Tag Sex Offender

Supreme Court Upholds Banning Certain Offenders from Public Parks

The Supreme Court has recently upheld a statute prohibiting sex offenders from accessing public parks. In Illinois v. Pepitone, 2018 IL 122034, in 1998 the defendant pled guilty to criminal sexual assault of a child and was sentenced to six… Continue Reading →

The Supreme Court Addresses the First Amendment in the Realm of Social Media

In today’s age, social media sites are where most people exercise their First Amendment rights. The recent U.S. Supreme Court case of Packingham v. North Carolina, 137 S. Ct. 1730 (2017) is one of the first Supreme Court decisions addressing… Continue Reading →

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