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Here’s a question we don’t hear asked when lawmakers propose another restriction on people required to register as sex offenders: What did they do to deserve the new restriction? We’re not talking about the original offense. We know why they’re on the registry. The question is what they’ve done since. Did they commit another crime? Violate probation? Violate a registration

Should ‘low risk’ be a designation in the NYS Sex Offender Registry? Answer the poll here, read the comments and add your own.

A Florida man is accused of stealing a car and fleeing from law enforcement. If the allegations are true, he’ll answer for those charges. That’s what our criminal justice system is supposed to do. So why do the flurry of stories to come out in today’s news have the headline, “Florida sex offender steals car, flees on foot, deputies say”

We’ve seen a lot of our members posting comments that are clearly generated by AI so we felt it important to post this reminder. AI can be a great tool. A lot of us use it to help organize our thoughts, improve our writing, or explain complicated ideas. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with using AI as a tool to help

Over the past couple months, Florida Action Committee has reported on what appeared to be an increase in registration-related enforcement actions across the state. We may now know why. The U.S. Marshals Service recently announced the completion of Operation Adam’s Watch, a nationwide enforcement initiative conducted in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Adam Walsh Act. The operation concluded

For someone required to register as a sex offender, finding a job or a place to live is already one of the hardest parts of reentry. A growing wave of civil liability — lawsuits against employers, landlords, and now supervising agencies themselves — is closing that door further, in ways that have less to do with actual risk than with