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Williams had no place else he could legally stay, so probation officials placed a tracker on Williams’ leg and told him to remain in the woods.

The idea should be to catch predators who are trying to entice and target minors. But that is difficult, so most sex sting task forces take the easy route: They create their own offenders and bust them instead.

In 2011 a federal appeals court called into question the justice of current federal sentences for child pornography possession. Current sentencing rules routinely result in prison terms that meet or exceed the 20-year statutory maximum for the charges, regardless of whether the person has done anything more than just look at the wrong photo online. The appeals court viewed such punishment as “outrageously high.”

Peter Yarrow, one of the lead singers of the iconic band Peter, Paul and Mary, is scheduled to be honored next month by his alma mater, LaGuardia High School, for his contributions to “Peace, Love and the Power of Song”. The singer, who wrote such classics as “Puff the Magic Dragon” in the sixties, went on to become a political

LAKE MONROE, FLORIDA – April 17, 2014 Yesterday, national newspapers featured the story of Todd Hoffner, the Minnesota State University Coach who, in 2012, was fired and charged for the alleged; “use of a minor to engage in a sexual performance … and possession of a pornographic work involving minors”. Looking at headlines from 2012, the media was very quick

Apparently, in America justice is not blind. It’s not what you did that determines whether you should serve a lifetime of punishment, stigma and shame on the sex offender registry, it’s who you know.

Lake Monroe, FL— September 25, 2013. How Many Convictions Are Questionable in Light of Sting Exposure.  Imagine someone offers you a cigarette, you accept and about halfway through smoking it they tell you the cigarette contains marijuana and they are arresting you for possession. The cigarette never actually contained marijuana and you never sought out drugs, but you get arrested

Lake Monroe, FL— September 25, 2013. “Bookville” 3 – Colonies of Homeless Sex Offenders Continue to Grow and Generate Media Attention. “Bookville” – the name that has become associated with a colony of sex offenders forced to live homeless as a consequence of residency restrictions pushed through by lobbyist Ron Book, which is in its third incarnation, is beginning to

Lake Monroe, FL— September 25, 2013. ACLU Holds Forum on Sex Offender Registry Restrictions.  This past Saturday, the ACLU of Florida held a forum on the efficacy of sex offenders. The event, moderated by CBS 4 Reporter Jim DeFede, sought to answer the question of whether the residency restrictions imposed on sex offenders are based on evidence or politics and,

Legislators Are Well Intended But Misguided. Citizens Should Not Be. The 2014 Legislative session will see a number of bills that are proposed and likely to pass regarding the sex offender registry. As our state continues to pass more and more laws named for a victim, costly repetition is occurring. Such laws are passed with no consideration for empirical evidence