Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Sex Offender Registry News An Indiana man convicted of child solicitation in 2010 is taking his case to the Indiana Supreme Court. He is challenging a law passed in 2015 that makes it a felony for him to enter school property. For the first 5 years he was granted permission to enter school property to attend his son’s school activities,
Read moreSex Offender Registry News State legislators are talking about updating Missouri’s sex offender registry to be more in line with the federal system. Under State Rep. Kurt Bahr’s proposal, three tiers of offenses would be created, corresponding with how serious the crime was, the 3rd, being the most heinous. Bahr, R-St. Charles tells Missourinet affiliate KSSZ in Columbia that the
Read moreDebate Results Favor Abolishing Sex Offender Registries Last night, The Soho Forum and Reason.com held a debate on whether, “All the laws requiring those convicted of sex offenses to put their names in a registry should be abolished.” Listeners were asked to vote BEFORE hearing the debate and then, again, AFTER hearing the debate.The results and a link to the
Read moreNews On Sex Offender Residency Restrictions NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to restrict sex offenders whose victims were under the age of 13 from living or traveling near schools as well as banning them from living in temporary or emergency shelters where families also live. The State Courts have already overturned municipalities’ sex offender residency restrictions, finding that
Read moreNews on Florida Voter Case In a significant order issued earlier this month by Judge Walker of the Northern District of Florida, the State’s scheme for arbitrarily restoring voting rights to certain former felons was declared unconstitutional. The Judge gave the parties until yesterday, February 12, 2018, to brief on possible remedies. Below are copies of the Plaintiff’s briefs and
Read moreNews About Sex Offender Civil Commitment The following are excerpts from a story that ran in today’s Texas Observer. You can read the full article here In early September 2015, guards fanned out across Texas with orders to round up about 200 men, rousing some from bed as early as 3 a.m. and demanding they stuff whatever they wanted to
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