Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Few crimes elicit society’s rancor and scorn like sex abuse. Whether it’s the vulnerability of the victims or the intimacy of the assault, sex crimes have a unique stigma that follows offenders into prison. This presents a challenge not just for society, but especially for Christians, who believe in God’s radical love and forgiveness, even for sex offenders. Circles of
Read moreThis case has nothing to do with sex offender issues. But it is another example in what is becoming an ongoing “Unequal Justice” series, highlighting how laws in our country often seem to bend for those with money, power, or connections, while others face the full weight of the system. A few years ago Carolina Amesty rose quickly in Florida’s
Read moreA FREE online course is being offered by the Hinda Institute, designed to bring the newly released up to speed on the latest technology. If you’ve recently returned from a period of incarceration or want to beef up your resume with some skills that will help you find a better job or navigate new technology (such as AI), this might
Read moreFlorida Attorney General announced on social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) that he’s proposing the “Protecting Kids from Predators Pursuing Parenthood Act” to prevent registrants from becoming parents through surrogacy, adoption, or foster care. You can view the post here: https://x.com/AGJamesUthmeier/status/1953495580530946456
Read moreFollowing an appeal from a convicted sex offender, the Village of Forestville is revising an ordinance related to the distance convicted sex offenders may reside from “where children are known to congregate.” The village’s ordinance, adopted in December 2007, prohibits a convicted sex offender from living within 2,500 feet of any school, licensed day care center, park, trail, playground, place
Read moreWhen law enforcement officers with the Bossier Sheriff’s Office and the Shreveport District Office of Probation and Parole brought attention to a convicted sex offender’s offer of candy to children at a school bus stop in Bossier Parish, it led to an addition to state law. House Bill 111, passed by the legislature and signed by the governor, went into
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