Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Dear Members and Advocates, This past week we’ve been watching a tug-of-war between our different branches of government. Across several states, the judicial branch has been finding sex offender laws have crossed the line and are moving the rope one way, while the legislative branch is introducing harsher sex offender laws and trying to move the rope in the other
Read moreFlorida Sex Offender News Weekly Update 2018-01-22 Dear Members and Advocates, As “registered” sex offenders, we are a vulnerable group. Our names, pictures, addresses and what vehicles we drive are publicized on a website. With a request to FDLE, our email addresses and other information about us can be easily had. Combine the easy access to personal information with society’s
Read moreWeekly Update 2018-01-18 Dear Members and Advocates, This week we are calling on your help to rally against the proposed amendment to the Miami-Dade County Overnight Camping Amendment. The suggested change (also referred to as the “Bovo” amendment – File Number: 180088) to Section 21-286 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, would allow police to arrest transient sex offenders on
Read moreWeekly Update 2018-01-10 Dear Members and Advocates, As this year’s legislative session kicks into gear, there are many bills recently introduced that will be on our radar. Senator Lauren Book has just put out a bunch of proposed bills that will require attention. Among them are: SB 1214 – Creates a rebuttable presumption of dangerousness to a child if a parent
Read moreWeekly Update 2018-01-03 Dear Members and Advocates, Please Join us tomorrow night for our monthly member call and help us kick off 2018! The holidays are over, we are starting a new year and it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get back to work! In this call, our President, Gail Colletta, will be presenting our goals for the
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-12-28 Dear Members and Advocates, It’s a strange thing… If you pay someone for sex, it’s considered prostitution and that’s a crime. But, if you pay someone for sex AND videotape it – that’s pornography, which is legal and protected by the first amendment of the constitution! There’s a similar paradox when it comes to consensual sexting among
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