Some people feel that more registries will cause all registries to collapse

Representative Aaron Bernstine of Pennsylvania has introduced legislation “modeled after Megan’s Law… for any crime committed against a child.”  Bernstine has “co-sponsors for the bill from both sides of the aisle.” Legal analyst Blaine Jones says, “…when you have a law that’s too broad it can impact a wider demographic than intended.”  This is exactly what has happened with sex

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Update on Jacksonville case challenging “SEXUAL PREDATOR” on driver’s license

Last fall, attorneys Ray Taseff and Dante P. Trevisani with the Florida Justice Institute filed an injunctive and declaratory relief request for the plaintiff who is being forced to acquire and display a driver’s license that brands him as a SEXUAL PREDATOR and broadcasts the government’s message that he is a danger to the public. Two of our FAC members,

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The Inescapable Shadow of the Sex Offender Registry: A Systematic Injustice

By Dwayne Daughtry (Raleigh, NC) First published at NCRSOL (North Carolinians for Rational Sexual Offense Laws) Imagine being judged for a crime you’ve already atoned for, condemned to a life where your freedom is a mirage. This is the reality for many former sex offenders who, even after being successfully removed from one state’s registry, find themselves ensnared in a Kafkaesque web

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