News & Updates

Florida Representative Daniels introduced H.B. 985, which is called, “Protecting the public security”. The Bill would prohibit persons required to register as sex offenders from unsupervised work in certain locations, such as, “any dwelling unit, premises, school, child care facility, park, or playground”. A dwelling unit is essentially a residence. So if someone’s work involves working in a home, they

Next week, a “sex offender” case will come for oral arguments before the Supreme Court.  The case is US. v Haymond and deals with the standard of proof required before imposing a sanction. If you recall a few weeks ago, we told you that in Florida, registration violations are strict liability (you don’t have to ‘knowingly or willfully’ commit them

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police say someone threw a piece of concrete through the window of a registered sex offender’s home in Providence, Rhode Island. The vandalism occurred at the home of XXX at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday. XXXX was convicted of multiple child rapes in the 1980s and 1990s in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Residents protested XXXX for weeks

The Arizona House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously in favor of a proposal to slightly expand the number of people who are eligible to be removed from Arizona’s sex offender registry, lauding a proposal that many called an incremental step in the right direction while calling for Arizona to go further. House Bill 2613 would extend eligibility for removal from the

Boston is grappling with a homeless offender problem.  This, in spite of the fact that the state’s Supreme Court struck down residency restrictions in 2015. According to the Sex Offender Registry Board, Boston Police are trying to address the problem. They currently have a federal grant to help cover overtime costs so officers can check up on homeless sex offenders.

Representative Matt Gaetz will be hosting a town hall meeting tomorrow, February 21, 2019 at 6:00PM at the Linda Carden (Jay) Community Center, 5259 Booker Lane, Jay, Florida. The link to the invitation can be found here: https://iqconnect.lmhostediq.com/iqextranet/view_newsletter.aspx?id=100997&c=FL01MG It might be a good opportunity to speak out about our issue. Thanks to Vicki Henry at WAR for letting us know