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If you live in Duval County and need help paying your rent or utility bills, the Salvation Army of Northeast Florida may be able to help. The Salvation Army said that the assistance is available to residents who have received an eviction or disconnection notice or have been unemployed for 90 days.  Household income must not exceed 50% of the

The Hundredx Fundaiser has been extended and it will end at midnight on Sunday August 4th.  We still have time to raise funds to help Justice Transitions help others in need without spending a dime of you own money! It is very simple and every quality opinion that you submit can earn $1.60 for Justice Transitions (JT).  If you are

Originally published at narsol.org   By Atwo Zee, Registered Traveler . . . Not long after I returned to Iowa after the 2024 NARSOL conference in Atlanta, I received an email forwarded by the national NARSOL office.  This message came to them on their main “Contact Us” email address, and whoever sent it was looking specifically for me, “whose story

In Florida, kidnapping or false imprisonment of a minor can land a person on the Florida sex offense registry, even though a sex crime was not committed. The Michigan Supreme Court says that such a placement on the registry is unconstitutional.  It is cruel or unusual punishment, barred by the Michigan Constitution. According to the ACLU of Michigan, there are

Australia has found that research shows that public sex offender registries, which make people convicted of a sex offense visible to the public, are not working—same results found in the U.S.  Go figure! Haley Boxall with Phys.org says, “This is because name-and-shame campaigns stigmatize, ostracize and demonize their targets, effectively ‘othering’ them within the community.  However, community reintegration—where someone becomes

My name is found on the Florida Sexual Offender registry due to a crime I pled guilty to in 1999 (to avoid a humiliating trial).  A plea was accepted, the sex offender registry still in its infancy with my name added later and still remains.    Due to this action, I have suffered cruelly in the following ways:   Though

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, the Westlake City Council approved an ordinance that will expand the state’s 1,000-foot residency restriction to 2,500 feet. The vice mayor requested a postponement of the vote until their regular August meeting to give the council and attorney time to study the ordinance further. One council member acknowledged that all Westlake officials had received numerous phone

The Westlake, FL Council has said there is no opposition to their proposed 2,500-foot residency restriction.  The opposition is starting to grow with the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) showing support for FAC’s efforts in trying to stop this ordinance from going into effect. Florida Action Committee is grateful for the help that Janice Bellucci and ACSOL have

An FAC member sent this July 2023 Case Law Summary for our pundits. SOURCE

Councilman Dave Werner says that the Westlake, Palm Beach, city attorney says that expanding their residency restriction to 2,500 feet would withstand a potential court challenge from those who claim it potentially leads to homelessness.  Possibly the city attorney does not know what happened in 2014 in Palm Beach County. The final vote is Tuesday, July 16 at 5:30 p.m.