April 3, 2019, 10:48 am Australian child protection agencies have rejected plans for a national child sex offender registry, claiming the list will not protect children and will only give power to vigilante paedophile hunters. Home Affairs Minister
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 12:30 pm State legislators are debating whether they should make changes in the state’s sex offender registry, which was established in 1998. Former Republican state legislator Bob Farr of West Hartford and other advocates called
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am Yesterday, CS/HB 851 (the “Human Trafficking Bill”) advanced through the House with a notable exception; the “Solicitation of prostitution registry” was dropped. The bill was the Florida House of Representative’s companion to Lauren
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am In Commonwealth v. Feliz, a case decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Court yesterday, the Court concluded that mandatory GPS monitoring for all sex offenses is “over inclusive in that GPS monitoring will not
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am Mary Davye Devoy, the VA advocate for reform of sex offender laws, received an unexpected victory. Gov. Ralph Northam is proposing to remove provisions from the law that would have penalized sex offenders
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am Convicted sex offenders are reaching out to Virginia State Police for help. They’re concerned about a recent increase in phone call scams that seem to target them. “The Virginia State Police are getting
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am The Polk County Sheriff’s Department in Florida is touting its successful completion of “Operation Karma,” a three-day sting in which cops arrested 26 registered sex offenders for violating various legal obligations imposed on
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am I do a decent amount of case law research to support our advocacy and reform efforts. Generally come across court decisions that regurgitate the same “frightening and high” hyperbole, but once in a
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am There’s been a modification in Senate Bill 540 to the proposed language that would create the soliciting prostitution registry. First, it’s not called a “registry” anymore. It’s now called the “Soliciting for Prostitution
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am Press Release: Windsor Locks federal suit re: “Child Safety Zones” On March 27, 2018, Stamford attorney Audrey Felsen of Koffsky & Felsen filed suit in federal court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am Following the success of a similar suit in Georgia, lawyers have filed a lawsuit challenging the practice of putting persons required to register as sex offenders on GPS monitors for life – even
Read MoreApril 2, 2019, 4:04 am The Dobbs Wire: Banishment! In the 21st century many localities in the United States use an ancient means to get rid of people who have been stigmatized and are despised, banishment. More formally
Read MoreApril 1, 2019, 9:20 pm From National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: During the month of April, we will be shining a light on the need for second chances, and we will need your help! Over 70 million
Read MoreApril 1, 2019, 8:40 pm This past Friday, Lobbyist Ron Book, through his attorney, Jerry Berry, filed a waiver of arraignment and plea of Not Guilty in the DUI and related charges against him. We will continue to
Read MoreApril 1, 2019, 6:50 pm The following are the presentation materials from Harry Morgan and Ken Hulata, who presented at the Florida ATSA conference last month. Sex_Offender_Trauma-Morgan_FATSA-190309 (1) The post Sexual Offenders & Trauma-Informed Care appeared first on
Read MoreApril 1, 2019, 4:26 pm Arizona HB 2613, promoted by House Speaker Rusty Bowers, would enable persons required to register as sex offenders to seek relief from lifetime registration by applying to be removed when they turn 35.
Read MoreApril 1, 2019, 12:49 pm A federal district court in Illinois handed a win to a group of persons required to register as sex offenders, who challenged the constitutionality of a policy of refusing to release persons who
Read MoreMarch 14, 2019, 9:46 pm A Public Service Announcement about Child Pornography. The post Watch: PSA Think B4 u Click Warning About Child Pornography appeared first on Florida Action Committee. Go to Source Author: FAC Contributor #5 The
Read MoreMarch 14, 2019, 12:55 pm I just had to laugh at the debate over this stupid bill that took place in the Florida legislature yesterday. To back up; Senator Lauren Book whose life mission is to perpetuate panic
Read MoreMarch 13, 2019, 7:40 pm The operators of ClearMyCase.com have a new scam and they are going after the same victims – people required to register. John Bordelon, the man behind ClearMyCase is now again using the registry
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