Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Dear Members and Advocates, Each year I struggle to formulate a positive Thanksgiving message. While some of us might look forward to a festive holiday meal with family and friends, we can’t stop thinking about those of us who cannot. Some of us will be alone, under a bridge or otherwise isolated. It’s very hard to celebrate a day of
Read moreEarlier this year we warned of a law firm based in Texas that was actively soliciting people on the Florida registry for a “class action lawsuit”. The lawsuit Estes-Hightower filed in their home state of Texas was dismissed yesterday. We are concerned about the fate of the very similar suit they brought in Florida. We warned our members who received
Read moreFollowing are excerpts from an article in The Providence Journal Recent misdemeanor charges against Richard Gardner, a registered sex offender who caused a stir among neighbors when he moved to Providence last month, were dismissed Monday in District Court. At a probation–violation hearing in Superior Court, Warwick, on Monday morning, Judge Bennett Gallo ruled that the misdemeanor charge did not
Read morePolice in Lake County, Florida are trying to find the person who spray painted a cryptic message on the side of a Chiropractor’s office and set fire to several cars in the parking lot of a medical center in Eustis. According to the Orlando Sentinel, a spray painted message “complaining about being listed as a registered sex offender on state
Read moreAlliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) wants to know if your church or religious congregation has excluded you. In this month’s Janice’s Journal – written by ACSOL attorney Janice Bellucci, asks, “Why is it that some churches place outright bans on registrants who wish to worship there while others restrict registrants’ activities to such an extent that registrants choose
Read moreThe facts are similar though the cases are 20 years apart. After some online communication, a man plans to meet who he thinks is a minor, only it’s actually an undercover police officer. When he shows up at the intended meeting point, he is arrested and charged with a crime. In 1998’s State v. Duke the 5th district court of
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