Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
A Bullhead City couple who “expressed distaste” for sex offenders were arrested after a man they knew was found dead in the desert over the weekend, police said. Jacob Dylan Middlebrook, 35, and Layne Justine McIntosh, 36, were arrested Saturday in the death of 29-year-old XXXXXXX, according to the Bullhead City Police Department. Police say XXXXX, a registered Level 2
Read moreA Washington County man claims his home was mistakenly vandalized because of an error on the sex offender registry. The vandals targeted his home on Halloween night and left about $10,000 in damage. They spray-painted “child rapist” on his garage and “unforgivable” on his driveway, covered his Ring camera and threw toilet paper and eggs all over his home and
Read moreElection officials in upstate New York have found a new threat to the democratic process: a 71-year-old man handing out ballots. According to CBS6 Albany, a man on New York’s registry was working the polls on Election Day until residents complained and the Montgomery County Board of Elections removed him around 8 p.m. The county sheriff said no law appeared
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Opinion and commentary by FAC Media Arrest headlines draw attention. But who pays for the enforcement, who gains from the publicity, and what happens to the families?Those questions matter in Clark County, Nevada. According to the Las Vegas Sun’s report of Metro’s announcement, seven agencies took part in a Halloween sweep. Officers contacted 1,953 people on the registry. They made
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Veterans and Military Records: The Weight of a Label Military service can end while the records created during it keep shaping a veteran’s life. A discharge document, a conviction and a registry entry raise different questions. Families trying to move forward may find themselves explaining the same history again. The shared concern is the weight of a label: what it
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What happens when a law changes, but the social shame attached to a conviction remains? Earlier this morning, we looked at campaign rhetoric and reality. A new BBC report takes that discussion further: changing the law does not always clear a person’s record or repair the harm. BBC News reports that Northern Ireland’s scheme for certain abolished gay-sex offences received
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