How the Use of Improper Statistics and Unverified Data Corrupts the Judicial Process in Sex Offender Cases

The following report appeared in the Case Western Reserve Law Review. Here is an excerpt from the conclusion: “[C]ourts around the country continue to remain stagnant, clinging to misinformation and refusing to depart from prejudicial viewpoints that are pretextual and based on irrational fears.What continues to be the main culprit is the courts’ use of inaccurate statistics and unverified data.

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“Registered Family”

In a comment on another post someone used the term “Registered Family” and I thought it was very appropriate. We are not just persons required to register, we are families required to register! If you share a home with someone on the registry, the police regularly show up at your doorstep, the car you drive is registered, you cannot decorate

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Back from the NARSOL Conference

Yesterday, I returned from an invigorating three days – Note… that’s not “three days” so as to qualify as a temporary residence 😉  – in Houston, Texas, where Gail and I represented Florida Action Committee at the National Association for Rational Sex Offense Laws (NARSOL) conference. This was my sixth year attending and each year I return with fresh ideas

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The Dobbs Wire: Liberty stolen – Follow the Money!

The Dobbs Wire:  Liberty stolen.  Legislators have created an extraordinary array of harsh laws for individuals convicted of sex offenses.  Prison terms are commonplace while twenty states and the federal government go even farther with “civil commitment.”  After paying the price, their prison time done and freedom near, some find themselves, instead, held indefinitely in locked facilities that may as

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Fort Lauderdale Votes to Remove School Bus Stops from Sex Offender Residency Restrictions

At last night’s City Commission meeting, the city of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida voted to remove school bus stops from the list of locations around which persons required to register as sex offenders could live. The current ordinance (which included school bus stops in the exclusion zones) left less than one (1) percent of Ft. Lauderdale compliant for a registrant to

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