Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Great article in the NY Times today about civil commitment. Here’s an excerpt: In 1996, Rodney Roberts was working two jobs, one as a paralegal and another as a salesman in a men’s store, and living in a Montclair, N.J., apartment with his young son, when a teenager was sexually assaulted in Newark. Seventeen days later, officers with the East
Read moreYesterday, President Donald Trump announced the return of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test with the help of some big names in sports. Among them, Lawrence Taylor! Yes, that Lawrence Taylor. NFL legend, Hall of Famer, and, yes, a registered sex offender for soliciting an underage prostitute. Here’s a nice photo of them in the Roosevelt Room. L.T. at the microphone
Read moreIncarceration is challenging for most individuals, but it poses unique and often severe hardships for those with mental health conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For inmates with sex offense convictions, the prison environment is particularly hostile, marked by frequent bullying, social isolation, and even physical violence. When an individual has both ASD and a sex offense conviction, the
Read moreAnother sting and another press release. This time out of Marion County, Florida. Weeks after posting “Operation: Obvious Trap (aka “How Are People Still Falling for This?”)” comes another sting. Notably, there were no people already on the registry who were caught. People need to stop falling for these traps. You hear the press conference, you see the mugshots, but
Read moreIn July 2025, residents of Decatur Township, Pennsylvania, packed into a township supervisors meeting, many of them angry and afraid. Rumors had spread on Facebook that a halfway house for sex offenders had quietly opened on Hoffman Road. The idea ignited a storm of fear and outrage, stoking familiar anxieties that such facilities bring danger, devalue property, and ruin the
Read moreA U.S. representative for Florida’s 13th congressional district, Anna Paulina Luna, proposed the death penalty for the 200+ illegal immigrants featured in a recent ICE press release that stated that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 214 illegal aliens for immigration offenses in the Houston area in the past six months who have been charged or convicted of a sex
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