Author: FAC Contributor #9

Written by Linda, a CAGE member and supporter. You’re a Washington State Patrol officer with Operation Net Nanny. It’s an Internet Crimes Against Children task force and you’re on your way to arrest an innocent man. The dirty jokes fly during the ride but the scripts your commander writes for you to lure these guys in sometimes make you wonder.

Derek W. Logue continues to educate the public. Derek says, “Media fearmongering over “Registered Sex Offenders” in the community has become an annual Halloween tradition in the same way as razor blades and poison in candy.” Unfortunately, Floridians are living in one of only five states that have passed laws prohibiting people with a past sex offense from participating in

In discussing the FDLE’s Sex Offense Registry, the Miami Herald does state that “the database’s information is not meant to be a judgment on the level of risk an offender might be to others.”  Yes, the registry tells us nothing about the risk level. The article then goes on to say, “But it’s a tool parents can use to make

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is encouraging parents to download the FDLE app that tracks people on the sex offense registry so that the parents will know where it is “safe” to take their children trick-or-treating. We are increasingly becoming a society where truth is no longer important, and people do not want to hear the truth.  How much

It was most disturbing to find an article in a publication entitled “Wisconsin Law Journal”, stating, “But the registry also serves the vital role of helping to protect the public, especially our children, sex crime victims and the vulnerable.”  It is acknowledged, though, that some (should be many) registrants have learned their lesson and are working to reintegrate back into

A Pennsylvania court recently ruled on whether a homeowner’s association can legally exclude a Tier Three registrant from living in their neighborhood.  The man had lived in the planned community since 1988 and committed sexual crimes in 2015 and 2016.  The association for the neighborhood wanted the man to move elsewhere, so they came up with an amendment that prohibited