Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
In Tennessee, lawmakers are trying to pass ‘Savanna’s Law’ to create a domestic violence offender registry. The legislation proposes the creation of a publicly accessible registry for individuals convicted multiple times of domestic violence offenses, similar to existing sex offender registries. But is it similar? Maybe the look and feel and general concept of publicly outing domestic violence offenders, but
Read moreIn an era where evidence-based policy is increasingly valued, Arizona continues to maintain a sexual offense registry system that fails to deliver on its promises while creating serious collateral damage. Our current approach, originally designed to protect communities, has evolved into a system that paradoxically undermines public safety while devastating lives. As Arizona lawmakers consider criminal justice reforms, it’s time
Read moreUnder a proposed State Department policy, U.S. passport applicants would have to affirm that they are “not required to register” as sex offenders. If they are “required to register,” they would have to submit a “supplementary explanatory statement under oath.” The State Department says that change, which it announced in a Federal Register notice seeking public comment last month, is
Read moreA Palm Beach Judge said “ You may as well write a tattoo across his forehead that says sex offender” when reminding the Prosecutor of the debilitating consequences of being labeled a sex offender. “When he tries to get a job, when he tries to have a good relationship with someone, when he tries to bring his kids to school.
Read moreThe right to travel is a part of the ‘liberty’ of which the citizen cannot be deprived without due process of law under the Fifth Amendment. Indiana House Bill 1687 proposes that if a sex offender wants to move to another county, the supervising court in the transferring county has to issue an order authorizing the move and the supervising
Read moreThe Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center (SOLPRC) at Mitchell Hamline School of Law published a report (March 2025) that contains significant evidence and resources that debunk the Registry, defining it as ineffective, costly and harmful to registrants and their families. The report states: “The modern sex offense registry was borne out of the belief that a public registry listing people
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