MI: Senate approves tightened restrictions in Sex Offender Registration Act

The Michigan Senate voted Wednesday to codify court-recommended changes in the state’s Sex Offender Registration Act. The legislation now only needs Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature to become law. State lawmakers approved altering registration protocols for sex offenders during its Wednesday session, fulfilling a 4-year-old mandate from the U.S. Court of Appeals. The federal court ruled in 2016 that it was unconstitutional to

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Law Enforcement’s Illegal Entrapment behind Florida’s Child Porn “Sting Operations”

Weekly Update #126 Dear Members and Advocates, When I started fielding some FAC member calls a number of years back, I remember the first call I received from someone caught in an online sting. The person was on Craigslist’s personals when he met someone who said she was in her twenties, they communicated back and forth, conversations became sexual, she

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Deltona seeking to tighten restrictions on where sex offenders can live

The City of Deltona, Florida is considering expanding their Sex Offender Residency Restrictions. A resolution was brought forward this past Monday to “add “Designated School Bus Stops, Libraries, and Churches to the list defining locations as to where children congregate so that distancing calculations as to living restriction where an individual convicted of a violation of F.S. Section 794.011, 800.04,

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Voice of the Reader: Southern Illinoisans prefer sensible laws over gimmicks

I commend The Southern for the well-researched article asking if we are any safer because of sex offense registration laws. I was a member of the 2017 Bipartisan Task Force quoted in the article, which gave legislators specific steps to increase public safety. It is extremely distressing that “the General Assembly has not taken any significant action” on our recommendations.

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