June 9, 2020, 11:44 pm Dear Members and Advocates, This morning, oral arguments in Doe v. Miami-Dade (the challenge to Miami-Dade’s sex offender residency restriction that has left hundreds of individuals without anyplace to live) took place before
Read MoreJune 9, 2020, 8:24 pm Another registrant was arrested. This time for not updating his drivers license. On May 26, he reported to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and updated his registration after being released from the Department
Read MoreJune 9, 2020, 6:07 pm The case could upend part of Florida’s sex offender laws, officials say. A Tampa man who spent 12 years in prison for molesting two young girls at a community pool does not have
Read MoreJune 9, 2020, 11:15 am This morning the 11th Circuit will hold oral arguments in our case challenging Miami-Dade County’s sex offender residence restriction. Daniel Tilley, from the ACLU will be doing the argument on behalf of the individuals
Read MoreJune 8, 2020, 8:16 pm It’s a bit off-topic but in a decision released by the Supreme Court of the United States today (Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez) the court limited a pro se prisoner’s ability to bring lawsuits if
Read MoreJune 8, 2020, 8:04 pm the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has now published names and photographs of some convicted sex offenders on the Nigeria Sex Offender Register. The DG of NAPTIP, Dame
Read MoreJune 8, 2020, 3:13 pm Florida really loves to keep people on it’s sex offender registry and locked up. There are nearly 80 thousand people on Florida’s sex offender registry but fewer than 30 thousand are actually in
Read MoreJune 8, 2020, 2:18 pm Michigan lawmakers are debating how to overhaul the state’s sex offender registry after a federal appeals court ruled sections of the law are unconstitutional, but Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is contending the proposed
Read MoreJune 5, 2020, 4:06 pm An Ocala man was arrested Monday after he showed up a day late to update his registration as a sex offender. Shaun David Killie, 33, of 4055 NW 63rd St., was supposed to
Read MoreJune 3, 2020, 2:56 pm The Attorney for James Fairbanks, who shot Mattieo Condoluci to death a couple of weeks ago, is claiming he “didn’t intend to kill him”. REALLY?!?! So he just found him on the registry,
Read MoreJune 3, 2020, 1:18 pm Dear Members and Advocates, As we begin to emerge from the coronavirus shut-down, we enter another period of unrest and uncertainty. Across this country, groups of people are hitting the streets to protest
Read MoreJune 2, 2020, 2:49 pm Occasionally we come across a case where an individual asks for some unorthodox relief. A case out of the District of Arizona, United States v. Self, is such as case. Richard Self asked
Read MoreJune 2, 2020, 1:48 pm Recently I attended the Safe and Just Michigan You Tube conference. I wrote a suggestion in the comments section calling on all Floridians to read a brief (10-15 second long) statement to the
Read MoreJune 1, 2020, 4:56 pm ClickOrlando.com posted an article last week about Amendment 4 and felon voting rights. The article can be found here: https://www.clickorlando.com/news/florida/2020/05/24/judge-rules-against-florida-on-felons-paying-fines-to-vote/ In it, they write, “The 2018 ballot measure, known as Amendment 4, does
Read MoreJune 1, 2020, 12:37 am Dear Members and Advocates, It is important that everyone remembers to perform your in-person registration, even during the period of pandemic, even if you are sick, even if your registration office is closed.
Read MoreMay 31, 2020, 5:05 pm From NARSOL: The Superior Court ruled that SORNA II constituted as cruel and unusual punishment for juveniles in Com. v. Matthew Zeno 2020 PA Super 1111. PARSOL sees this is a fantastic ruling. It means
Read MoreMay 29, 2020, 3:36 pm If you were unable to attend the webinar yesterday, sponsored by Safe & Just Michigan, it’s not too late… you can watch a recording of the webinar here: The post The Evidence-Based Case
Read MoreMay 29, 2020, 1:09 pm Charges filed against an Oklahoma State University professor for soliciting sex with minors online call into question incongruous age of consent laws in Oklahoma. He allegedly fell victim to a sting operation, going
Read MoreMay 28, 2020, 1:49 pm Reading this article made my blood boil! Counties which were being “flexible” about IN PERSON registration during Covid-19 shut downs are arresting people who failed to register. On March 30th, the Marion County
Read MoreMay 27, 2020, 8:43 pm “Retiring” and “Ron Book” are words that never appear in the same sentence. It’s time that they did. Ronald Lee Book made his name in South Florida as a powerhouse lobbyist. Every year,
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