Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Incarceration is challenging for most individuals, but it poses unique and often severe hardships for those with mental health conditions such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For inmates with sex offense convictions, the prison environment is particularly hostile, marked by frequent bullying, social isolation, and even physical violence. When an individual has both ASD and a sex offense conviction, the
Read moreAnother sting and another press release. This time out of Marion County, Florida. Weeks after posting “Operation: Obvious Trap (aka “How Are People Still Falling for This?”)” comes another sting. Notably, there were no people already on the registry who were caught. People need to stop falling for these traps. You hear the press conference, you see the mugshots, but
Read morePennsylvania Representative announced plans to introduce legislation that would address a gap in the Commonwealth’s child protection laws. The bill, authored by Rep. Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler, Lawrence), aims to close a loophole that allows registered sex offenders to become parents through surrogacy. While the current law prohibits registered sex offenders from adopting or fostering a child, surrogacy arrangements are not
Read moreIn July 2025, residents of Decatur Township, Pennsylvania, packed into a township supervisors meeting, many of them angry and afraid. Rumors had spread on Facebook that a halfway house for sex offenders had quietly opened on Hoffman Road. The idea ignited a storm of fear and outrage, stoking familiar anxieties that such facilities bring danger, devalue property, and ruin the
Read moreDear Members and Advocates, Bill McKenna is a hero! Woodstock, New York, Town Supervisor Bill McKenna is facing backlash for doing something increasingly rare in today’s climate: he gave someone with a past sex offense conviction a fair chance. Earlier this year, McKenna recommended the hiring of a man on New York’s sex offense registry to a part-time job as a
Read moreA U.S. representative for Florida’s 13th congressional district, Anna Paulina Luna, proposed the death penalty for the 200+ illegal immigrants featured in a recent ICE press release that stated that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 214 illegal aliens for immigration offenses in the Houston area in the past six months who have been charged or convicted of a sex
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