ORLANDO: ATSA FREE Public Engagement Event

NOTE: IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THIS EVENT IS TAKING PLACE ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS AND THEREFORE REGISTERED CITIZENS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM ATTENDING Tuesday, November 1st  |   6:30pm – 8:00pm Fairwinds Alumni Center, University of Central Florida***, Orlando This is a free event –   RSVP HERE   – download the announcement here, share with a friend! This event aims to

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Florida's 5th DCA says no separate charges for same conduct.

The Fifth District Court of Appeals last week reinforced a Florida Supreme Court ruling made last year that found “Double Jeopardy principles prohibit separate convictions based on the same conduct.” In the instant case (Huges v. Florida), the defendant was convicted and sentenced for “soliciting” and “traveling” (to meet a minor) arising from an incident where he received a response

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State Department Replies to IML Petition

The State Department has modified the Final Rule it published on September 2, 2016, regarding implementation of the International Megan’s Law (IML).  The modification corrects the erroneous statement in the Rule regarding whose passports will bear a “unique identifier” The modification clarifies that “unique identifiers” will be added only to the passports of individuals convicted of a sex offense that involved

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Florida's Sex Offender Registry Tops 70,000!

Florida’s Sex Offender Registry now contains over seventy-thousand names! Here’s how the numbers break down: – 82.66% are listed as “offenders”, 16.88% are listed as “predators”, 0.47% are juveniles. – 1.51% are listed as “deceased”, while 1.17% are listed as “absconded” – 97.96% are Male, 74.74% are listed as “white” – more than 1/4 of those listed are presently confined.

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IL: Sex offender internet law constitutional

SPRINGFIELD — The state’s highest court has upheld a law that requires sex offenders to disclose information about their internet identities and websites. In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Charles E. Freeman, the Illinois Supreme Court held that a provision of the Sex Offender Registration Act survived First Amendment scrutiny because it bolsters the government’s interest in protecting the

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