Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Bittersweet news from the US Supreme Court: The court was asked to review two sex offense-related rulings; yesterday the court said no to both requests. Here’s the bitter part: the court refused to review a federal appeals court decision (8th Circuit) concerning Minnesota’s sex offense civil commitment program. More than 700 individuals are held in locked facilities for
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-10-03 Dear Members and Advocates, Whatever could have taken place this past week was immediately overshadowed by the mass shooting that took place Sunday night in Las Vegas. The senseless tragedy that, as of the time of this writing, has taken almost 60 lives puts everything into perspective. As bad as things may ever become, we live to
Read moreThe following was broadcasts by Jack Lessenberry, Michigan Radio’s Senior Political Analyst. Let’s hope people listen! https://cpa.ds.npr.org/michigan/audio/2017/10/20171003_lessenberry_web.mp3
Read moreNews from SCOTUS on Sexual Offender Laws DETROIT (AP) — Michigan’s sex offender registry law must be rewritten after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision that found the state was treating people as “moral lepers” by saddling them with excessive restrictions. The Supreme Court turned down an appeal from the state, 13 months after a federal
Read moreFlorida Sexual Offender Laws The FDLE filed a “Response In Opposition” to the Motion for Summary Judgment in the Internet Identifier Case this past Friday. In it they wrote, “The visits that Plaintiffs and other sexual offenders make to the websites of the Florida Action Committee, Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws, and the National Association for Reform Sexual Offender
Read moreNews from SCOTUS on Sexual Offender Laws It’s now official – Certiorari has been denied in Snyder and Karsjens What’s next for Florida Sexual Offenders? Our position on Snyder from last week stands. That was; if the SCOTUS felt there were no reviewable issues in the 6th Circuit Decision finding the registration requirements constituted ex post facto PUNISHMENT, this is
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