Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
After a former Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University professor was released by Judge R. Michael Hutcheson on supersedeas bond, (allowing the defendant to be free while he appeals his case), Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood took it personally and sent some tweets critical of the judge and the defendant. Apparently it’s not the first time.Over the summer, Sheriff Chitwood criticized Circuit Judge
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Read moreA Federal Judge in the Northern District of Illinois has DENIED the IL Department of Correction’s Motion to Dismiss in a case challenging the DOC’s policy of restricting internet access to parolees. The plaintiffs, through their rock-star attorneys, Adele Nicholas and Mark Weinberg, are persons who are required to register as sex offenders who are challenging the IL DOC’s policy.
Read moreSeveral law enforcement agencies teamed up to arrest 67 noncompliant sexual predators and sexual offenders during a seven-month operation called “Parking Lot Party,” a news release said. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, United States Marshals Service, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and State Probation and Parole conducted a joint operation to verify the compliance of the 550 registered sexual offenders
Read moreWeekly Update #50 Dear Members and Advocates: Three years ago I was very angry at Galen Baughman. Galen was an outspoken anti-registry activist. He had recently been awarded a Soros Fellowship, he was just featured by a respected NY Journalist, and most publicly he had put out a great TED Talk called “Are We All Sex Offenders?” which we hoped
Read moreIn Florida, registration is for life. We have people with 20, 30 year old convictions who are still on the list, have to comply with a long list of requirements, and if they don’t – it’s a felony. Take, for example, the case of C.B. (no need to use his real name and have another harassing link up when he’s
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