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International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking (HR 4573): Misguided and Ineffective Policy On May 20, 2014, the United States House of Representatives passed the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking, HR 4573 (IML) by voice vote. It is now awaiting action by the Senate.  IML is a misguided attempt to address the

As predicted, the rash of backlash and stupid comments following Timothy Poole’s $3MM lottery win are pouring in. Every major news network has reported on it, as if no one else with a criminal record has ever won the lottery. I’m sure plenty of robbers and drug dealers have won also, but since they are not publicly listed on the

Just over a month ago, Orlando reporter Mike DeForrest ran a series of reports for WKMG 6 to “out” local registrants who were working in the community. The registrants were not committing crimes or doing anything illegal, they were simply working to support their families. After publicly outing the registrants and shaming their employers, the registrants lost their jobs. One

Headlines across the US are reporting the $3million dollar prize won by a Florida Registrant! His case dates back to 1999 and he maintained his innocence. He served 13 months for the crime and three years for a violation because he missed four of his sex offender treatment classes (wow, 3 years for missing 4 classes). Congratulations to the winner!!!

Florida laws governing where sexual offenders can live are well intentioned. The goal was to restrict contact between those who have been convicted of abusing children and any potential victims. The state law says: A person who has been convicted of (a sexual offense) regardless of whether adjudication has been withheld, in which the victim of the offense was less

The state of Florida ranked second to last in a survey of what 45 states spend on incarcerating juveniles. Florida spends $55,407 annually on each of its jailed youths. That number seems like a lot, but it was actually the second lowest, behind Louisiana, of all states surveyed. Fifty-five thousand dollars to lock up a juvenile for a year. Holy