Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
The BBC recently reported on the closing of the Safer Living Foundation in Nottingham, England—a program that, for more than a decade, quietly and effectively worked with men convicted of sexual offenses to prevent them from reoffending. Despite its proven success, the project shut its doors earlier this year due to lack of funding. Why does this matter? Because the
Read moreA new study shows that research is now looking closely at how digital technology has changed the way people are punished. The sex offense registry in the U.S. is a prime example. What was once described by the Supreme Court as a simple, non-punitive list has now become something very different. Technology has transformed the registry into a system of
Read moreResidents of Thornton, Colorado raised some valid points about a proposed residency restriction covering school bus stops. One resident pointed out (as is the case with most sex offender residency restrictions) there’s no delineation to show what’s “within 1,000 feet,” or how anyone would know where a “designated” school bus stop is. “If the city does not publish an accurate
Read moreA Texas man just got 25 years for a failure to register an address change. “In 2015 this defendant went to prison for six years for a failure to register as a sex offender,” said First Assistant Nathan Young. “He knew what was expected of his registration when he was released. His blatant disregard in complying with a service that
Read moreAmanda LaRue, a “concerned parent” from Owasso, Oklahoma, spoke to News Channel 8 about a transient registered sex offender near her home. “He loads his car up every night, goes to the gas station, sleeps, and is back home,” LaRue said. “That’s how he’s skirting this law, of being a transient, and not having a permanent address. It’s because his
Read moreThe Queensland government will introduce legislation to parliament today to establish a sex offender registry, but unlike it’s US counterpart the legislation will include safeguards aimed at stopping vigilantism and prohibiting people from targeting offenders on the registry. Rather than blasting registrants information out there publicly, and allowing others to scrape the database and create their own copycat websites, the
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