Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
At the link below you can listen to the City of New Smyrna Beach consider a Sex Offender Residency Restriction: Listen to Audio You will hear how misguided and misinformed the Commission is. We can only hope the ACLU brings a lawsuit.
Read moreWeekly Update #46 Dear Members and Advocates, Yesterday, a Motion for Reconsideration was submitted in the “In-Person Challenge”. Last week, a Federal District Court Judge ruled that the plaintiff, Matthew 25 Ministries, Inc. did not have standing to sue on behalf of their members. While the dismissal of the case on those grounds was disappointing, the order itself was anything
Read moreI just found out I have to travel to Maryland next week for a business meeting. So I got online to look at the requirements. Maryland does not have residency restrictions. If that is not good enough, Maryland is actually against residency restrictions for the same reason we fight against them here in Florida. The registry FAQ website is https://www.dpscs.state.md.us/onlineservs/sor/frequently_asked_questions.shtml
Read moreA recent decision out of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals gives us a peek inside the Florida Civil Commitment Center. As the Opinion begins, “James Pesci is a detainee at the Florida Civil Commitment Center (FCCC), a for-profit facility that houses sex offenders involuntarily committed under Florida’s Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act. Pesci is not a
Read moreThe trial of advocate, Galen Baughman, will begin this coming Monday to determine whether he will be civilly committed. Civil commitment is the involuntary detention of an individual beyond the expiration of their sentence. In other words, after a defendant’s criminal sanction is completed, certain states (Florida included) have laws that will allow the government to keep an individual locked
Read moreNext year’s legislative session is only a few months away, and it’s time – right now – to start advocating in our communities for positive criminal justice reform that makes a real impact for our families, friends and neighbors. Join us for a series of online advocacy trainings to get ready to make your voice heard during the 2020 Legislative
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