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Forrest Hampton is about to become a family man and he couldn’t be happier. He’s 25 and he lives in a suburb of Dallas with his fiancée, who’s due to have their baby practically any minute. They’ve already picked out a name: Raven. In most ways they are a normal family. Except for one thing. Until last year, Hampton was

This has nothing to do with registration, but we came across this article from last week’s Miami Herald and though we’d feature it here. Apparently, Ron Book, who is not only the CAUSE for homeless sex offenders by pioneering the ill-conceived and ineffective residency restriction, but also the apparent SOLUTION, as chair of the Miami-Dade homeless trust is under fire.

SIGN OUR PETITION: https://www.change.org/p/florida-governor-rick-scott-fix-the-florida-sex-offender-registry A Bradenton woman convicted of having sex in public July 20 in Bradenton Beach was sentenced to time served Wednesday. On May 4, Elissa Alvarez, 20, and Jose Caballero, 40, were found guilty of lewd and lascivious exhibition for having sex in public, including in front of a 3-year-old child. Alvarez accepted the state-recommended sentence during

In the mid-1990s, Americans were shocked by several high-profile child victim sex offenses. In New Jersey, the abduction, rape and murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka by a paroled sex offender who lived across the street horrified the state and spurred action by elected officials and state agencies. In less than four months (warp speed for legislative processes), a package of

I hate writing posts that expose sex offenders. First, it means that someone was sexually assaulted, which is tragic. Second, as an advocate for reforming sex offender laws it hurts our cause whenever a sexual offender receives exposure. As I mentioned in earlier posts, there’s such a sense of  conflict when writing about police officers or teachers charged with a

The following was the release from Brenda Jones, Executive Director of Families Advocating Intelligent Registries (FAIR) Our class action challenge has finally been filed! With 8 plaintiffs, all named, with various backgrounds, the goal is to force the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) to remove or roll back registry requirements for EVERY possible person “similarly situated” to