Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
This is not bad news. This is good news! Technology exists that can replace many unnecessary registration functions. A fugitive from Florida was caught in New Orleans. Cameras using facial recognition software found the man who had been on the run for more than a year. He was wanted on a warrant for failing to appear at his trial in
Read moreAfter posting a story yesterday about (which you can find here) a lawsuit in Arizona challenging a State Law that requires the registration of one’s children, we learned from some members in Marion County, Florida, that their Sheriff’s Office is doing the same. According to member reports, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office requires the registration of people’s children (including their
Read moreSeveral years ago, FAC launched a petition on Change.org urging the United Nations to recognize public sex offender registration as a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since then, more than 8,000 individuals have signed on, many bravely sharing their personal experiences with the registry. We’re deeply grateful for those who have spoken out and taken a stand
Read moreA lawsuit filed in Sacramento contests the validity of a risk‑assessment tool specifically used to evaluate female sex offenders. The plaintiff, the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL), argues the tool has not been properly validated for use with female offenders, leads to unjust restrictions on low-risk women, such as excessive supervision or parole limitations and in some cases,
Read moreStaying 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
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