News & Updates

The Center for Democracy & Technology has filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit case Doe v. Snyder, a case challenging unconstitutional registration requirements imposed on former sex offenders and brought by the ACLU of Michigan. CDT is joined on the brief by the First Amendment Lawyers Association and Professor David G. Post, an expert in Internet law. The

NEW PORT RICHEY — Pasco officials are seeking dismissal of a lawsuit that maintains the county’s residency restrictions for registered sexual predators are unconstitutional. Tampa attorney Patrick Leduc filed the lawsuit against Pasco County in October. It asserts that the county’s sexual predator ordinance, passed by the county commission in April, makes it impossible for registered sexual predators to live

Orland Based WFTV (Channel 9) just LOVES to run sex offender stories. We continuously scan the Florida News sites for any relevant news on sex offender issues to share with our membership and aside from South Florida’s Channel 10 (WPLG), WFTV is probably second in line for running shameless, pointless stories on registered citizens. Today, they air a story, titled,

Three area towns are among 46 small Texas cities facing the threat of a lawsuit from a criminal justice advocacy group for the way they regulate where sex offenders can live. Texas Voices for Reason and Justice includes Whitney, Hubbard and West in its legal challenge of local ordinances. The group is asking each city to repeal ordinances restricting where

Please sign an online petition at Change.Org regarding your opposition to HR 515, International Megan’s Law. It takes less than 5 minutes and it is a way to express your opinion regarding this terrible bill. The link to the petition is below and once you sign the petition, be sure to ask others to do it, too. There are more

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONFIRMS IT WILL CANCEL VOTES UNTIL MONDAY, FEB. 1, DUE TO WINTER STORM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA | Agricultural Commodities | Reuters     ACTION ALERT! Contact YOUR national HOUSE representatives TODAY via email, and then CALL their office again on Monday. Here is a link to locate YOUR representative:  http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ Be sure to identify yourself