With Unity Comes Change
We have been watching Louisiana’s HB 166 for a month hoping that it would quietly die, as it should. Unfortunately, that has not happened, yet. Instead, WDSU News 6 with ABC New Orleans is reporting that it has passed committee and is headed to the house for debate. If this bill were to ever pass into law requiring vasectomies, lawsuits
Read moreMiracle Village’s uniqueness frequently draws journalists to seek out the community. This peaceful area of Florida that has given hope to many people with a past sex offense, has drawn international attention as The Eastern Herald has recently reported on the village. The Eastern Herald originated in India and claims to be at the “forefront of global journalism.” One of
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In a 5 to 2 vote, the Volusia County Council voted to extend the state’s 1000-foot residence restrictions to 1500 feet from schools, day cares, parks, playgrounds, and school bus stops in the unincorporated parts of the county. New Smyrna Beach, Deland, and Daytona Beach (all in Volusia County) already have 2500-foot residence restrictions. The lengthy discussion was one of
Read moreOn March 25, 2024, Federal District Judge Robert L. Hinkle, of the Northern District of Florida, ruled that the requirement under Section 943.0435(4)(a) that people registered as sex offenders report in-person travel within the state of Florida to the FDHSMV violates substantive due process, and is thus unconstitutional. His order declared that this requirement is irrational and very burdensome for registrants. His
Read moreAs presented by NBC News4 San Antonio Bruce Cameron, a sex offender treatment provider, says some registered persons have told him that doing prison was easy, but being on the registry is a life sentence. He is in favor of deregulating registered persons who are low risk. That way resources for law enforcement could be freed up to monitor
Read moreMember Submission by Guy Hamilton-Smith (littlereddots.substack.com) (Florida Action Committee does not necessarily support all views expressed in our Member Submissions.) There is an issue that I don’t particularly know how to address with respect to challenges to various sex offense registration schemes that comes up frequently in court decisions. The science on these issues is pretty consistent: sex offender
Read moreIf Alaska passes into law two bills that would raise the age of consent in Alaska from 16 to 18, it would be the 13th state to do so. That would leave 37 states with an age of consent that is under 18 years. There are people in Florida who have been placed on the sex offense registry for life
Read moreAs we previously reported in the Florida News Radio post, Ron Book is promising to make the Miami/Dade area the first urban area in the nation to end homelessness as we know it today. In an interview with Glenna Milberg of Local10 News WPLG, Book gave a most impressive interview, giving plenty of documentation to show how he planned on
Read moreThe Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Illinois sex offender registration scheme. It has also ruled that sex offender residence restrictions are not facially unconstitutional but remanded an “as applied” challenge to the lower court. The plaintiff had been representing himself pro se. On the question of residence restrictions, the plaintiff cited recidivism studies, as well as studies demonstrating that
Read moreDr. Alissa Ackerman is a professor of criminal justice at California State University, Fullerton, and co-founder of Ampersands Restorative Justice. Ackerman studies every aspect of sexual abuse and the criminal justice policies used after it occurs. Being a rape survivor, Ackerman advocates for restorative justice for sex crimes where there is a likelihood of not sexually re-offending. But she acknowledges
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