Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Posted 6/1/2023 NOTE: This request has been satisfied thanks to the member that provided a copy of the DMV letter. The member was there to register multiple temporary addresses. DMV would only accept two temporary addresses and asked the person to return when the other addresses were going to be used. Because DMV could only accept 2 addresses was NOT
Read moreWeekly Update 2023-05-25 Dear Members and Advocates, This month we witnessed firsthand the power in numbers. A momentum started that we cannot ignore as we progress toward our goal of abolishing the registry. An important part of this movement that has begun is making sure that we acknowledge and thank the people in the Florida Legislature that stood up for
Read moreThis all-too-common theme is to promote harsher laws for people with a sex offense all in the name of protecting our communities. Political leaders in Tallahassee, along with our Florida governor, have passed and signed into law Bill 537 that effectively removes the possibility of any gain time while incarcerated for people who have been charged with an “attempted” sex
Read moreFascinating from The New Yorker (note article limit and paywall)
Read moreRegistrants represented by Oliver Law Group appeal dismissal of their suit against governors and state police, as reported by Courthouse News. For more background on Michigan registrants’ challenge, visit Michigan ACLU’s SORA Resources Page.
Read moreThe civil commitment fiasco gets covered in the publication Route Fifty: ”’There is no evidence that having these programs reduces sexual assaults,’ said [ACLU lawyer Ben] Wolf. ‘We have a good lab: Lots of states have these programs and lots don’t. There is no appreciable difference [in the number of sexual assaults reported]. If the goal is community safety, the
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