Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
We just received the following notice from a member and wanted to share it with our community. It is always a loss to lose one of our family. Our condolences go out to his family and friends. I humbly regret to inform you that Frank Lafergola has passed away this past Sunday the 14th. He was one of the St.
Read moreGuy Hamilton-Smith was interviewed for a weekly radio show called “The Takeaway”. The topic was the Inequity of Sex Offender Registries. You can listen to the interview below: If you want to thank the show producers for giving attention to this important topic, you can write to: [email protected].
Read moreBelow are two interesting slides from the SMART Conference, which started today. This slide acknowledges that re-offense rates are low contrary to the “Frightening and High” myth previously used. This slide acknowledges that not all persons required to register are homogeneous and supervision techniques should vary based on individualized needs.
Read moreIn addition to some of the other presentations posted by ACSOL from their conference, was Guy Hamilton-Smith’s presentation, “The Advantage of Adversity”. We included some of the presentations from lawyers and academics in a separate post earlier today, but thought Guy’s presentation was worthy of distinction in it’s own post. Those among our population who are able to turn this
Read moreWhile it’s no substitute for participating in the conference in person, the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws has generously made their videos available for viewing to those who could not attend. Anyone who can attend next year’s conference, should attend. More videos are available at ACSOL’s YouTube Channel
Read moreFormer Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who lived here in Florida, died yesterday at the age of 99. Although he was Republican appointed, Stevens emerged as the Supreme Court’s leading liberal during his nearly 35 years on the SCOTUS bench. In 2002’s ACLU v. Ashcroft, he wrote in a dissenting opinion that “[a]s a parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent”, he
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