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This article isn’t a joke… it actually appeared on Jax4:   JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — “Pokemon Go” has people from around the world looking for digital creatures with smart phones, even in front of sex offender’s homes. Action News Jax reporter Cole Heath found Pokemon feet a registered sex offender’s home. Some homes where registered predators on the Florida Department of

The Florida Sexual Offenders and Predators registry was created in October 1993 for sexual predators. It was expanded to include sexual offenders in 1997. It included those who were convicted and released on or after October 1, 1993. Many people who have committed crimes before the list was created were also added. “It’s reaching pretty far back. We have people,

My name is Natalie Jablonski, and I’m a producer at Minnesota Public Radio. I’ve been doing some research into the history of sex offender laws and how they impact registrants and their families. Thank you so much to everyone who reached out to me in the past few months to talk about this issue!  I’m still looking for people who

The acclaimed documentary, ‘Pervert Park’ which features a community in Florida that caters to registered citizens, will be shown on PBS this Monday, July 11, 2016. We believe it will be a must see! You can find your local PBS station and schedule here: http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvschedule/#.V36MbTV5Jps

The note in my inbox was straightforward, and suicidal: “I don’t have much time left and that brings me some comfort. I can’t even imagine a life of freedom and happiness anymore. I hope my story will at least help people understand the grey areas of this stigma.” It was signed “Mikey,” short for Michael Pascal, age 33, a warehouse

When I first became a public defender, I believed the worst punishment that my clients would face would be time in jail. Since then, I’ve learned that incarceration is not the only — and perhaps not the worst — punishment the criminal justice system can impose. The registration requirements imposed on those convicted of sex offenses are unfairly harsh and