News & Updates

This is an interesting piece from The Crime Report. The article highlights the homelessness problems caused by the Lauren Book Child Safety Ordinance in Miami-Dade County. It bans individuals convicted of certain sex crimes, including those involving minors, from living within 2,500 feet of a school. The ordinance was the subject of the recent ACLU / FAC case challenging the

I was considering whether to post the following or not. It’s a story from ANOTHER state in which persons required to register are becoming the victims of scams because their information is public. I’m re-posting it, not because of the story, but because of the comments (some of which are posted below). It illustrates the need for protection from vigilantism.

In both the Ex Post Facto Plus challenge and the In Person challenge, the government had filed Motions to Dismiss. Responses have now been filed in each. On Friday, attorney Val Jonas filed notice of supplementary authority in the EPFP challenge, updating the Court on the recent decisions in California and Alabama (the one that said Registrants are not second

We have received reports from members in Polk County that they have been asked to fill out a form when registering. Information on the form ALLEGEDLY includes questions that are not required to be disclosed by State statute, such as; marital status and religion. These are not confirmed but we are asking members in Polk to please let us know

POP (Prey on Predators) Squad, a Connecticut-based group, has been conducting sting operations without the involvement of law enforcement. Many are beginning to question if the tactic is legal or ethical. Molly Land, a professor at the University of Connecticut Law School , does not believe POP Squad has a legitimate claim to the power it wields. In an interview,

A panel told the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee that questions remain over which specific offenses might be considered to be “sex” offenses and what qualifies a sentence as being satisfied for the purposes of rights restoration. “There is some ambiguity at this point,” said Jack Campbell, state attorney for the 2nd Judicial Circuit, asking whether crimes like manslaughter or certain