News & Updates

In doing some online research for answers to a question, I came across http://www.solresearch.org/. On the homepage they had an interesting fact, “The federal sentence for photographing a 17-year-old with an erection is twice as severe as for attempting to kill him.” Researcher Marshall Burns has put together a very useful site full of interesting statistics and summaries of studies

HB 1179/SB 1657 which authorized Sheriffs to charge a “registration fee” for the privilege of registering as a sex offender is dead. The bills died in the Criminal Justice Subcommittees. According to the published Bill analysis, “Currently, six sheriffs’ offices reported that they require offenders to pay for registration or re-registration and the other 61 do not require payments. For

Attorney Janice Bellucci, who is leading the charge to get the International Megan’s Law thrown out, has filed a Reply Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction. A copy of the pleading can be found here: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/PI-Reply-CONFORMED.pdf The hearing on the Plaintiff’s motion will be held on March 30, 2016 at 9AM (pacific time) in California. If Plaintiff’s

A Clay County park is the site of one of law enforcement’s latest sex offender stings and you won’t believe who is getting caught up… law enforcement. This News4Jax story states, “Clay County Sheriff’s Office nets 11 arrests with Operation Safe Parks”, but what’s VERY INTERESTING is that 4 of the 11 arrested (over one-third of the people) worked in

As states reduce their prison populations, companies are finding new ways to profit off the criminal justice system. The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration. For nearly 40 years, the prison-industrial complex expanded without interruption and nearly every social problem in America was met with a hammer. Homelessness, mental illness, drug addiction and violent crime all carried criminal

“Despicable — not allowed to live on land or sea.” That was the reaction of Miami attorney Valerie Jonas when we shared yesterday’s Miami Herald article, titled “Can sex predators be banned from a Keys marina?“, with her. A Florida Keys marina wants to ban registered citizens from living at the marina and has asked City Attorney David Migut about