Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
The business of fear doesn’t wear a uniform. It wears a logo, a software interface, a quarterly earnings report, and in states like Florida, it has matured into a fully integrated industry worth billions. A news report that came out today, “Mastery of sex offender registry attracts major investment in Mandeville small business” talks about a Louisiana-based “small business”, Watch
Read moreThis isn’t just another headline. This is a warning. According to a newly released affidavit, a Brevard County, FL man is accused of killing another man—specifically because he was on the sex offender registry. The victim, had been reported missing. What police later uncovered was something out of a nightmare: dismembered human remains stuffed into suitcases and dumped in a
Read more19-year-old Lucas Jones of Indialantic, Florida has been charged with second-degree murder after human remains were discovered in a suitcase in a remote area of Palm Bay known as “The Compound.” Police were first alerted on March 28, 2026, after reports of a suspicious suitcase surrounded by vultures. Inside, officers found human remains, and additional remains were located in a
Read moreThe sex offender registry is supposed to keep kids safe, right? That’s the idea. In reality, across the United States the registry has grown into a massive database with nearly a million names, photos, vehicle descriptions, and an ever-growing list of details the public is expected to somehow sift through and memorize in the name of “safety.” On top of
Read moreThere is a line between public safety and public hysteria. Increasingly, that line is being erased. In recent weeks, that reality played out in stark and unsettling fashion in the United Kingdom. In Aberdeenshire, a home believed to house a man with a past sexual offense conviction became the focal point of a growing mob. What began as anger quickly
Read moreFlorida Representative Rachel Plakon of Seminole County, just handed our state another example of policy making that looks tough but does nothing to keep kids safe. Rep. Plakon was the sponsor of House Bill 45 that expanded residency restrictions to include public swimming pools for people on the sex offender registry and restricting their school access. She sponsored the bill
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