Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Staying on the topic of what crosses the line (see our last couple of posts), is an interesting case out Arizona. Plaintiffs filing anonymously brought a lawsuit in federal court challenging some provisions of a new law in Arizona. Among those provisions is having to register your own children and where they attend school. The State believes that a parent
Read moreA recent news story details neighbors’ attempts to prevent a man labeled a registered sex offender, from having playground equipment in his own yard. On his own private property! The neighbors are calling for the city to pass laws to prohibit registrants from having playgrounds at their homes. We already have laws barring people on the registry from decorating their
Read more“John” is a convicted sex offender. “Ava” is his daughter. She was only told about her father’s crimes weeks after his arrest. But the impact of those crimes could last a lifetime. Online sex offenders receive counselling as part of their rehabilitation, as do their victims. However, there is currently no support for the families of those perpetrators – despite
Read moreAnother day, another sting. This time it’s “Operation Rabbit Hole”, which was part of “Operation Safe Summer,” brought to you by a Multi-Agency Task Force of: TPD, FDLE, HSI, FBI, BBQ, TLC, LMNOP—you get the idea. These headlines are a daily occurrence across the United States. People walking headfirst into an online conversation with someone who claimed to be underage
Read moreLast week brought a significant development in the fight for registry reform. In a case involving Florida registrant Clements, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s dismissal of a habeas corpus petition and remanded the case for further proceedings. Why is this such a big deal? Because the court ruled that Florida’s sex offender residency restrictions—when considered
Read moreHello from the FAC YouTube Channel! Thank you everyone for your continued interest and support of our channel. I’m getting ready to post a video of court highlights and watched a case I hadn’t heard before: People vs. Lymon out of Michigan. Once again I had to listen to a lawyer with a straight face make the government’s case that
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