals across the country, the nation’s biggest swing state has
Read moreThose familiar with Southeast Florida know the city of Miami Beach is an Island. To get to Miami Beach from the city of Miami, visitors would take Interstate 195. I-195, which is also called the “Julia Tuttle Causeway”, is a 4.4-mile-long freeway comprised of a large bridge connecting Miami (in the west) to Miami Beach (in the east). In 2005,
Read moreFive California Men are Suing the City of San Jose after being arrested in a “gay sex sting.” The charges against them were eventually dismissed, but undoubtedly much damage was done regardless. The men claim their Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when they were arrested for “loitering” during a 17-month operation conducted beginning 2014 at a park known
Read moreLet’s examine the findings of this 2010 study from the State of Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management, Criminal Justice Policy & Planning Division: Offenders with a history of weapons charges had higher recidivism rates than offenders who have not been sentenced for similar charges. Seventy-five percent (75%) of male offenders, who had ever served a prison sentence for weapons,
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