Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Recently we posted a story from The New Yorker on an innocent man being sent to prison and then placed on the registry for a rape that he did not commit. One reason for this travesty was the overreach of a prosecutor who carelessly handled the results of a botched identification in a lineup. This particular case, if it had
Read moreDear Members and Advocates, A few weeks ago, I asked some women to share their thoughts about motherhood in recognition and celebration of Mother’s Day. After reading several of their stories, I was left paralyzed, and in no mood to celebrate anything. There was the mother who never dreamed she would be visiting her son in prison. There
Read moreBy Sandy Rozek, Communications Director for NARSOL Jacob Wetterling’s abduction and death in 1989 led directly to a massive system of laws that today affects close to a million men, women, and children plus their family members. In that same year, 1989, the death by firearms of 4,384 children and teens caused barely a blip on the radar. What if,
Read morePosted 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
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