Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
This week, headlines out of Michigan highlight yet another proposal aimed at people on the sex offender registry. This time, a sweeping ban on working in any business that “primarily serves minors”. On its face, the pitch sounds simple: keep kids safe. But beneath the rhetoric lies a familiar pattern — one that courts have already rejected, and one that
Read moreFAC is making this public call-out to our members and fellow advocates in New York. We monitor registration-related news across the world so that we can keep our members informed, catch bad policy before the domino falls in our state and offer support whenever we can (just like we ask for help when we need it in Florida). What we’re
Read moreI am charged with the following violations; 2 for failure to report and 2 for Providing false information. This first issue has to do with me co-signing an auto loan with my son. He is a co-owner and he is the only driver and it resides at his home address. It has NEVER been at my home over night, and
Read moreToday, a federal class action lawsuit was filed against Putnam County, Florida, challenging their recently amended Ordinance that precludes persons on the sex offender registry from living within 500 feet of one another, among other restrictions. Attorneys Adele Nicholas, Mark Weinberg and Ron Kleiner are representing the Plaintiffs, who are registrants and property owners subjected to the Ordinance. This is
Read moreA newly introduced bill in New York, co-sponsored by Andrew Molitor, is once again pushing a familiar approach: expand the public sex offender registry. This time by including individuals already classified by the state as low risk. Under current law, New York distinguishes between risk levels for a reason. Level 1 individuals are assessed as presenting a low likelihood of
Read moreThree weeks ago, we wrote about how legislation like SB 212 / HB 45 completely missed the mark when it comes to sexual harm in the school environment. That hasn’t changed. If anything, the headlines since then have only reinforced the point that we need to institute a different approach to addressing this issue than only punishing after the fact.
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