Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Weekly Update 2017-02-28 Dear Members and Advocates, This morning I woke up feeling hopeful. It was the first time in a long time that I felt the courts are beginning to look at reason, consider the studies and have the political will to do the right thing. As NPR News called it, yesterday was “sex day” at the US Supreme
Read moreToday the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral argument in the case of Packingham v. N. Carolina. The case considers a constitutional right to access social media. Transcript of the argument can be read here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2016/15-1194_0861.pdf
Read moreThe SCOTUS heard oral argument in Packingham this morning and the initial feedback is that the hearing went well! GREAT NEWS! Here’s the latest report WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appears likely to strike down a North Carolina law that prohibits sex offenders from using Facebook and other social networking sites. At least five justices suggested during argument Monday they
Read moreShowdown at the Supreme Court: Feb. 27 the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case known as Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions. Underage, consensual sex is at issue; criminal statutes, immigration policy and sexual civil liberties collide. When Juan Esquivel-Quintana was 20 and living in California he had sex with his 16-year-old girlfriend. Alas, this was illegal in California; he
Read moreA Miami-Dade man was sentenced last week to one hundred (yes 100) years in prison for possession and distribution of child pornography. A press release from the Southern District of Florida can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/miami-dade-county-man-sentenced-100-years-prison-child-pornography-offenses On top of the prison time he was given 25 years of probation.
Read moreYou know how humiliating they are. The monthly “address verification” visits from police. You’re years off probation and haven’t had a single brush with the law since, but still the police show up at your doorstep to “verify” that you’re living or working where you’re supposed to. If you live in a municipality with some class or discretion, they will
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