Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
(Weekly Update #190) Dear Members and Advocates, This week’s update is quick and straight to the point. We are in the midst of battle. Going up against some very harsh bills this legislative session and we need more soldiers to help. That is by no means meant to detract from the incredible work that our legislative team has done this
Read moreI have been waiting for two years for my husband to be hit by a scam targeting people on the registry. Well, it finally came today. I received a call on my cell, which is not registered because it is MY cell, by an individual who introduced himself as an Alachua County sheriff. I would not have normally answered the
Read moreAn Irish man who was jailed for trying to entice a child for indecent purposes was told to “go and live in a tent” by a probation officer in the United States, the Court of Appeal was told on Tuesday. XXXXXXXXXXXXXX (46) was caught in a police sting in the State of Georgia after he sent a nude selfie to
Read moreThe country’s top court has been asked to consider striking down two sections of Canada’s sex offender laws as unconstitutional. In 2011, the Stephen Harper government altered the Criminal Code so the names of sex offenders would automatically be placed on the sex offender registry. The changes meant judges no longer had discretion on whether to submit names of sex
Read moreKansas Senate Bill 385 would require people convicted of certain breach of privacy offenses, like peeping, to register as a sex offender.
Read moreEx Post Facto II will move forward!!! The below Order just came down from the Northern District of Florida. It says it’s partially granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss (which sounds like it’s bad), but that means that other parts of the motion to dismiss were denied and the case will move forward. The court has set a scheduling order,
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