Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
We say it all the time. If you don’t challenge one city’s bad ordinance, the neighboring cities will pass laws too. It’s essentially a domino effect when it comes to residency restrictions. One city concocts a law to restrict people on the sex offender registry from living there, and then the cities adjacent to it has to pass a similar
Read moreA recent Spectrum News story, “Homeless families placed in motels find unwelcome neighbors: sex offenders” sounds exactly like the kind of headline meant to stir people up. But if you get past the headline, the story tells a very different truth. Buried in the article is something lawmakers rarely admit: people on the registry can’t find housing. Not because they
Read moreIn Northampton, Massachusetts, a man identified only as John Doe has brought a legal challenge against the Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board, asking a Superior Court judge to examine not just his classification, but the constitutionality of the system that labeled him. Massachusetts does not follow the federal tier-based model used in many other states (which is offense-based). Instead, its
Read moreAn online petition is circulating in Chippewa Falls that would change important city ordinances towards sex offenders. If approved, it would increase the distance a sex offender can be around areas where children gather. Right now the city ordinance states a sex offender must not loiter within 66 ft. of playgrounds, parks, pools or day care centers. The new petition
Read moreThe Kansas Senate voted to approve legislation forbidding adults on the state’s offender registry from participating in work-release programs or having access to private or public school property. But at least there was discussion of some concerns… The 32-8 consensus of the Senate on Wednesday demonstrated interest in protecting the state’s youth from predators, but two Democrats in the chamber
Read morePeople! If you come across a “minor” online, it’s a cop! Seriously. In North Carolina, 16 people were arrested in a four-day undercover operation that involved more than 150 officers from 13 different law enforcement agencies. Wait a second… 150 officers. For 16 arrests. That’s… roughly 9 officers per “predator.” (Seems a bit overkill, no?) According to the report officers
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