When an entrapment case, a one-time lapse of judgment, prison time/probation/parole, and lifelong monitoring come under discussion, a veteran Registered Citizen suggests an analogy may help put things in perspective when emotions are in the way. He offers
Read MoreA woman in the United Kingdom reports that since that fateful knock on the door to the present, life, indeed has been difficult. With the goal of protecting her husband’s emotional state and normalizing life for herself and
Read MoreJuly 23, 2020, 1:46 pm Dear Members and Advocates, This week a “fire” erupted and we saw an example of why it is so important we stay organized and able to mobilize quickly. Brevard County is seeking to
Read MoreJuly 22, 2020, 7:16 pm David, 28, was counting the days until January 6, 2012, when his prison sentence would end and he would be released on parole. He had earned his GED diploma inside and lined up
Read MoreJuly 22, 2020, 6:13 pm The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division claims they uphold the Constitutional rights of all people in the United States (note the emphasis on “all” was theirs, not ours). Let’s see if
Read MoreIt takes guts to sift through the data about the hot-button political issue of sex offender recidivism and look calmly and methodically for the truth about recidivism rates. One of the original creators of the well-known Static-99/Static-99R, R.
Read MoreThe Dobbs Wire: It didn’t have to end this way. One month ago today, Hector Rodriguez died in a New York City jail. He was homeless and locked up for failing to keep his sex offense registration updated. Reuven Blau
Read MoreJuly 20, 2020, 5:53 pm At least four Central American immigrant children reported being sexually abused by staff members at the privately run Homestead detention center for unaccompanied minors, the Miami Herald reports. No one went to prison
Read MoreJuly 20, 2020, 12:08 pm [FAC NOTE: This is turning on absurd. Now businesses will be able to order persons forced to register can’t go within 1000 feet of their business?!?!] As it stands, any person convicted of
Read MoreJuly 20, 2020, 11:34 am A Texas man was charged with first degree murder in the March 16 death of an alleged Lea County sex offender living in Eddy County, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Carlsbad
Read MoreJuly 17, 2020, 7:50 pm Union officials at Federal Correctional Complex Coleman and Federal Correctional Institution Miami sounded the alarm on just how bad the conditions are inside the facilities. Kareen Troitino, the FCI Miami corrections officer union
Read MoreJuly 16, 2020, 7:47 pm Not that it matters to our population, since Amendment 4 discriminates against people with past convictions for sexual offenses, but today the Supreme Court declined to intervene in a ping pong match between
Read MoreJuly 16, 2020, 1:42 pm Information related to the experiences of sex offenders required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006 is predominantly based on quantitative data, and the majority of information relates
Read MoreJuly 15, 2020, 4:09 pm Dear Members and Advocates, One of the biggest advancements the Florida Action Committee has made during the last year was in our Media Committee. Led by our Committee Chair, Sarah, and assisted by
Read MoreJuly 15, 2020, 12:14 pm Jackson County Florida is trying a new approach to prevent persons required to register as sex offenders from moving into their neighborhood. Hereafter, they will prominently place their name, pictures and other personal
Read MoreJuly 14, 2020, 4:04 pm The following is a video of oral arguments in Jason Ross DeMare v. the State of Florida (2D19-2959) the case that found Mr. DeMare was entrapped by the police. It’s good to watch,
Read MoreJuly 13, 2020, 12:07 pm A landmark court ruling has led to nearly half of Georgia’s most high-risk sex offenders being released from their ankle monitors over the past year, marking a legal quandary that state lawmakers fell
Read MoreJuly 12, 2020, 4:29 pm A federal court in Tallahassee has entered a preliminary injunction against Wakulla County, Florida, protecting the religious exercise of local church City Walk – Urban Mission. The order comes just two months after
Read MoreJuly 9, 2020, 9:51 pm When the IML was signed into law, a handful of observers saw it for what it was: bad policy. The sole representative to object to the passport identifier during congressional debate worried that
Read MoreJuly 9, 2020, 7:31 pm With the deadline to register to vote in Florida’s August primary election 12 days away, a group of Florida voters and civil rights groups today asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a ruling
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