Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Occasionally we’ll get an email from someone saying that long after their conviction, evidence emerged that would have acquitted them. Florida does have an avenue to bring newly discovered evidence before a court, but a lesson worth remembering from a recent Florida appellate decision reminds us that you need to act on it! In Jennis v. State, the Sixth District
Read moreApparently one Illinois lawmaker has invented a time machine that would prevent sexual crimes that had not yet taken place. She’s sponsored legislation to address a registry “loophole” and she’s citing the examples of two teachers arrested for sex crimes within a week of each other. The only problem is, she can’t explain how her magic crystal ball time machine
Read moreIn Florida, leaving the state does not necessarily mean leaving its registry behind. Florida’s law reaches people who establish even a temporary residence there, and once someone has registered, moving away or being released from registration elsewhere does not necessarily mean removal from Florida’s public website. Lindsey v. Swearingen explains why – the Constitution does not require Florida to adopt
Read moreIf anyone expected the machinery of enforcement to slow down while constitutional questions related to the registry are being litigated, the message coming out of Jackson County is unmistakable. It hasn’t. On September 23, FDLE announced that it had partnered with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Department of Corrections and Homeland Security Investigations in a three-day operation targeting people
Read moreFAC is urgently asking every registered citizen who has been affected by residency restrictions, proximity ordinances, family separation, or other consequences of Florida’s registration scheme to submit a declaration. Your declaration helps our attorneys show the court what these laws actually do to real human beings. And we’ve made it easy. 👉 Submit your declaration online: FAC Declaration Form Please
Read moreA Maine legislator is proposing the “Eliot Cutler Law.” Under the proposal, a person convicted of a sex offense who violates probation FOR ANYTHING would automatically have to serve the remainder of the previously suspended prison sentence after a first probation violation. The proposal isn’t law yet. It is still being developed and is expected to be considered when Maine’s
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