Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Weekly Update #66 Dear Members and Advocates, Happy New Year! 2020 started out great as we closed the year meeting a funding goal in the “Non-Registrant Collateral Consequences Challenge”! Because of a super-generous matching pledge from one of our members, the first five thousand dollars of donations towards that challenge were matched, dollar for dollar. That meant the $5,125 we
Read moreIf anyone in Miami-Dade or surrounding counties would like to attend this event tonight, please TEXT 407-782-6912 with your name and phone number to coordinate. As our legislators prepare to fight for Floridians up in Tallahassee, we invite you and your friends to join us to hear their plans, and also share what you consider to be important. Come and
Read moreFrom The Appeal The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is expected to rule on five cases this year that could change how the state treats people convicted of sex offenses, and could ease the state’s sex offense registry restrictions, commonly referred to as Megan’s Law. But in a December opinion piece, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro warned that if the court were
Read more(Decided to share this story in hope it might keep somebody else from the humiliation i experienced with my family and add to your travel site data base ) Unfortunately i found out the hard way about International Megan’s Law while traveling to Bahamas on a family/birthday vacation. Since i had traveled to the Bahamas multiple times before the law
Read more[FAC NOTE: Since we posted Part I, we are including part II, though this part goes off on a bit of a tangent and the concept of the registry being tantamount to a genocide may be offensive to some of our members. Below are cut and pasted excerpts of what I believe are relevant sections of the article we wanted
Read moreA new and potentially important bill was filed last week in the Florida House of Representatives. House Bill 1055, sponsored by Rep. Chuck Brannon III proposes the following changes to Florida’s registration laws: Provide financial support to Law Enforcement to find missing and exploited children (WE SUPPORT) Afford reporting of vehicle information through the online portal (WHILE WE STILL STRONGLY
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