News & Updates

Recently I attended the Safe and Just Michigan You Tube conference. I wrote a suggestion in the  comments section calling on all Floridians to read a brief (10-15 second long) statement to the registering officer every time, immediately prior to registration. I was asked by Judith Levine (a national advocate who was on the panel) to please present this idea

ClickOrlando.com posted an article last week about Amendment 4 and felon voting rights. The article can be found here: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/florida/2020/05/24/judge-rules-against-florida-on-felons-paying-fines-to-vote/ In it, they write, “The 2018 ballot measure, known as Amendment 4, does not apply to convicted murderers and rapists, who are permanently barred from voting regardless of financial obligations.” “Rapists”?!?! Will someone set this station straight? WKMG-TV News 6

From NARSOL: The Superior Court ruled that SORNA II constituted as cruel and unusual punishment for juveniles in Com. v. Matthew Zeno 2020 PA Super 1111. PARSOL sees this is a fantastic ruling.  It means regardless if your juvenile case is transferred to adult court, you were still under 18, and the SCOPA in In Re J.B. said a sex offender registry for

If you were unable to attend the webinar yesterday, sponsored by Safe & Just Michigan, it’s not too late… you can watch a recording of the webinar here:

Charges filed against an Oklahoma State University professor for soliciting sex with minors online call into question incongruous age of consent laws in Oklahoma. He allegedly fell victim to a sting operation, going on gay dating app Grindr and messaging who he thought were teenagers aged 16 and 17-years-old, but who were in fact undercover deputies. According to the affidavit,

Reading this article made my blood boil! Counties which were being “flexible” about IN PERSON registration during Covid-19 shut downs are arresting people who failed to register. On March 30th, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Sexual Predator Unit (SOPU) posted a sign outside their door telling registrants to wait in line a safe distance from one another, and when it