Watch the Fairbanks Interview

June 12, 2020, 12:07 am The killer of Mattieo Condoluci gives a jailhouse interview – Watch it below. Then write to Brenda Beadle, Chief Deputy County Attorney and insist on the maximum punishment for this killer. She can

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Will Sex Offense Registry Changes be Part of Criminal Justice Reform?

June 12, 2020, 12:01 am The killing of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement has sparked outrage and mass protests across the nation. Calls for police reform have created yet another divide among the American public.

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NARSOL: Last call for web conference.

June 11, 2020, 11:57 am When NARSOL’s annual conference was cancelled because of the COVID-19 virus, they decided to replace it with a two day webcast. All of the speakers of the conference have agreed to speak on

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Weekly Update 2020-06-09 Ref#93

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

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Petty, Petty, Petty: Ocala sex offender arrested for failing to update license

June 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

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Ruling allows Tampa man to avoid sex offender registration until he pays $10K fine

June 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

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Oral Arguments to take place in Miami-Dade Residency Restriction Case today

June 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

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SCOTUS seeks to curb frivolous indigent prisoner lawsuits.

June 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

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Nigeria starts “naming and shaming” sex offenders

June 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

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Florida’s 2nd DCA offers relief for terminal man confined in civil commitment.

June 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

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MI: lawmakers debate changes to states sex offender registry law

June 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

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Ocala sex offender jailed after registering a day late

June 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

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Come On!!! Attorney for killer of Mattieo Condoluci claims he didn’t originally intend to murder.

June 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,

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Weekly Update 2020-06-02 Ref#91

June 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

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Inmate asks to be civilly committed because he will have no opportunities as a registrant

June 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

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Member Submission: Statement prior to registration

June 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

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Please correct this “news site”

June 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

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Weekly Update 2020-05-28 Ref#90

June 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.

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PA: SORNA II constitutes cruel and unusual punishment for juveniles

May 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

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The Evidence-Based Case for Ending Sex Offender Registries

May 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

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