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Today a couple stories broke in the Tampa Tribune and Tampa Times about 800+ registrants living (clustered, rather) in a small area. As we know that “problem” is the byproduct of residency restrictions which force law abiding citizens from their neighborhood into the limited pockets of availability where they can live. It is important that we correct public sentiment by

Just as we announced there was nothing too offensive in legislature, comes HB 1179 (which was filed yesterday). Among other things, this bill proposes to charge registrants a fee to register! The relevant language of the bill follows: (2) The sheriff of each county may charge criminal registration fees for sexual predators, sexual offenders, career offenders, and convicted felons for

https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr515 https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr515 Please urge your family and friends (and yourselves) to vote online in opposition to HR 515, International Megan’s Law. It is easy to do with the link above and below. According to the map on this website, a majority of Floridians are in favor of the bill.  The nationwide figure is 72 percent OPPOSED. https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/114/hr515

Say you slept with your girlfriend when you were a senior in high school and she was a freshman. That’s enough to get you labeled a sex offender in some states. Or say you streaked across the football stadium buck naked in college, or urinated outside when you were drunk, or clicked on the photo of a naked 17-year-old. Strange

By David Post January 6 at 11:06 AM When I was growing up, in a Jewish family in Brooklyn in the 1950s, Hitler and the Holocaust were common subjects of conversation in my household.  Though at the time it all seemed like ancient history — along with the Civil War, the Black Death, the fall of Rome, and everything else

Although it’s not in Florida, the New Hampshire legislature has proposed a bill that shows a lot of insight and indicates that at least somewhere in the country, some legislators are beginning to see the bigger picture and do the right thing. The bill would prohibit the retroactive application of the sex offender registry. A sex offender required to register