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Florida legislators might consider tweaking the state’s sex-offender law after the prosecution of a couple seen having a midday romp on the beach, radio talk-show caller “Matt from Fort Walton Beach” said on the air Tuesday. “I think we may look at those instances where you don’t have someone who is harmed by the offense, as much as harmed by

Public Radio in California broadcast a story on sex offender registration. It’s nice to be getting lots of news coverage on this debate and it’s great that the recurring theme seems to be that it’s NOT working and UNFAIR. “Some 800,000 registered sex offenders can’t live near parks or schools — or sometimes even in the homes of their own

The following is a translation of a story that appeared in Corriere, an Italian Media Outlet. The original story was in Italian and highlights the (mis)treatment of Sex Offenders in Florida after the completion of their sentences. It’s great that the international community is becoming aware of the inhumanity taking place in our state. For the original article, see: http://www.corriere.it/reportage/esteri/2015/a-300-metri-dal-mondo-miracle-village-il-villaggio-della-florida-dove-vivono-i-sex-offender/

This case is making headlines in Canada. Network CBC  posted this:   The state of Indiana considers Zach Anderson a sex offender. He doesn’t. Neither do his parents. And neither does his alleged victim or her mother. But their opinion doesn’t matter. The authorities are putting him on a sex offender registry anyway. That’s because the 19-year-old is serving a sentence

Now that both defendants have been sentenced and are on the sex offender registry, it’s a good time to remind ourselves, family, friends, etc. of our petition on Change.org calling for reform of the registry. We seem to have stalled at 500-something signatures, but now that the sentence has been imposed, we have an opportunity to revive interest. Please share

ELKHART -Older teenagers – considered sexual predators – for having sex with teens who are underage. Is it justice? Or as some parents argue, sex crime laws gone too far? ? Darian Yoder was 19 years old when he found a girl claiming to be 17 on a Facebook dating app called “Hot Or Not.” After chatting online for a