Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
There is Fearless Group starting in Florida and you are invited to participate. This is a peer-led support program that has been offered by NARSOL affiliates in other states. With the leadership of a key volunteer in the Tampa area, FAC members can now participate, too. Meet your facilitator Daphne on the first phone meeting Thursday November 19 from 6:30-8:00pm ET. Call
Read moreWeekly Update #121 Dear Members and Advocates, A few days ago I had a conversation with a friend and fellow advocate that made me completely re-think my identity. For the longest time I’ve always considered myself an advocate for “reform” and our movement as the “registry reform movement”. Truth is, I’m not advocating to reform the registry. Unless the “reform”
Read moreThis morning we posted the below message. It didn’t take long for us to discover that the “PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR”, Christopher Duszka, Was (at least until recently) a Crime Intelligence Analyst for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement! (see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-duszka-90738337) WE ARE WARNING MEMBERS TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY!!! Who knows how the information you provide will be used against
Read moreThe registry has us believing that those individuals on this list are the ones society needs to be careful of, when in reality more than 95% of sex offenses are committed by someone NOT on the list and in MANY cases the perpetrator is someone in a position of trust, such as a relative, family friend, teacher, coach or even
Read moreOfficer James Freeman of Greenbrier, AR was doing a sex offender compliance check on private property when the homeowner’s dog barked at him. So Freeman shot the dog. The event would be an example of how mean some of the officers doing compliance checks can be to people on the registry and their families, but it was just made worse
Read moreJason is like many others who struggle to lead a healthy adult life because of a juvenile adjudication based on unsurprising adolescent behavior. States across the country place children as young as 8 years old on sex offender registries for conduct that is otherwise developmentally normal. Required by federal law, this label imposes barriers on young people’s access to education,
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