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***UPDATE*** The bill was not heard yesterday – We will advise when it will be scheduled.   The lifetime GPS bill will be discussed in the Senate Criminal Justice Subcommittee today. This is a horrible, nonsensical bill that will place everyone convicted of a “sex offense” on lifetime GPS after October, 2015. It makes no distinction between someone that looks

Just to illustrate how humiliating and life-threatening the “sex offender” label can be, a Jacksonville man whose drivers license mislabeled him a sex offender sued for damages. Unfortunately, before his case could be heard, the man died of a heart attack. A clerk at the DHSMV office accidentally checked off a box that identified him as a sex offender. The

Maine is another state to add to a list of Supreme Courts who have found that enhancements added on to the sex offender registry constitute punishment. In this case, individuals who were added to the registry when, at the time of their offense, were not required to register, will likely see relief. The case of Doe v Anderson, decided two

There’s been a lot of attention on Jeffrey Epstein lately. The Florida registrant served 13 months for procuring an underage prostitute in 2008. Last month, a victim filed a lawsuit in which she alleges she also had sex with, among others, Prince Andrew. Those allegations have put the spotlight back on Epstein. Yesterday’s The Guardian reports that the US Virgin

A 40 year old man in Jacksonville is facing 10 years in prison and a quarter of a million dollar fine for failing to register as a sex offender. The man, who committed a sexual offense in 1998, moved to Florida in June of 2014 and never registered. He obtained a Florida ID in August and was arrested in September

In a move that FAC actually supports, the City of Hollywood, Florida will likely approve a new set of rules tomorrow that will prevent anyone OVER the age of 12 from being in a playground unless they are in the company of a minor who is 12 or under. The city cites problems with the homeless and “amorous” teens using