Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
From National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: During the month of April, we will be shining a light on the need for second chances, and we will need your help! Over 70 million Americans have a criminal record and therefore potentially face an onslaught of collateral consequences – specific legal restrictions, generalized discrimination, and social stigma – leading to barriers
Read moreThis past Friday, Lobbyist Ron Book, through his attorney, Jerry Berry, filed a waiver of arraignment and plea of Not Guilty in the DUI and related charges against him. We will continue to keep you updated as the case progresses.
Read moreThe following are the presentation materials from Harry Morgan and Ken Hulata, who presented at the Florida ATSA conference last month. Sex_Offender_Trauma-Morgan_FATSA-190309 (1)
Read moreArizona HB 2613, promoted by House Speaker Rusty Bowers, would enable persons required to register as sex offenders to seek relief from lifetime registration by applying to be removed when they turn 35. It would apply only in situations where the offender was younger than 22 at the time and the victim was at least 15 if the sexual contact
Read moreA federal district court in Illinois handed a win to a group of persons required to register as sex offenders, who challenged the constitutionality of a policy of refusing to release persons who did not secure housing. Registrants brought suit challenging a policy that kept an individual confined infinitely until (and unless) they were able to secure housing. The problem,
Read moreYesterday, CS/HB 851 (the “Human Trafficking Bill”) advanced through the House with a notable exception; the “Solicitation of prostitution registry” was dropped. The bill was the Florida House of Representative’s companion to Lauren Book’s Senate Bill (which still contains the registry, but instead of calling it a “registry”, they changed the word to “directory” – not that it makes any
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