Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
On Dec. 3, 2025, Judge James J. Panchik of the Court of Common Pleas of Armstrong County, ruled SORNA’s internet identifier provision is unconstitutionally vague. The Com. v. Michael Diebold case arises from a new failure‑to‑provide‑accurate‑registration‑information charge filed after the defendant, in litigating a habeas petition in an earlier SORNA case, disclosed a list of 66 websites he used and
Read moreBen McJunkin is an associate professor of law and associate deputy director for the Academy for Justice at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Among other areas of law, he specializes in sex crimes. He spoke on The Show to talk more about this issue. Full conversation MARK BRODIE: And Ben, what about this case and the ruling in
Read moreThere’s a must read article in The Appeal about the very disturbing and deeply problematic “Operation Net Nanny” that pretended to be a child sex trafficking operation, but was actually a manufactured crime wave that destroyed dozens of lives in Washington state. We encourage you to read the article, which can be found here: https://theappeal.org/net-nanny-washington-state-police-stings/ and share it. For those
Read moreFrom ACSOL: Please join ACSOL and others in an effort to persuade Etsy to remove anti-registrant merchandise from its website. The merchandise at issue includes messages on clothing and bumper stickers such as “Shoot Your Local Pedophile” and “Dead Pedophiles Don’t Reoffend.” “These and other statements on merchandise incite violence and therefore are not protected by the First Amendment,” stated
Read moreWeekly update for December 9, 2025. This is recording number 343. Dear Members and Advocates, The most consistent hardship reported by our members is the challenge of securing compliant housing. For anyone on Florida’s registry, the process is not simply a matter of searching for an affordable rental. It begins with navigating a maze of overlapping laws—State Statutes, County ordinances, and
Read moreThe Florida Action Committee has submitted a Request for Declaratory Statement from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement concerning the recent arrest of several members who have allegedly failed to report “Internet Identifiers” for accounts that probably don’t have to be reported under the Statute and Judge Hinkle’s Order in the Internet Identifier case, or for accounts they don’t even
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