PBC’s easing of sex offenders’ residency limits part of national trend

Source: Palm Beach Post By Jennifer Sorentrue – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer   Following the high profile murder of a 9-year-old Florida girl, Palm Beach County commissioners in 2006 joined a chorus of local governments across the country and tightened restrictions on where sex offenders can live. Eight years later, the commission has taken the first step to repeal

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Palm Beach County may change sex offender residency restrictions

For a long time FAC has been reporting of the unintended consequences residency restrictions have created. Little to no housing options for registered sex offenders has led to homelessness. It has separated families; husbands not being able to live with their wives, fathers not being able to parent their children. Housing instability is a trigger for recidivism. It has caused

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Maryland Appeals Ct. Declares Retroactive Application of SORNA Unconstitutional

The Maryland Appeals Court has declared the retroactive application of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) unconstitutional in that State. The State had previously ruled that the retroactive application of SORNA was punitive and that someone who was previously not required to register or who had completed their “term” of registration must be removed.Doe v. Department of Public

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They’re killing sex offenders, by Chris Dornin

I was pleased to see a recent Sentinel editorial declaring the Internet sex offender roster punitive. My nonprofit group Citizens for Criminal Justice Reform filed an amicus brief in December supporting John Doe, a former sex offender challenging the New Hampshire sex offender shaming list as an unconstitutional ex-post-facto punishment. At the oral arguments in May, all four justices asked

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