Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
A message from Josh Gravens Josh Gravens, a TX Voices member, who is a Soros Justice Fellow with CURE National, sends this message to our wider family: I am working on a project and I need your help. The project is designed to humanize people on the registry. The best way to destroy the sex offender myth is to make
Read moreThe idea should be to catch predators who are trying to entice and target minors. But that is difficult, so most sex sting task forces take the easy route: They create their own offenders and bust them instead.
Read moreThis webinar is the first in a series designed for professionals working to prepare individuals convicted of a sexual offense to return to the community. The webinar presents criminal justice professionals and practitioners with an overview of statistics and understandings about the sex offender population, the barriers and challenges to reentry faced by this population, and a framework for professionals
Read more‘Presence Bans’ have been effectively banned in the State of California! On April 23rd, the California Supreme Court refused to review the lower court’s decision that prevented cities from enforcing ordinances that prevent registrants from going to or being present in certain areas. Now, registrants can be free to enjoy parks, beaches and many other places with their families! Although
Read moreIn 2011 a federal appeals court called into question the justice of current federal sentences for child pornography possession. Current sentencing rules routinely result in prison terms that meet or exceed the 20-year statutory maximum for the charges, regardless of whether the person has done anything more than just look at the wrong photo online. The appeals court viewed such punishment as “outrageously high.”
Read morePeter Yarrow, one of the lead singers of the iconic band Peter, Paul and Mary, is scheduled to be honored next month by his alma mater, LaGuardia High School, for his contributions to “Peace, Love and the Power of Song”. The singer, who wrote such classics as “Puff the Magic Dragon” in the sixties, went on to become a political
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