Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
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Read moreFlorida Attorney General announced on social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) that he’s proposing the “Protecting Kids from Predators Pursuing Parenthood Act” to prevent registrants from becoming parents through surrogacy, adoption, or foster care. You can view the post here: https://x.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1953495580530946456
Read moreFollowing an appeal from a convicted sex offender, the Village of Forestville is revising an ordinance related to the distance convicted sex offenders may reside from “where children are known to congregate.” The village’s ordinance, adopted in December 2007, prohibits a convicted sex offender from living within 2,500 feet of any school, licensed day care center, park, trail, playground, place
Read moreWhen law enforcement officers with the Bossier Sheriff’s Office and the Shreveport District Office of Probation and Parole brought attention to a convicted sex offender’s offer of candy to children at a school bus stop in Bossier Parish, it led to an addition to state law. House Bill 111, passed by the legislature and signed by the governor, went into
Read moreThe Delhi (India) High Court recently urged the government to act swiftly on a proposal to create a database of false rape complaints. While this is a novel and, for many, controversial idea, it touches on a reality that too often goes ignored: false allegations do happen, and the consequences can be devastating. Sexual assault is a deeply serious crime,
Read moreYesterday, attorneys for Does #1-5, et al – Valerie Jonas and Todd Scher, filed a Response to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Motion to Dismiss the Third Amended Complaint. This is the case that has been litigated in the Southern District of Florida since 2018, was dismissed once, appealed, and then remanded by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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