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The Law Review article linked to below was written by Kenneth H. Browning, a third-year law student at Barry University School of Law. He examines ethics in the sex offender registration scheme and questions whether it is ethical to sweep up everybody into a common dust bin. He asks, “why is Adrian, a registered sex offender who had sex with

The latest state numbers show that known cases of the new coronavirus in Florida have doubled in the last four days. While much of the world is practicing social distancing and not leaving their homes unless necessary, the State of Florida is STILL requiring persons required to register as sex offenders to report IN PERSON to the county registration offices

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has filed two lawsuits asking the government to pause IN PERSON registration during the Coronavirus epidemic. A copy of their lawsuit can be found here: https://all4consolaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Petition-Registration-during-COVID-19-March-2020.pdf    

Title: Contextualizing the experiences of sexual offenders Eligibility: You are a registered sexual offender in any state and are at least 18 years of age. Description:  This study looks at the long term and short-term impacts of plea deals for sexual offenders. Plea deals can be coercive in nature, innocent individuals sometimes plead guilty, and people who accept plea deals

We have been alerted that Social Security Offices have closed. Many of you rely on government benefits. According to the SSA, benefits will not cease during this period. The following is information from the SSA website: Please do not come into one of our local offices. We cannot accept walk-in visitors at this time. On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, we

A couple weeks ago there was discussion on address verification and whether the fact that law enforcement doesn’t find someone at their registered address is sufficient proof to support a conviction for FTR or failing to report an address change to probation. We shared some cases where the prosecutor needed a lot more than a law enforcement officer’s statement that