Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
By now we’re used to being excluded. Can’t be on Facebook…. well, they sell your private information anyhow. Can’t take your kids to Disney World… who wants to pay ten bucks for an ice cream bar shaped like a mouse anyhow? But there’s a trending exclusion that brings cruel and unusual punishment to an entirely new level. Sex offenders are
Read moreThis week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an opinion in Sessions v. Dimaya that could prove helpful in our Internet Identifier case. Although the case had nothing to do with the sex offender registry, the issue centered around a vague statute. Specifically; what constitutes a “crime of violence”. As is one of the issues in our internet
Read moreBy Robin Vander Wall . . . At a hearing in federal court (Middle District, NC) on Monday, April 16, 2018, NARSOL, NCRSOL, and two John Doe plaintiffs were represented by Attorney Paul Dubbeling to defend against the state of North Carolina’s Motion to Dismiss a lawsuit filed in January, 2017 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief under section 1983 of
Read moreWeekly Update 2018-04-17 Dear Members and Advocates, Happy “Second Chance Month”! What does that mean? “Second Chance Month”. Is that like Black History Month where we recognize great leaders in the civil rights movement? Or is it like National Pancake Month (July) where we are supposed to eat pancakes? I checked the Wikipedia page for these observance months and didn’t
Read moreWeekly Update 2018-04-12 Dear Members and Advocates, This past week we have been debating an incident that took place at an LGBTQ community center. The “incident” is not exactly an incident, but the media has blown it completely out of proportion, as if a nuclear bomb had been found buried in a playground. In 1995 “CC” committed a crime for
Read moreWeekly Update 2018-04-08 Dear Members and Advocates, Sometimes you need to have a sense of humor in this situation. We monitor the news headlines for relevant stories and yesterday several news outlets have written about the new layout of the FDLE sex offender website. It’s a non-issue from most people’s perspective, but an opportunity for the FDLE to give the
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