With Unity Comes Change
The changes in HB 1235 apply to ALL people on the registry, whether they are forced to register as a sex offender or sexual predator. For the purpose of calculating a temporary residence, the first day that a person abides, lodges, or resides at a place is excluded (meaning the first day of your in-state travel does NOT count)
Read moreThis order addresses only the reporting requirements of those forced to register as a sex offender, NOT sexual predators. There is NO change to current operations as they pertain to a person with the label of predator forced upon them. FDLE interprets the order to mean: Persons forced to register (PFRs) as sex offenders no longer report to the
Read moreA bill that should have gone nowhere in Louisiana’s legislative body, has passed in the House and has had a first reading in the Senate. HB 166 is the vasectomy bill: “In addition to any other penalties provided by law, any person who is convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 may be subject to a vasectomy
Read more“PETITION TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE UNITED STATES’ SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY AS A VIOLATION OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.” Reached 6,884 signatures. Help us get to 7,500 signatures before the NARSOL Conference in June! Tell friends and family to sign the petition at: https://www.change.org/p/public-sex-offender-registration-is-violation-of-universal-declaration-of-human-rights NOTE: If asked for a donation, the funds will go
Read moreThe Volusia County Council members voted on April 2, 2024, to extend the state’s 1000-foot residency restrictions to 1500 feet in the unincorporated parts of the county. Deland, Daytona Beach, and New Smyrna Beach already have 2500-foot residency restrictions. Council member Don Dempsey deserves to be recognized for the effort he put in to trying to help the other council
Read moreAt the April 2 Volusia County Council meeting and one other meeting last year, Councilman Don Dempsey said in his 34 years as a prosecutor and defense attorney, he had seen people who were innocent take a plea deal rather than play Russian roulette with a jury. As a result of so many crimes now having mandatory minimum sentences, some
Read moreWe’ve previously written about measures that cruise lines have been taking to exclude sex offenders from their vessels. But the latest Federal data suggest that they were targeting the wrong people all along. Source
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According to a March 21 ruling from the Illinois Supreme Court, there are times when the legislature’s judgment in drafting a statute “may be based on regional speculation unsupported by evidence or empirical data and is not subject to judicial factfinding.” This statement could be scary to a non-legal person. In this ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that
Read moreBy Sandy Rozek, NARSOL board member and communications director First published at narsol.org Sandy writes, “It is a given that if one is convicted of a crime, some sort of punishment will follow…But what, then, what if the lesson is not learned?…Then harsher punishment is meted out.” We, as a society, have always seen the need to deal with
Read moreThere is much to rejoice about with this order, but unfortunately this order addresses only the reporting requirements of those who have the label of sexual offender forced upon them, NOT SEXUAL PREDATORS. It is a bitter sweet victory for some, myself included, as my family member was deemed to be a sexual predator when his only true label was
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