DeSantis Announces Voter-Fraud Arrests on Eve of Florida Primary

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that his new elections police force has arrested 20 former felons on charges of illegally voting in the 2020 election. Flanked by members of the new Office of Election Crimes and Security, DeSantis said the ex-felons — all convicted of murder or sex offenses — would now be charged with voter fraud, a third-degree

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What We Know About the FBI’s Latest National ‘Human Trafficking’ Sting

Operation Cross Country, the FBI’s annual vice squad bonanza disguised as a human-trafficking rescue mission, is back. This year’s operation was conducted throughout the first two weeks of August, involving more than 200 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies across the U.S. The FBI reports that Operation Cross Country 2022 located 37 missing minors, identified “more than 200 victims,”

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FLORIDIANS BALK AT MATT GAETZ’S SCHEDULED EVENT WITH SCHOOL KIDS

Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida firebrand under a federal investigation for the alleged sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, has sparked a local furor over his upcoming appearance at a high school in Okaloosa County, Florida, where he is expected to speak directly with minors about their career aspirations in the military. Most of the uproar appears to be led by Women Against Matt Gaetz,

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From registry to life sentence: Has Tennessee’s sex offender registry gone too far?

Attorneys have called for a change to the Tennessee sex offender registry they said created an unconstitutional punishment as legislators added more restrictions each year. What NewsChannel 5 Investigates knows is that Thomas pleaded guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence. He had prior convictions and was advised by his public defender that a jury would likely not give him

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Does your county charge a fee for registration or updating information

Does your County charge a fee for re-registration or updating information (ie: vehicles owned, temporary address, etc.)? If so, please provide your county and the amount they charge in the comments. If not, please provide your county and specify they do not. If you already see your county listed, there is no reason to share the information again unless the

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DOJ releases 2022 SORNA case law summary

The US Department of Justice SMART office has released it’s 2022 case law summary. From their introduction, “This summary is current through July 2022 and addresses the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), including SORNA’s requirements, and provides information about case law impacting state and federal sex offender registration and notification laws across the country. It is provided as

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My developmentally disabled son should not be on the sex-offender registry.

It’s heartbreaking to admit it, but I sometimes wish that Adam, our severely intellectually disabled son, will die before me and my husband, Robert. Our fear of the future never ends: Where will he live? How will he manage? Who will take care of him? The anxiety is even more overwhelming because Adam’s name appears on the sex-offender registry. He

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NYC Council bill would prevent landlords from banning tenants based on criminal history, except…

You know how the sentence is going to end. …except registrants. A New York City Councilman, Keith Powers, sponsored the “Fair Chance for Housing Act,” that would prohibit landlords from excluding most potential tenants with a criminal history, or even asking whether they have a criminal history. The city’s housing crisis has led to unprecedented homelessness and a major contributor

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