New Laws In Effect Today: Prostitution and Revenge Porn

Thankfully, FAC was successful in blocking the passage of several horrible laws (lifetime GPS, for example) during last year’s legislative session. Several new laws go into effect today (nothing going into effect today impacts registrants) so here are a few changes to be aware of as they relate to sex or pornography: Prostitution: Paying for sex will become a first-degree

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How Can This Indefinite Incarceration Policy Be Constitutional?

In the late 1980s, despite legal and ethical concerns, a few U.S. states began indefinitely detaining sex offenders, a practice known as civil commitment. Over the last 30 years, this model has spread across the nation. Now, America’s system of sex offender management is being called into question in courtrooms around the country and the court of public opinion. 2015

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Florida group sues Seminole County, sheriff over sex-offender rules

An organization that works to reform sex-offender laws in Florida is suing Seminole County and Sheriff Don Eslinger, alleging that a decade-old county ordinance is so restrictive that it prevents registered sex offenders from traveling to a grocery store, eating out at a restaurant or, in some cases, even leaving their homes. According to Seminole’s ordinance, sexual offenders or predators

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