Legal

A Louisiana Couple has asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction blocking St. Tammany Parish from enforcing its new ordinance restricting where people on the sex offense registry can live. The law seeks to prevent “clustering” of registrants and impose additional housing restrictions. The case is somewhat similar to what is happening here in Putnam County and will

The Florida Action Committee is organizing a lawsuit to challenge the recently enacted Putnam County Sex Offender Ordinance. If you are impacted by the ordinance, whether you currently live in Putnam, are considering moving to Putnam, have been denied an address in Putnam, have family in Putnam or otherwise would be subject to this ordinance and would consider being named

At a County Commission meeting held in Martin County, Florida last month, a new ordinance was adopted that separates persons required to register as sexual offenders or predators from others at emergency shelters and allows the sheriff to designate correctional institutions and jails to house them. The new law follows: Chapter 51, Section 51.13 is hereby created as follows: Section

In a bit of concerning news, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to rehear the Henry case En Banc. In April, we reported a bit of good news out of the State of Alabama. A three judge panel of the 11th Circuit previously held that Alabama cannot completely prohibit convicted sex offenders from cohabitating with minors. Specifically, Bruce

EDITED: I HAVE TO EDIT THIS POST BECAUSE I MIGHT HAVE CAUSED SOME MISUNDERSTANDING. WE ARE LOOKING FOR STATEMENTS FROM PEOPLE IN FLORIDA WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS. PLEASE LIMIT RESPONSES TO ONLY HOW SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS HAVE IMPACTED YOU IN FLORIDA. There is an important case currently pending in the Middle District of Florida,