The heat is turned up (one hopes) against sex offender registry statutes

As I’ve noted a number of times here on the VC (most recently here) I’ve gotten involved over the last few years in a series of constitutional challenges to various State “sex offender registry” statutes, which typically impose a series of reporting requirements (e.g., tell your probation officer of every address change, or email address you use) and disabilities (on owning property

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9 Investigates uncovers proposed plan to make sex offenders pay yearly fee

ORLANDO, Fla. — Sheriff’s offices all over central Florida spend tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to keep tabs on sex offenders. But 9 Investigates uncovered one state has a plan to make the sex offenders carry some of that burden. Channel 9’s Myrt Price asked lawmakers and law enforcement officials whether that plan could work in Florida. The offenders

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