Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
The Tiered Registry Bill (Senate Bill 421) was passed today by the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee. The final vote on the bill was 5 in favor (Chairman Jones Sawyer as well as committee members Rubio, Quirk, Santiago and Gonzalez-Fletcher), one opposed (Lackey) and one who did not vote (Flora). During deliberations on the bill, the bill’s author (Senator Scott Wiener)
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-07-12 Dear Members and Advocates, Many of you have been asking “what’s being done” about the newly enacted “Internet Identifier” law that went into effect two weeks ago. We appreciate everyone’s patience as those involved worked feverishly to prepare a response to the new law instead of answering everyone’s questions. We are now able to announce that yesterday,
Read moreA Sixth Circuit panel concluded in Does v. Snyder, No. 15-1536 (6th Cir. Aug. 25, 2016), that Michigan’s amendments to its Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) “imposes punishment” and thus the state violates the US Constitution when applying these SORA provisions retroactively. Michigan appealed this decision to the US Supreme Court, and SCOTUS in March asked for the US Acting Solicitor General to express its
Read moreSACRAMENTO — California’s sex offender registry didn’t protect Chelsea King. A registered child predator abducted, raped and murdered the 17-year-old high school senior after she set off for a jog on the trails around Lake Hodges in San Diego County in 2010. Authorities used DNA to track down John Albert Gardner III, who confessed to killing Chelsea and another teen,
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-07-04 Dear Members and Advocates, Happy July 4th!!! Every year, on this calendar day, we commemorate freedom from oppression. On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies declared their independence from Great Britain, who had been taxing and subjecting the colonists to unjust treatment decades. Since the Intolerable Acts of 1744, the British used cruelty and propaganda against the
Read moreA Florida woman took her children to Disney World for a fun weekend, but was denied service at the hotel. When she asked why she was not allowed to stay there, she was shocked by the response. Now, the mother is taking legal action. Tammy Lemasters was denied service at Disney World and when she asked why, she was told
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