With Unity Comes Change
On 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
Read moreOn November 16, 2022, a registered person won an order to be removed from the registry (State of Florida v. David Whitehead F95-37823) after 20 years in the state of Florida, beating the 2007 amendment, as the judge in the case said it was punitive in nature and could not be applied retroactively. The state then appealed the decision. The
Read moreWe are frequently encountering members who are unsure of the registry requirements, which statutes are applicable to their situation, the statute numbers, etc. FDLE has published a guideline to assist law enforcement in navigating the confusing web of registration laws. This publication can also be a helpful tool for registered citizens to have. Unfortunately, people just released from prison do
Read moreSome facts pointed out in the USA TODAY’s most recent article on pedophilia: Research suggests that pedophilia is determined in the womb and is neurological. “Not all people who sexually abuse children are pedophiles; some pedophiles never abuse children.” “Anna Salter, a psychologist, author, and internationally recognized expert who has done over 500 evaluations of high-risk sex offenders,…says ‘Pedophiles may
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