Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
The public often recoils at stories about dangerous sex offenders. One recent Metro article paints a chilling portrait of such individuals: men considered for civil commitment for the most egregious sexual offenses. And yet, among this darkness, a therapist, Samantha Stein, emerges with a different view — not of excusing the harm, but of recognizing something vital: a desire among
Read moreThe founder and former senior pastor of Gateway Church in Texas who served on President Donald Trump’s Evangelical Advisory Board in 2016, plead guilty yesterday to five felony counts of child sexual abuse. In 2020, during an event in Texas, Trump mentioned the man along with another pastor, calling them “great people.” Trump added, “Great people with a great reputation.
Read moreIn Keansburg, New Jersey, local officials and residents erupted in outrage after learning that three men on the sex offender registry were working at the Beach Gallery, a local restaurant and bar. The reaction was swift — calls for them to be removed and for the bar to be punished for employing them – and last week the restaurant shut
Read moreA video captured a startling scene in Trumann, Arkansas: a woman, identified as Tracy Washburn, was seen approaching two children — a five-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy — and attempting to persuade them to go to the home of a registered sex offender. According to the children’s mother, Washburn told them the man was “a nice guy,” claimed “he
Read moreIn a shocking example of the extremes to which registry laws can reach, a mother in Greenville, North Carolina was arrested for picking up her child from Southwest High School — not because of misbehavior, not because of threat or complaint, but solely because she is a registered sex offender. The woman was flagged by the Raptor system while attempting
Read moreIn a time when many jurisdictions are rethinking overly draconian residency laws, Florida is heading in the opposite direction — making its buffer zones harsher and more restrictive. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the country, communities are dialing back restrictions over constitutional concerns, lack of housing, and legal risks. Let’s compare what’s happening in Forestville, Wisconsin and Union County, Florida to see
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