Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
A man in jail for a probation violation on a failure to register as a sex offender arising from a case 20 years ago was beaten to death by his cellmate this week in a Georgia jail. SOURCE
Read moreThere are at least four websites currently offering for sale merchandise with the message “Kill a Pedophile.” The websites are Amazon, Etsy, Killer Culture Shop and Scratshirt. Merchandise being sold on these websites includes clothing and/or stickers. “The logos on some of the merchandise being sold include graphics of a person aiming a gun at the head of a bound
Read moreCertain advocacy groups, including WAR are organizing a peaceful protest on Thursday, September 24, 2020, in front of the 10th Circuit Appeals Court building in Colorado. The purpose will be to protest the 10th Circuit’s ruling in Millard v Rankin. The message to the court will be that the registry IS punishment. We originally re-posted the complete message from WAR,
Read moreFlorida Senator Lauren Book, the state’s most vocal proponent for harsh sex offender restrictions, has made some interesting comments lately. In a feature she wrote for Social Miami about children wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID, she wrote that “stranger danger” is usually not a factor in child abductions or sexual assaults. While most laws restrict those required to
Read moreThe following are the comments submitted by the Florida Action Committee to the proposed SORNA changes: RE: DOCKET NO. OAG 157 – COMMENTS ON SORNA I am President of the Florida Action Committee (FAC). We are a 2000+ member non-profit organization that advocates for public safety and laws based on empirical research. Among our members are persons required to register
Read moreSadly, the homeless registrants in Miami-Dade lost their appeal to the 11th Circuit in a decision returned today. The loss was on a technicality – whether the suit can be construed as an “as applied” challenge vs. a “facial challenge”. The 11th circuit’s decision was that the plaintiffs didn’t bring their case “as applied” to the John Doe plaintiffs from
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