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Rick Swearingen is a name we might only be familiar with because he has been the Defendant in a number of lawsuits brought against the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) challenging the enforcement of different aspects of the Florida Sex Offender Registry over the years. The standard caption “Doe v. Swearingen” is about to change, now that Swearingen has

Oklahoma SB 1619 would prevent licensing agencies from using old crimes to disqualify applicants, setting a time limit of five years from the date of conviction or release from prison, whichever is later. However, boards will still be able to consider violent felonies or crimes that trigger sex offender registration, no matter how long ago those offenses occurred. SOURCE

Stephanie is a hero. Stephanie is the Plaintiff in the Ex Post Facto Plus II lawsuit. Stephanie is her real name. It’s not “Jane Doe” or some other pseudonym used in this post to protect her anonymity, because she can’t. She is forced to bear the stress of proceeding as the plaintiff without the right to anonymity, on top of

This morning at 9AM, Oral Argument will take place in the Ex Post Facto I case. We believe the argument will be simulcast from this website: https://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/live-streaming-oral-arguments (but we may be wrong). In either case, the recording will be available online after. PLEASE send lots of prayers, wishes and good Karma to Todd and Val!

A Duval County investigation is under way into whether 22 sex offenders illegally voted in the 2020 election, expanding a prior probe that resulted in the rare arrest of a Jacksonville man on voter fraud charges. The only arrest so far from those complaints occurred in April when XXXXX XXXXXXX, was charged with three counts of voter fraud punishable by

Garvin County authorities say an Oklahoma wife and her accomplice are facing hefty felony charges after taking more than 800 screenshots of child pornography to frame the husband before an upcoming child custody battle.

In their statements to commissioners on Tuesday, petitioners pleaded with the commission to reverse an amendment to an ordinance passed in 2020, barring them from entering within 1,000 feet of businesses where children typically congregate. Their comments included examples of barriers they face because of the county regulation, and the negative impact that is having for their families and other

An Indiana appellate court has decided that requiring an individual with an out of state conviction who moves to Indiana to register as a sex offender, even when the registry didn’t exist in Indiana or in the state of conviction, does not violate Indiana’s Ex Post Facto constitutional prohibition. The court analyzed whether the Legislature’s intent was to create a

Source: ACSOL A lawsuit was filed today in a federal district court in California challenging the denial of access to a military base of a military retiree solely because he is required to register. The lawsuit claims that the military retiree’s right to due process was violated when he was denied access without prior notice in November 2021 to Vandenberg

An initial assessment of 266 inmates released early from Oregon prisons during the pandemic showed they were no more likely to commit new crimes than those who serve their full sentences. The state Criminal Justice Commission said in a recent report that recidivism rates and patterns were comparable, and slightly lower, to a recent cohort from 2019. From July 2020