Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Yesterday, attorneys for Does #1-5, et al – Valerie Jonas and Todd Scher, filed a Response to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Motion to Dismiss the Third Amended Complaint. This is the case that has been litigated in the Southern District of Florida since 2018, was dismissed once, appealed, and then remanded by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read moreRep. Lauren Boebert has floated a brilliant idea: let’s appoint Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as special counsel to investigate the government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Yes. That Matt Gaetz! The same Matt Gaetz who was President Trump’s first pick for Attorney General until that tiny little hiccup — allegations that he paid for sex, including with a
Read moreU.S. Rep. Cory Mills (R – FL) voted for the Take It Down Act, which prohibits “nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals.” Essentially, the bill criminalizes “sextortion” – the practice of threatening to release explicit material of someone. Sextortion is now a crime under both Florida and federal law. Rep. Mills’ ex, Lindsey Langston, a Republican state
Read moreThis is a follow up to the story we posted yesterday: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ok-5-men-arrested-at-okc-parks-for-violating-sex-offender-safety-zone-laws/ At least one news outlet got it right. While many outlets sensationalize stories like this, KOCO 5 News took a different approach. Instead of stoking fear, they acknowledged the deeper issue; that residency restrictions often leave people on the registry with nowhere to go, forcing them into homelessness.
Read moreJust today, we sent out our Weekly Update talking about how sex offense laws aren’t applied the same across the board. How people with money, power, or political connections tend to have a very different experience than the average person. And right on cue, this story out of Utah hits the headlines. According to a recent Newsweek article, Utah Senate
Read moreFive men were arrested at Oklahoma City parks for violating the law prohibiting sex offenders from entering safety zones around schools, even though all incidents occurred after park hours when it was dark. Three of the arrests occurred on July 31 at Scissortail Park. All three men, who are transients, face charges for entering the safety zone as sex offenders.
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