Journalist lays out the research to counter myths about sex offender registry

Kelsey Turner with InvestigateWest shows readers that what we are doing to prevent future sex crimes against children is NOT working. “Researchers say sex offender registration and notification laws can be counterproductive for public safety by keeping registrants on the streets: Tenino cited as example” According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a Michigan study “found lack

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The State Attorney Who Declined to Pursue Sex Offenders for Voting

At least one State Attorney last year declined to prosecute six people forced to register on the sex offender registry in cases similar to those later brought against 20 ex-felons by Florida’s election police unit and statewide prosecutors.  This State Attorney determined instead that, as the Orlando Sentinel summarized it, the fraud was not willful. Read more from the Orlando

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Sex offender in Alachua County, Florida, sentenced to 3 years in prison for alleged voter fraud

A 53-year-old man on the sex offender registry was sentenced to 36 months in prison after “willfully” voting in the 2020 election while “not qualified” to do so.  The problem, though, is that no one in an official capacity was able to determine that he was not qualified.  Sandra McDonald and Maria Fernanda Camacho with WUFT News in Alachua County

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The need for nursing home care for people forced to register as sex offenders is in crisis mode

Actually, the need for nursing home care for people forced to register on the sex offender registry is beyond a crisis state – it is catastrophic. Before the Florida legislative session began this year, some of our FAC members organized to send letters to certain legislators, informing them of the critical situation that so many registered persons and their families

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