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By John Covert First published in the Arizona Capitol Times   John Covert does an excellent job of showing how sex offense registries have thoroughly missed the mark. Numerous academic studies have shown that registries do not accomplish what they were intended to do:  reduce sexual recidivism.  As Covert points out, “They (sex offense registries) do not prevent sex offenses. 

What you need to know about SB 1190 and HB 1131:   The sponsors of both identical bills say these bills would create an Online Sting Operations Grant Program within FDLE to support local law enforcement agencies in creating sting operations to protect children. Many of these sting operations try to entrap individuals in ADULT ONLY websites. There is no

SB 1230, Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders Bill, is on the Committee agenda for the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee this Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 12:00 pm. You can live stream the meeting on The Florida Channel.

The Missouri Alliance for Family Restoration advocates for a registry that represents people with a past sex offense who pose a threat of recidivism in their communities, post-incarceration.   Mallory Challis, a journalist with the Baptist News Global, said the Missouri Alliance claims that reducing the registrants on the list to those most likely to sexually re-offend “will help the

By Sandy Rozek First published at narsol.org Sandy at NARSOL reported that on “February 12, WKRC, Cincinnati, aired and ran a piece by David Winter about what they imply is a failure to protect children based on law enforcement’s handling of residence restriction laws for people with a historic sexual offense conviction.”   As a result, Sandy wrote the director of