Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
An East Stone Gap community is concerned after learning a sanctuary for registered sex offenders might be intentionally relocated to their neighborhood. https://wcyb.com/news/local/neighbors-concerned-about-plans-for-a-registered-sex-offender-sanctuary-in-wise-county?video=5305a22bf86640d184d2bbaba1cd4a38&jwsource=cl
Read more(Weekly Update #160) Dear Members and Advocates: This past weekend we celebrated Independence Day, commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States. The holiday celebrates this nation’s breaking free of the British on July 4, 1776, who they felt were oppressive and unjust. So what were some of these things the colonists were complaining about? Within the Declaration of
Read moreOn June 8, the American Law Institute, arguably the most prestigious non-governmental law reform organization in the country, concluded its national meeting. One of its agenda items was to have its thousands of elected members—top federal appeals judges among them, who enjoy lifetime appointments after being confirmed by the United States Senate—vote on a draft of the revised chapter of
Read moreA very interesting decision was handed down in a Pennsylvania Superior Court, this week. A man convicted of, among other things, “disseminating explicit sexual material to a minor” had his conviction overturned after a three judge panel found that text messages do not constitute “material”. The court reasoned, “Here, even assuming that Alexander’s texts were obscene under the Miller test,
Read moreTennessee lawmakers passed a “Truth in Sentencing” law that requires certain violent or sexual offenders to serve 100% of their sentence. The law affects offenses such as rape, sexual battery, continuous sexual abuse of a child, sexual battery by an authority figure, incest, promoting prostitution, aggravated child abuse, domestic assault, aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor and trafficking for a
Read moreIn the wake of the recently completed legislative session in Colorado’s General Assembly, I have lingering concerns regarding House Bill 1320, a piece of “sunset” legislation extending the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board which was passed and sent to the governor. Initially the bill would have reformed the board, but that debate has essentially been tabled by the lawmakers for two more years.
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