Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Missouri State Rep. Scott Cupps (District 158) has filed a bill for the current legislative session that would allow courts to sentence ‘certain sex offenders’ to be surgically castrated. The McDonald and Barry County Representative’s bill says, if passed, the procedure would be done by a licensed physician from the Department of Corrections. As of now, the bill, HB 1687,
Read moreA Queensland man, Brian Allan Smith, has been charged under the new Daniel’s Law for allegedly publishing identifying details from the state’s newly launched public child sex offender register without police authorization. The alleged offense occurring was committed just after the register went live. Daniel’s Law was introduced to give Queenslanders access to limited information about serious child sex offenders
Read moreA 25 year old man, had his citizenship revoked and Certificate of Naturalization canceled, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida said Tuesday. The man, who had been living in Fort Lauderdale, was also sentenced to 100 days of home detention and one year of probation after pleading guilty to unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization, prosecutors
Read moreWeekly update for January 20, 2026. This is recording number 350 Dear Members and Advocates, Today, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a decision in Ellingburg v. United States (Jan. 20, 2026), a case having nothing to do with the registry, but having to do with Ex Post Facto laws. Justice Clarence Thomas joined the majority but
Read moreEven though Senate Bill 212 sailed through the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice (no surprises there), several individuals, including FAC members, showed up in Tallahassee to speak out against Senate Bill 212. You can watch the testimony here (SB 212 starts at timestamp 20:04 and ends at 39:48) https://www.flsenate.gov/media/VideoPlayer/5977
Read moreThey were “investigating sex offenders”. That was the excuse DHS agents gave for pulling a U.S. Citizen out of his home wearing only his boxer shorts and Crocs. Wrapped in a blanket in 12 degree weather, a 56 year old naturalized U.S. citizen from Laos was pulled from his house and taken into DHS custody to be fingerprinted and photographed.
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