With Unity Comes Change
For those who could not make this year’s NARSOL annual conference in Atlanta earlier this month, below is a link to the conference brochure so you can see what you’ve missed and the type of sessions that took place, so you can consider attending next year. NARSOL Conference Bulletin
Read moreAn opinion piece in TheHill makes the valid point that, “[c]ontrary to logic, laws designed to protect children from sexual predators often result in punishing children themselves, with what can be lifelong detrimental consequences. In fact, it is possible for two 16-year-olds in a fully consensual relationship to be charged with abusing each other. This neither protects children nor society from
Read moreA registered person in Salesville, Arkansas hung three nazi flags prominently on his property, in protest of a sex offender sign put up by the city in front of their fire department identifying him as a sex offender. Business owners in Salesville don’t like either displays – as neither are good for business. Who wants to drive into the city
Read moreI was reading an article in the Yorktown Daily Voice, thinking about how I can present it in a way that makes sense. The article begins, “The State Senate approved, 59-2, legislation prohibiting Level 2 and Level 3 sex offenders from using the internet for social networking or for accessing pornographic sites involving sexual relation with minors for life.” So
Read moreFORT MYERS, Fla. – When a mover comes to your house, do you know who you’re inviting in? A new Florida law wants to make sure you’re notified if a sex offender is working for the moving company you hire. Moving businesses we spoke with say they already have processes in place. Getting a job at Affordable Transfer Company in
Read moreMADISON, Wis. (AP) — Thirty-six violent sex offenders who have completed treatment are still waiting in prison for Wisconsin officials to find them somewhere to live, an Associated Press review of state data reveals. Wisconsin policymakers, like those in many states, have struggled for years to find homes for sex offenders in the face of opposition from local communities and
Read moreStandout pitcher Luke Heimlich, who was identified as a registered sex offender by The Oregonian on Thursday, asked to be excused from playing while No. 1-ranked Oregon State plays for a berth in the College World Series. In a statement released through his attorney, Stephen Ensor, the Oregon State ace stated that didn’t want to serve as a distraction. The request came hours before
Read moreLet’s play “guess the gender”. I’ll give the background and you guess whether the perpetrator is male or female. From yesterday’s Florida Times Union (Jacksonville.com) “A 28-year-old former St. Augustine High School teacher was sentenced to six months in jail Wednesday morning and classified a sex offender for having sex with a then-16 year-old student, according to St. Johns County
Read moreThe National Center for Missing and Exploited Children updated their “Sex Offender Map” and statistics in May, 2017 to account for the latest statistics. Our colleague from Virginia has put together an analysis of the new counts, which can be found here, but the summary of the statistics for our state are that: Florida dropped from #8 to #11. 1
Read moreThe governor did not say, “Dammit … I’m getting to the bottom of this money-sucking private prison mess.” Rick Scott’s reticence might seem a bit out of character, given his self-crafted persona as Florida’s cold-blooded budget-cutting crusader. Here’s a guy who over the years has vetoed state allocations for Special Olympics, Goodwill Industries, United Cerebral Palsy, the Miami Project to
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