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The Missourinet reports the Missouri Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in favor of a lower court’s ruling, saying the sex offender failed to present evidence that a lifetime electronic monitoring requirement is unconstitutional. SOURCE

Illinois Voices is committed to standing up for the civil rights of people on public conviction registries and their families.  We are pleased to announce that we filed a proposed class action lawsuit today against the Illinois State Police to challenge ISP’s failure to provide a fair and effective procedure to correct errors in the registry. The case is Illinois Voices

The University of South Florida will be offering CCJ 4690 – Sex Offenders. Emily Horowitz offers a course on this same topic at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY.  Horowitz says the students enter this course believing the myths, but by the time they finish the course, their view of people on the registry takes a 180-degree turn after having

Nola.com reports, “A landlord in St. Tammany Parish who rented to registered sex offenders is now suing the parish over an ordinance regulating housing that is rented to sex offenders, arguing the regulations violate his constitutional rights. “The ordinance, which the St. Tammany Parish Council adopted in the spring of 2024, defines a property where more than 15% of residents are registered sex offenders

Grady Judd is the sheriff in Polk County who frequently is before cameras, saying, “If you mess up, then dress up, fess up, and fix it up.” This advice is not being followed in the case of a botched rape investigation in Polk County. We thank the news site Mother Jones for making the public aware of what is going

A bill has been filed in Tennessee that would require people forced to be on the “sex offender” registry to register any memberships in churches or other religious organizations.  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation would then report this information to the named institutions. So far, nothing has surfaced in Florida this year as concerning as this Tennessee bill, but an

This week, two of our FAC board members visited Tallahassee to talk to state legislators.

In case after case, law enforcement officials in Florida are not being placed on the sex offender registry while any other Florida citizen committing identical crimes would be.  This problem is particularly acute in Southern Florida. SOURCE

A total of 43 organizations, including ACSOL and NARSOL, have reached an agreement regarding a letter to be sent this week to Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court.  The letter criticizes the court for its decision, Smith v. Doe, that has negatively and significantly impacted the lives of those required to register as well as their families.

In Virginia: A person who has been convicted of a felony…upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote.  Currently, in order to be qualified to vote, a person convicted of a felony in Virginia must have his civil rights