Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
In the latest installment of “Let’s Pretend This Will Make Us Safer,” the city of Joliet, Illinois is planning to construct a public park on an empty lot across from a group home housing 11 individuals on the sex offense registry. The land has long been vacant and unused, but now, conveniently, it’s becoming a park. One that just happens
Read moreWell, well, well… would you look at that? A couple of years ago Volusia County decided it was a great idea to expand residency restrictions for registered citizens from 1,000 feet to 1,500 feet. Because obviously, 1,000 feet just wasn’t safe enough, right? And what happened next? A massive drop in crime? Nope. More homelessness and less ability for law
Read moreAs our community continues to grow, so does the level of engagement on our website. We are grateful for that. Lately, we’ve seen a noticeable uptick in comments on many of our posts, with some articles receiving over 100 comments. This shows just how passionate and involved our readers are. However, with that increased participation has come a new challenge:
Read moreFlorida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Tuesday announced that he will propose legislation aimed at eliminating judicial discretion in cases involving convicted sexual offenders and violent criminals who remain free on bond following a guilty verdict. The proposal, known as Missy’s Law, is named after five-year-old Missy Mogle, who was killed last month in Tallahassee by her stepfather, Daniel Spencer,
Read moreThe National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (of which FAC is the Florida affiliate) and OK Voices (the Oklahoma affiliate of NARSOL) has filed a civil rights lawsuit in the Northern District of Oklahoma challenging the Constitutionality of an Oklahoma Statute that requires the driver’s licenses of persons required to register as sexual offenders be branded with the marking
Read moreIn a first known case since Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new law authorizing the death penalty for a sex offense, a Putnam County man will be facing the death penalty for alleged sexual abuse. The accused, who had a prior (from 2010) sexual assault conviction, is being charged with the sexual assault of two minors in Putnam.
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