Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale police have cleared a parking lot where Local 10 News previously found registered sex offenders and sexual predators staying under probation supervision. One person was arrested and others were given trespass warnings during the recent police operation at a shopping center in the 2400 block of North Federal Highway. But while the parking lot
Read moreA segment on Local10 news on the homeless registrant encampment in Ft. Lauderdale Florida will air tonight at 10PM. After the original report aired, FAC reached out to Ft. Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis and the Local10 investigative reporter, Jeff Weinsier, who ran the story. To his credit, Mayor Trantalis did take a meeting with representatives of FAC on August 10,
Read moreThe recent resentencing of George Proulx in Flagler County exposes a deeply troubling reality: women on the sex offender registry are being left unprotected and, in some cases, actively placed in harm’s way. Proulx did not merely violate probation—he deliberately researched female registrants, studied their locations, and contacted them. The system handed him a map. Sex offender registries are publicly
Read moreThe Fresno County Board Of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a new law limiting the number of sex offenders that can live in a single-family home. The law caps the number of sexual offenders to six per home. Property owners face fines and a six-month jail sentence for violations. About two dozen members of the public have spoken on the
Read moreA car was set on fire just outside the home of a man on the UK sex offender registry. A neighbor said the fire spread rapidly and that the car “literally exploded”. The neighbor added: “We were fortunate that the wind was blowing westerly, otherwise the fire could have spread to nearby homes. I don’t know exactly how it started,
Read moreBelow is Louis Clements’ brief, filed today in the Middle District of Florida. Clements’ attorneys did a fantastic job of highlighting how Florida’s residency restrictions tip the scales, making registration tantamount to confinement. Special thanks to all who submitted declarations in this case and Professor Socia for his expert report on the residency restrictions in Florida. Clements Remand Brief
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