Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
FOUR BILLS: One board member has a drafted bill, written by another board member, pertaining to people on the registry who are cognitively unable to fulfill the 60+ registry requirements, yet required to do so by statute. Next week she will be sharing it with a representative that said he is interested in seeing such a bill. Several FAC members
Read moreCustody is a term we often associate with children or legal guardianship, but it extends beyond those common uses. To be in someone’s custody means to be under their care, control, and legal responsibility. Most of us live in our own custody—we control our choices, our schedules, and our futures. But for those who are incarcerated, that custody is taken
Read moreBrian Pepin, a former California Councilmember and political consultant, recently took to the podium at a St. Johns County (Florida) Commission meeting to advocate for stricter sex offender residency restrictions. His reason? A man convicted of possessing child pornography in 2007 moved across the street from his house. That man has served his time, been off supervision for over a
Read moreIn a deeply troubling display of misplaced outrage, protestors gathered outside the Elkhart County Courthouse in Goshen, Indiana last week—not to denounce murder, but to defend it. They rallied not in support of justice, but to glorify vigilantism. Signs reading “Free Nic” and “Nick Stanley Doesn’t Deserve Jail” were hoisted by individuals who believe that the accused killer of a
Read morePeople who were born outside the United States but became naturalized as a US Citizen are now at risk of “denaturalization”. Denaturalization is the revocation of United States citizenship of a naturalized immigrant by the U.S. government. Historically this process has only been enforced against individuals who lied on immigration application or committed fraud in relation to their application to
Read moreNinety-Seven percent of persons forced to register as sex offenders in Levy County, Florida were determined to be compliant after a “month’s long” investigation! Those we were arrested were not committing new sex offenses, but were arrested for technical violations of registration laws. That’s the news. But of course, that’s not what the story promoted. This article is titled, “7
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