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A Florida woman took her children to Disney World for a fun weekend, but was denied service at the hotel. When she asked why she was not allowed to stay there, she was shocked by the response. Now, the mother is taking legal action. Tammy Lemasters was denied service at Disney World and when she asked why, she was told

Civil rights attorneys Mark Weinberg and Adele Nicholas are on a path to restore constitutionality to Wisconsin by knocking out sex offender residency restrictions (SORRs). The two attorneys last week filed a federal lawsuit against Kenosha, Waukesha, Yorkville and Milwaukee challenging the constitutionality of their municipal laws that restrict where those registered as sex offenders can go. Fueled by their

Last week, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that Police need a warrant to search a cellphone – even if it is incident to an arrest. In the case of Carpenter v. Florida, a defendant was arrested when he traveled to meet who he thought was a minor (it was, of course, a law enforcement officer). At the time of his

The following is an excerpt from Northern Colorado’s Reporter-Herald News. If individuals are legislated into homelessness, what do they think will happen? —- In the wake of Wednesday’s arrest of a transient Fort Collins man on suspicion of first-degree murder, Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith took to social media to criticize policies allowing Northern Colorado’s homeless population to grow, thus

Patty Wetterling, the mother of Jacob Wetterling, has been honored with the 2017 Gail-Burns Smith Award, given by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. Wetterling, the mother of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling, became a tireless advocate for missing and exploited children and sexual assault victims after Jacob was taken by a masked

So we can’t take credit for it, naturally, but a few weeks ago we posted a few stories about a blatant double standard in the prosecution of sex offender cases. Female teachers who have sexual relationships with minors receive FAR less time than male teachers who do. FOX news put out the following report today about the blatant double standard

Maybe someone should call WFTV to complain about the residency restrictions that leave these people with noplace to live other than a Walmart parking lot…. ____ Walmart‘s the place you go for $12 jeans or the latest, store-exclusive Oreo flavor, but recently, the big box store’s been in headlines for a different reason: At least 16 registered sex offenders list

We have been bombarded with questions and concerns about the new internet identifier law that was just put into effect and the email notification circulated by the FDLE today. Please be assured that there are very competent attorneys working on this issue. FAC has sent a letter to the FDLE this morning, which can be found here: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Internet-Identifier-Inquiry2.pdf Continue to

After years of panicked and excessively punitive lawmaking against sex offenders, cooler heads are beginning to prevail. The U.S. Supreme Court, for example, last week struck down a North Carolina law that effectively banned registered sex offenders from using any social media that is also accessible by children. Lester Packingham did indeed commit a sex crime: He pleaded guilty in