Charges dropped against youth football coach who was accused of violating Sex Offender Registry Act

Charges were dismissed today against a Memphis Youth football coach. He was wrongfully accused of violating the state’s sexual offender registration laws. Police had arrested and charged XXXXXXXX with Sexual Offender Registration and tracking on Wednesday. It happened after a parent of one of XXXXXXXXXXXX’s players said he was a registered sex offender. XXXXXXXXXis currently listed on the Texas sex

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Person ordered removed from Florida Sex Offender Registry

Finally, some great news to report. A person (note: no longer a “person required to register as a sex offender”) has been ordered removed from the Florida Sex Offender Registry. Florida Statue 943.0435(11) contains a provision that says, an individual “shall be considered for removal of the requirement to register as a sexual offender” if they meet certain requirements, including;

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Trinidad & Tobago: Will a sex offenders registry help, or turn convicts into lepers?

There is need to crack down on the billion-dollar child pornography industry, says Independent Senator Anthony Vieira. He said The Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 2019 does not treat with this issue and expressed concern that the registry would create “modern-day lepers” and impede the rehabilitation of offenders. … “I am concerned that the national sex registry may give rise to

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Trinidad Proposes Passport Scarlet Letter for Its’ Registrants

The Trinidad and Tobago Government says it wants to mark the passports of persons convicted of child sexual offences with the words “child sex offender” as it expressed concern at the alarming rate of sexual offences against children in the country. But independent legislator, Sophia Chote, a senior counsel, has asked the Government to rethink that position, telling the Senate

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UK: Headteacher banned after ‘she didn’t disclose relationship with sex offender’

I saw the following article posted on ACSOL, but was so offended I wanted to share it here too. A teacher in the UK was removed from her teaching position because she failed to disclose her relationship with a person required to register as a sex offender. WTF?!? so now there are not only restrictions on registrants but on their

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Miami Herald: They dated since he was 17. He turned 18 and now faces 15 years behind bars.

A Coral Shores High School student in the Florida Keys is facing 15 years in prison and life as a registered sex offender for continuing to date his 15-year-old girlfriend after he turned 18 in December, according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. “At the time of these incidents, Tucker was 18 and [the girl] was 15 years

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