Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
A recent federal court decision in United States v. McDonald, (Dist. N. Mex, January 6, 2016) delivers an important reminder to people on probation or supervised release: you do not lose your Fifth Amendment rights just because you are in sex offense treatment or required to take polygraph exams! The court upheld the general requirement that Mr. McDonald participate in
Read moreProsecutors say a Lakemoor man created a homemade explosive device, which required the bomb squad to respond, and they believe he intended to blow up an alleged sex offender. Savino said he went to the house on Darrell Road and was using the home for surveillance of the sex offender, Theis said. “This defendant is showing a fixation on an
Read moreJacksonville Land Use and Zoning committee approved an ordinance that allows a day care to reopen within 2,000 feet of a sex predator. The current city code requires a 2,500-foot distance between the two. The request that the day care owner is making would shrink that distance to 1,980 feet, putting the offender just outside the radius. “There is a
Read moreThe recent resentencing of George Proulx in Flagler County exposes a deeply troubling reality: women on the sex offender registry are being left unprotected and, in some cases, actively placed in harm’s way. Proulx did not merely violate probation—he deliberately researched female registrants, studied their locations, and contacted them. The system handed him a map. Sex offender registries are publicly
Read moreThe Fresno County Board Of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a new law limiting the number of sex offenders that can live in a single-family home. The law caps the number of sexual offenders to six per home. Property owners face fines and a six-month jail sentence for violations. About two dozen members of the public have spoken on the
Read moreWeekly update for January 6, 2026. This is recording number 347 Dear Members and Advocates, The preamble to most laws is where you’ll find the legislative findings. The standard “finding” we see regurgitated in almost every piece of sex offender legislation – about the “frightening high” recidivism rate – is annoying. Especially since its been debunked by decades of empirical
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