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The story about the U. S. Marshals finding 13 people not living at their registered addresses in Scranton, PA, has been running for several days in Pennsylvania, but I am shocked that the Tampa Bay Times would give up space for something as nonsensical as this story is and miles away from Florida.  As always, no new sex crimes were

These phone scams targeting people on the registry have been discussed many times at our website.  Very little seems to be done by law enforcement throughout the state of Florida, but fortunately that is not true everywhere in our country. We recently saw the Pennsylvania State Police warn registrants about a scam, something FDLE does not do and does not

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, introduced a bill on Wednesday that blocks sex offenders from immigrating to the United States, and deports those convicted of sexual offenses. The “BE GONE” Act, or the Better Enforcement of Grievous Offenses by un-Naturalized Emigrants Act – that would make “sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence” a disqualifying act for those seeking to immigrate to the U.S.—such

Citrus County Judge Richard Howard ruled Monday that being on the Florida sex offense registry for life was a suitable punishment for a 21-year-old woman who sexually coerced and molested a teenage boy.  Please make sure that you read carefully the part that said the registry was suitable PUNISHMENT. The woman plead no contest to two counts of lewd and

The Minnesota Sex Offender Program originally established the civil detention program for those individuals convicted of a crime and diagnosed with a psychopathic personality.  It did not take long, though, for the program to shift to those convicted of a sexual offense.  What was initially called a civil commitment center has now become an expansion of Minnesota’s state prisons.  

This is good news! The US Supreme Court has denied Certiorari (refused to take up) an appeal from the State of Louisiana to their State Supreme Court’s Court decision that upheld a lower Court’s ruling that branding the licenses of persons required to register with “SEX OFFENDER”. In refusing to hear the case, the SCOTUS is effectively ruling that the

We have received several requests for updates on the Out of State Challenge that we announced was filed this past summer. Unfortunately, the Plaintiff in that case was saddled with the Statute of Limitations issue that previously hung up other Plaintiffs in the same challenge. Specifically, he was added to the Florida registry more than 4 years ago, and therefore

Pedophilia is a clinical diagnosis which does not apply to most people who commit a sex offense, but there is a small percentage who do suffer from this condition.  Why?  What makes them different?  Are they truly bad people wanting to hurt others?  The science on this subject gives a resounding NO!   For over a century, numerous treatments have

As Patch continues to put out their fall maps, they have started toning it down a bit, as this is the second year that they have included information on why these maps might not be as helpful as they once touted them to be. This particular article lets the reader know: Registries play only a limited role in preventing sex

Living on the registry is punitive enough, but when you are also on sex offense probation, life is even worse.  Besides the ankle monitor and the strict liability laws that go with it, everyone agrees that SO probation is far worse than any other type of probation, including that for released murderers. We have a member that would like to