Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
A 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.
Read moreSo much of our lives today are conducted online that it’s essential that we know who has access to our information. And that’s especially true when it’s the government that’s doing the prying into our emails, texts, and Facebook updates. A recent case, in which Facebook acted in the perhaps surprising role of advocate for the ordinary citizen — two
Read moreInformation for Sex Offenders A new study by Shawn M. Rolfe, Doctoral candidate at the University of Louisville, helps identify some of the requirements each individual state has when a registered sex offender travels there. A chart contained in the study provides a useful reference. WhenaSOComestoVisit-Rolfe
Read moreFlorida Sex Offender News With an increase in some of the state’s most dangerous sex offenders living outside of prisons and on probation, some of the state officers assigned to watch them have asked the Legislature for a raise to keep the most experienced on board. As of last month, 1,812 community supervision officers with the Florida Department of Corrections watched 166,966 people
Read moreNews for Florida Sex Offenders Weekly Update 2017-11-23 Dear Members and Advocates, This week, as in years past, we struggle to find a positive message to share in light of the Thanksgiving Holiday. For many reading this message, it’s a struggle to find something to be thankful for. Thanksgiving is supposed to be more meaningful than turkey and football. It’s
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