Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
He was “a criminal illegal alien and convicted child sex predator.” That was the excuse from Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin, after an autopsy report came out showing that an immigration detainee’s cause of death was homicide. True, records show that the man was convicted in 2003 of a sexual offense for which he was sentenced to one
Read moreThe Supreme Court’s decision in Holsey Ellingburg v. United States (No. 24-482) should reopen a long-overdue conversation about the constitutional foundations of modern sex offender laws. In Ellingburg, the Court made clear that labels do not control constitutional analysis: when a legal consequence operates like punishment, is imposed as part of a criminal judgment, enforced through the criminal justice system,
Read moreMissouri State Rep. Scott Cupps (District 158) has filed a bill for the current legislative session that would allow courts to sentence ‘certain sex offenders’ to be surgically castrated. The McDonald and Barry County Representative’s bill says, if passed, the procedure would be done by a licensed physician from the Department of Corrections. As of now, the bill, HB 1687,
Read moreA Queensland man, Brian Allan Smith, has been charged under the new Daniel’s Law for allegedly publishing identifying details from the state’s newly launched public child sex offender register without police authorization. The alleged offense occurring was committed just after the register went live. Daniel’s Law was introduced to give Queenslanders access to limited information about serious child sex offenders
Read moreA 25 year old man, had his citizenship revoked and Certificate of Naturalization canceled, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida said Tuesday. The man, who had been living in Fort Lauderdale, was also sentenced to 100 days of home detention and one year of probation after pleading guilty to unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization, prosecutors
Read moreEven though Senate Bill 212 sailed through the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice (no surprises there), several individuals, including FAC members, showed up in Tallahassee to speak out against Senate Bill 212. You can watch the testimony here (SB 212 starts at timestamp 20:04 and ends at 39:48) https://www.flsenate.gov/media/VideoPlayer/5977
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