Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Another headline out of Alachua County paints a familiar picture: a registrant arrested for failing to comply with Florida’s registration law. On paper, it sounds simple — rules weren’t followed. But when you look closer, the facts tell a different story: one where compliance hinges not just on effort, but on knowing things a person may have no realistic way
Read moreA sensational headline is making the rounds: “In four months, border agents arrest 1,000 child sex offenders in Tampa area.” It’s alarming, it’s provocative… and it’s completely FALSE!!!. The source of this claim, The Black Chronicle — whose logo ironically proclaims “The Paper That Tells The Truth” — has, in this instance, done anything but that. The headline suggests a
Read moreIn Rhode Island, a story is unfolding that perfectly captures the contradiction at the heart of the registry system. A man working as a property manager was arrested after his status became known. The issue we want to highlight is not that he was arrested for not disclosing his work – that’s the law, he didn’t report his work, he
Read moreWTF!!! Nearly a million dollars for a reporting violation! A recent story out of Arkansas is a perfect case study in how the sex offender registry is designed to work and how it fails taxpayers. According to the news story, two individuals accused of failing to comply with registration requirements were each given bonds of $950,000. Not for a new
Read moreA quick legal update for those who were following the path of the “Ex Post Facto I” complaint as it made it’s way from the District Court in 2018, to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, back to the District Court, only to be dismissed again… A Fourth Amended Complaint was filed earlier this month and the FDLE is required
Read moreThe Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that lifetime sex offender registration is not cruel and unusual punishment because it is not “punishment.” At the same time, two members urged lawmakers to heed the advice of the Sex Offender Management Board and adopt a new, more accurate system of measuring a person’s risk of recidivism. Under Colorado law, “sexually violent
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