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The Florida Action Committee will be an exhibitor at the 2016 Annual Conference of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The NACDL is the preeminent organization in the United States advancing the mission of the nation’s criminal defense lawyers to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or other misconduct. A professional bar association founded in

Val Parkhurst, age 60, of Davie, FL passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, July 27, 2016 after a battle with a short illness. She was born on November 19, 1955 a daughter of Elsie and Ann Tolbert Morris. Val worked for years as a dental associate where she worked for Dr. George Galluzzo in Fort Lauderdale. She is

It’s hard to believe that until recently, there were still laws on the books that made it illegal to be gay. Our legal system may no longer explicitly prohibit same-sex relationships, but we have found new ways to criminalize queer kids. We label them as sex offenders. Across the country, children are put on sex-offense registries for behaviors that range

TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) – For sex offenders living in Leon County, getting reintegrated into society means connecting with the right people. The Insiders team looked at why finding housing and employment is much more difficult than most think. For Joe Bowick, a registered sex offender, it has been a struggle to escape the stigma attached to his past. He became a

Pasco County will hold a public meeting this coming Tuesday to discuss proposed changes to their sex offender ordinance. Anyone interested is strongly encouraged to attend and speak out against this horrible ordinance in general and encourage the County Commissioners to instead apply empirical evidence and studies in formulating their policies instead of the ineffective ordinance currently in place.  

The following was submitted by a member to the Orlando Sentinel.   The article in today’s edition is right on target.  When a person is convicted of a felony…regardless of its nature…and fulfills the sentence affixed by the legal/justice system…that person becomes an ex-felon and should be restored to full citizenship.  One of this nation’s founding principles was “No taxation

The Pokémon Go craze is sweeping the nation and beyond, sending young people scurrying through the streets, phones in hand, frantically seeking these fictional little creatures. It also has politicians scurrying to find heavy-handed answers to trumped-up fears. That’s because it didn’t take long before someone realized that, horror of horrors, with all of these children, teenagers and twentysomethings scampering

When Matthew Grottalio was 10 years old, he and his older brother initiated a touching “game” with their 8-year-old sister. “None of us knew what we were doing,” he said, and he soon forgot about the episode. But later that year, 1998, his sister’s teacher found out and notified the authorities. Just weeks after Matthew’s 11th birthday, police officers handcuffed