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The Florida Supreme Court is sending this message to criminal defendants: If you think you were wrongly convicted, keep it to yourself. Ignoring long-standing law, the justices decided that when defendants dare to dispute their guilt instead of owning the crime, state trial judges may pile on extra prison time. With that, the justices normalized a penalty for defendants who

[FAC NOTE: We will keep sharing these as a reminder]   A phone scam in Orange County has been targeting registered sex offenders, prompting the Orange County Sheriff’s Office to warn the community about the risks of these calls. On Nov. 17, the sheriff’s office received two calls alerting them about the scam. “The person would answer the phone and

Even though it had the benefit of relying on 6th circuit precedent, a Tennessee Middle District Court judge yesterday slammed the state for violating the Ex Post Facto provision of the Constitution by applying registry restrictions and conditions to people whose offenses predate those restrictions and conditions. In the Order, the Court stated, “Under the Constitution, a backward-looking sexual offender

Florida police have arrested 19-year-old XXXX of Plantation on cyber stalking and extortion charges after he allegedly faked sexually-explicit photos of state Sen. Lauren Book and threatened to distribute them to news media outlets. Book, a Plantation Democrat who chairs the Senate Democratic Caucus, is a widely known advocate for victims of child abuse and sexual abuse. According to the

A man who spent 37 years in state prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit is also being barred from being compensated for his wrongful conviction. Efforts are underway to eliminate or bypass the so-called “clean hands” provision that bars compensation if there had been previous convictions. Robert Duboise, 55, has been walking the halls of the state

Using hormonal drugs to reduce sexual violence recidivism is known as chemical castration. In 1996, California became the first state in the United States to authorize the use of either chemical or surgical castration for certain sex offenders who were being released from prison into the community. This legislation was extremely controversial at the time; however, eight additional states have

[FAC NOTE: The next time you think everyone convicted of a sex crime is actually guilty…] Author Alice Sebold publicly apologized Tuesday to the man who was exonerated last week in the 1981 rape that was the basis for her memoir “Lucky” and said she was struggling with the role she played “within a system that sent an innocent man

A person required to register as a sex offender from Iowa was arrested after failing to register his phone number with local authorities. He was booked Monday without bond at the Sumter County Detention Center after he failed to report his cell phone number. His original offense was from 2004. SOURCE

Derek Logue recently pointed out that Colorado’s SOMB’s changing of the term “sex offender” to “adults who commit sexual offenses” only makes it sound as though that is what people with a past sex offense do:  continue to commit sex offenses.   Research shows this is false.  That is why it is so surprising to me that the Colorado Springs Gazette

The Alligator at the University of Florida recently printed an article on a new program in Alachua County called Just Income GNV.  “This privately funded program, designed by formerly incarcerated individuals, assists formerly incarcerated people re-enter society with a guaranteed income.” Just Income GNV is still in the application process, which ends Dec. 1.  A group of 115 people will