Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
For someone who probably should not have been prosecuted in the first place, Zach Anderson is certainly continuing to get a raw deal from the system. Now 22, when Zach was 19 he had sex with someone he met on line who claimed she was 17. Turns out she was only 14. Even though she admitted to lying about her
Read moreSexual Harassment In The News Weekly Update 2017-12-07 Dear Members and Advocates, As the days pass, the list of politicians, news anchors and other notable individuals accused of sexual misdeeds keeps growing. From award winning actors, to the President of the United States, this year has seen a huge increase in the number of sexual assault allegations levied against influential
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-11-29 Dear Members and Advocates, One problem (of many) with registration requirements for Registered Citizens is that they are vague, confusing and subject to broad interpretation. Take, for example, the requirement to register a temporary address. Say you live in Tampa and you go to visit your relatives in Orlando for Christmas break. You plan to stay for
Read moreIn an effort to encourage a more equitable system of justice in this country — something to which any number of legislators, unprincipled prosecutors and judges seem opposed — I believe it would be in our best interest to treat all those charged with sexual harassment and sexual misconduct the same way we treat all sex offenders. While the term
Read moreA request to ban a registered sex offender from swimming in a community pool has been declined. City officials said they can’t legally ask him to leave. “Unless this gentleman should do something out of the ordinary, in terms of being a pool user, he has the right to continue to use that pool,” said Robert Sullivan, attorney for the
Read moreA new study led by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that children who were legally required to register as sex offenders were at greater risk for harm, including suicide attempts and sexual assault, compared to a group of children who engaged in harmful or illegal sexual behavior but who were not required to register.
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