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PER DOC: IF YOU ARE ON PROBATION, ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE – CONTACT YOUR PROBATION OFFICER. IF YOU ARE NOT ON PROBATION, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFFS OFFICE. THERE WILL BE ACCOMMODATIONS MADE. FEDERAL PROBATION HAS NOT RESPONDED. IF YOU ARE IN SEMINOLE OR BREVARD, THE SHERIFFS HAVE OPENED SPECIFIC SHELTERS JUST FOR REGISTERED CITIZENS WHETHER ON PROBATION OR NOT. We

On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court in Florida sent Mario Bellamy back to the trial court to be re sentenced. The appellate court, relying on a Florida Supreme Court decision, reversed and remanded Mr. Bellamy back for re-sentencing, because under Florida’s sentencing scheme a juvenile cannot be given a life sentence. Bellamy was charged with murdering someone when he was

Join us for a frank and enlightening panel discussion exploring stigmas and issues that affect registered sex offenders, victims of sex offenses, families and friends. Saturday, November 5, 2016  3:00pm – 5:00pm FREE Admission United Methodist Church Of The Palm Beaches 900 Brandywine Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33409 Miracle Village Self Mailer – Inside Only

Today is October 1, 2016. A day we will forever celebrate. There are many significant dates every year where we recognize important events. We celebrate our birthdays, anniversaries, civil and religious holidays. We commemorate historic events, both good and bad, such as independence day and 9/11. We also recognize dates that are particularly meaningful because they redirected our lives. Today,

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE (FAC) For Immediate Release September 30, 2016 Contact: Gail Colletta 561-305-4959   LAKE MONROE, FLORIDA – September 30, 2016 The Florida Action Committee (FAC) sent a petition to Florida Governor Rick Scott today, asking him to clean up the registry. The Florida’s Sex Offender Registry contains over sixty-nine thousand names! Most of the

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled this week that sex offender registration requirements can’t be increased for people who entered into plea agreements before subsequent versions of the registry schemes were passed. The opinion, which can be found here essentially says that the three plaintiffs who all plead guilty before the enactment of the State’s more stringent SORNA (in 2012) could

Federal district judge Robert Hinkle (Northern District of Florida) has entered a preliminary injunction against enforcement of Florida’s impending requirement that all registered sex offenders in the state reveal to law enforcement all of their “Internet identifiers” before using them for Internet communication.  The Florida statute defined “Internet identifiers” this way: “ ‘Internet identifier’ ” includes, but is not limited to, all website uniform resource

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) awarded almost $18 million to implement and enhance sex offender programming throughout the United States. “We have made tremendous strides over the last decade toward building a comprehensive sex offender registration and notification system,” said Director Luis C. deBaca, Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending,

Most of you reading this have already received a notice from FDLE regarding the fact that in light of the federal injunction ordered yesterday, the revision to the definition of “Internet Identifiers” that was supposed to take effect this Saturday (the one that includes all URLs) will not be enforced, but the 2014 definition (what it is currently) will remain

(CN) — The 11th Circuit on Monday revived two sexual offenders’ challenges to residency restrictions in Miami-Dade County. In 2005, the county adopted the Lauren Book Child Safety Ordinance, which restricts sexual offenders and sexual predators from establishing temporary or permanent residence in areas where children regularly congregate, such as schools, parks and child care facilities. Three Doe sexual offenders