Decision in Gundy v. United States

Holding: The judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit that 34 U. S. C. §20913(d) – which requires the U.S. attorney general to apply the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act’s registration requirements as soon as feasible to offenders convicted before the statute’s enactment – is not an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority is affirmed. Judgment:

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Florida’s sex offender population is aging. Where can they live out their silver years?

People on Florida’s list of 73,000 registered offenders who are 65 and older jumped 2 percentage points between 2015 and 2016, according to the state’s legislative auditors, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. Florida’s registry has about 10,200 elderly offenders. The problem is sparking a national crisis of social and justice policy: How and where do we

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Fort Lauderdale relaxes restrictions on where sex offenders can live

Fort Lauderdale city commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to relax the city’s residency restrictions on sex offenders. Offenders will now be allowed to live close to bus stops but they are still barred from living within 1,400 feet of a school, daycare and other places children gather. The change will expand the available housing for convicted offenders from 1.4% of the

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The Growing Momentum at NARSOL and ACSOL – Daylight for Sex Offenders?

Weekly Update #33 Dear Members and Advocates, Some people travel to Los Angeles hoping to run into celebrities or rock stars. My trip to LA for the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) provided just that. To myself and most people in the advocacy community, Eric Janus, Ira Ellman, Adele Nicholas, Emily Horowitz, Janice Bellucci and the others that presented

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Fort Lauderdale to vote on change in sex offender restrictions

Fort Lauderdale will decide Tuesday whether to allow sex offenders to legally live in more of the city’s neighborhoods. Commissioners will hold the final vote to relax the city’s restrictive sex offenders law, allowing them to live close to bus stops but still barring them from living within 1,400 feet of a school, daycare and other places children gather. The

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FDLE Ordered Not to Share Doe’s Identities in Ex Post Facto Plus Case.

In another small victory in the “Ex Post Facto Plus” challenge, the Court clarified it’s order granting the plaintiff’s anonymity to prohibit the Florida Department of Law Enforcement from sharing the identities of the “Does” with anyone other than those who have a need to know. After the Doe’s victory in their Motion to proceed anonymously, the Court ordered the

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