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FL: Reentry Task Forces Recommends a Stop to Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders

·October 12, 2020
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[from the last page] We affirm the findings of the OPPAGA that “many studies have established that sex offenders who maintain stable employment, housing and family relationships have significantly lower…

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FL: Wakulla County to pay $160,000 to settle lawsuit with City Walk Urban Mission

·September 23, 2020
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[wtxl.com - 9/22/20] WAKULLA COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) — A federal court in Tallahassee has ruled that City Walk Urban Mission can again operate in Wakulla County and can open up…

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FAC: WI: Homeless person required to register as a sex offender killed

·September 17, 2020
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[floridaactioncommittee.org - 9/17/20] A 54 year old person required to register as a sex offender was found dead with “suspicious head injuries” according to the Madison Wisconsin Police, A local…

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Action Alert: UPDATED 8/29 Wellington, FL council looking to pass new rules for vacation rentals and those on the registry

·August 24, 2020
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[floridaactioncommittee.org - Action Alert - 8/24/20] 8/28/20 UPDATE: Wellington approves rules for vacation rentals Wellington, Florida is considering creating a rule that would require vacation rental owners to check…

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FL: Get the Facts: Did a Florida Senate 9 candidate defend a sex offender?

·August 7, 2020
·14 Comments

[wesh.com - 8/7/20 - Smear alert] SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —One of the Democratic contenders in the State Senate District 9 race covering Seminole and part of Volusia counties is the…

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Kat’s Blog: County Commissioner Seeks A New Kind of Registry in Florida

·July 23, 2020
·31 Comments

The County Commissioner in Brevard County, Florida has put this rather odd item on next week’s County Commission agenda. County Commissioner John Tobias is apparently not satisfied with the current…

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Kat’s Blog: City Walk-Urban Mission Wins Preliminary Injunction

·July 16, 2020
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A few months ago, I wrote about a small organization called City Walk-Urban Mission in Tallahassee, Florida. The ministry was started in 2012 by Anthony and Renee Miller, it’s purpose,…

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FL: Shaming alert: Jackson County’s sex offender notification changes

·July 15, 2020
·20 Comments

[wjhg.com - 7/14/20] JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (PRESS RELEASE) - Effective immediately, all sex offenders moving into Jackson County will have their picture, address, offender status, and certain information regarding their…

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FL: Dalton and Tomich Secures Injunction against Wakulla County, FL on behalf of City Walk – Urban Mission

·July 12, 2020
·3 Comments

[daltontomich.com - 7/10/20] Written by Emily on July 10, 2020 Category: Firm News, Land Use and Zoning, RLUIPA, RLUIPA Cases Court order allows City Walk to continue transition home ministry…

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FL: Cyberstalking injunction obtained by Sen. Lauren Book overturned by appeals court

·June 25, 2020
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[sun-sentinel.com - 6/24/20] TALLAHASSEE — Citing First Amendment rights, an appeals court Wednesday overturned an injunction that state Sen. Lauren Book obtained because of alleged cyberstalking and harassment by an…

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FL: Divided Florida Court Revokes Sex Offender’s Probation After Bizarre Feud With Neighbors

·June 18, 2020
·5 Comments

[law.com - 7/17/20] A peculiar dispute between two South Florida neighbors came before the Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday when it found that a registered sex offender’s three-year…

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FL: Tampa Bay Times Nixes Mugshot Gallery

·June 16, 2020
·1 Comment

[newsmax.com - 6/16/20] The Tampa Bay Times will stop publishing its online mugshot gallery, which features people who have been arrested in the newspaper’s coverage area. The Times made the announcement…

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FL: CrimeNews Ocala sex offender arrested for failing to update license

·June 9, 2020
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[ocala-news.com - 6/8/20] An Ocala sex offender who recently got out of prison was arrested after he failed to update his driver’s license information within 48 hours of registering his…

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FL: Ruling allows Tampa man to avoid sex offender registration until he pays $10K fine

·June 9, 2020
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[tampabay.com - 6/9/20] A Tampa man who spent 12 years in prison for molesting two young girls at a community pool does not have to register as a sexual offender…

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FL: Ocala sex offender jailed after registering a day late

·June 5, 2020
·22 Comments

[ocala-news.com - 6/4/20] An Ocala man was arrested Monday after he showed up a day late to update his registration as a sex offender. Shaun David Killie, 33, of 4055…

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Kat’s Blog: Wakulla County, Florida Discrimination Case

·May 14, 2020
·9 Comments

This news out of Florida is one of those David and Goliath type lawsuits, the little guy against the giant. City Walk Urban Mission in Wakulla County, Crawfordville, Florida, a…

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FL: Court: Miami jail can’t be forced to give inmates soap, tests during coronavirus outbreak

·May 6, 2020
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[miamiherald.com - 5/5/20] A federal appeals court has blocked, for now, a judge’s order forcing Miami-Dade County to give masks, soap and cleaning supplies to inmates at a jail wracked…

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FL: Broward jail inmate with coronavirus dies at hospital

·April 8, 2020
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[sun-sentinel.co - 4/8/20] A convicted sex offender became the first Broward County inmate to die from the new coronavirus, underscoring concern over how the pandemic will pose problems for detention…