H1301/SB1226 Passes

Sadly, but not surprisingly, the Florida Legislature passed another stupid, punitive and unnecessary sex offender bill that will only enrich those in private prisons, the GPS vendors and the Books. We put up a very strong and valiant effort reaching out to our legislators. We expected the wishes of their constituents would not be as compelling as the campaign contributions

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Indiana to hear case allowing sex offender parents to attend their children’s school events.

Today, the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana will hear arguments in Douglas Kirby v. State of Indiana, the case of a registered sex offender who is banned from attending events at his own son’s school. The plaintiff was convicted of a sex offense in 2010 and received 18 months probation. His son’s school district gave him permission to

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Let’s show Vernon Florida some opposition!

According to an article posted today, Vernon, FL is considering an ordinance that would bar registered sex offenders from living inside the city limits. Let’s set aside the effectiveness of these ordinances (we know they are ineffective can counter-productive). Let’s set aside the constitutionality of these ordinances (they are currently being challenged in our State and we will have some

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PA: State Supreme Court remanding cases after Muniz

Sex offender cases in Pennsylvania are being remanded in the wake of Commonwealth v. Muniz, the PA case which found their registry unconstitutional under the ex post facto clauses of the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions. In Commonwealth v. Polzer, the appellant introduced the issue of whether, “SORNA’S irrebuttable presumption that all sexual offenders pose a high risk of reoffending

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SCOTUS Agrees to hear Sex Offense Case on Applying SORNA Retroactively

Weekly Update 2018-03-06 Dear Members and Advocates, The Supreme Court of the United States will be considering a “sex offender case” in it’s upcoming session. The case is Gundy v. United States and the essential decision the Court is being asked to make is whether the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) can be applied retroactively, as written. SORNA, which

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