Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
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Read moreSince 2017 Joe Fields has operated Joe’s Place in Walla Walla, where as many as 9 registered mostly low-level sex offenders are voluntarily housed. That facility began just after creation of the state’s STAR Program or Succesful Transition and Re-Entry Program. Now, Kennewick Police and 8th. District Legislators have released information the Fields has applied for and purchased a home in
Read moreWeekly update for January 13, 2026. This is recording number 349 Dear Members and Advocates, For those who joined our monthly member call last week, you heard from our President Emeritus, Gail, about our national effort to engage public relations professionals to change the narrative. Florida Action Committee, along with several other state affiliates, is banding together to launch coordinated
Read moreThe Scottish National Party is pushing a “Removal of Peerages Bill” that would strip people who are friends of people who were registered sex offenders of their noble title. In the UK, nobility is recognized with a title such as Duke, Earl, or Baron. After it was discovered that some people in British nobility remained friends with Jeffrey Epstein even
Read moreA recent federal court decision in United States v. McDonald, (Dist. N. Mex, January 6, 2016) delivers an important reminder to people on probation or supervised release: you do not lose your Fifth Amendment rights just because you are in sex offense treatment or required to take polygraph exams! The court upheld the general requirement that Mr. McDonald participate in
Read moreProsecutors say a Lakemoor man created a homemade explosive device, which required the bomb squad to respond, and they believe he intended to blow up an alleged sex offender. Savino said he went to the house on Darrell Road and was using the home for surveillance of the sex offender, Theis said. “This defendant is showing a fixation on an
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