Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Oral Argument in the Ex Post Facto I case (which is on appeal to the 11th Circuit) was granted (good news) and will take place in Miami during the week of May 16, 2022. In 2020, only 11% of the cases in the 11th Circuit were granted Oral Argument. This is a good thing!!!
Read moreAs mentioned last month, the Ex Post Facto Plus II is moving forward. Some of the claims were dismissed, but others are proceeding. One of the claims that was dismissed was Vagueness. But the Statute is hopelessly vague when different people (including different employees of the FDLE) interpret meanings differently. As the Judge had to question the logic and meaning
Read moreThanks to Janice Bellucci from ACSOL for sharing the following: ALI Council Approves Most of Model Penal Code The Council of the American Law Institute (ALI) has approved most of the model penal code (MPC) adopted by its members. The Council’s approval took place during its meeting held this week following a decision in January to delay consideration of the
Read more(Weekly Update #193) Dear Members and Advocates, Last week something pretty amazing happened. Justice Sotomayor made a statement respecting the denial of certiorari in a case concerning sex offender residency restrictions. The case itself was not picked up by the Court (very few are), but Justice Sotomayor was so compelled to share her thoughts and opinions on the issue, that
Read moreJackson argued the unconstitutionality of certain preventative measures adopted as common practices by state governments and applied to confirmed sex offenders. Per the Harvard Law Review article “Prevention Versus Punishment: Toward a Principled Distinction in the Restraint of Released Sex Offenders,” she argued that America’s judicial approaches might be unfair to sex offenders. “This Note critiques current judicial approaches to
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