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A Leon circuit judge has dismissed a Pennsylvania man’s challenge to a Florida law that kept him on a sexual-offender registry after a 10-day family vacation to Disney World in 2015. Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey dismissed the case last week, in part finding that a statute of limitations had expired. The man, identified in court documents as John Doe, reported

Not for the purposes of shaming the individual, but solely for the purpose of illustrating that even those responsible for protecting children (in this case a former Florida sex crimes officer) can be a perpetrator. Add that profession to the list, along with teachers and politicians. Remember, this individual does not represent all in law enforcement, the overwhelming majority of

Cyberbullying, targeted harassment, threats, and physical violence is often aimed at Persons Forced to Register (PFRs, i.e., those listed on the public “sex offense registry”), their loved ones, and others engaged in efforts to reform or abolish the public sex offense registry is a common occurrence. Some social media websites exclude PFRs from their websites and/or allow hate speech and

Nine people have been charged in Alachua County with election crimes, with several more under investigation following complaints filed by a Gainesville database researcher. At least eight are currently inmates in the county jail, while one was recently released. The group, all of whom voted by mail from the jail, is the first batch of dozens who could face criminal

For missing states, no applicable study could be found. All percentages given are for repeat sexual offenses.   ALASKA: http://www.jrsa.org/projects/sex-offender-final-report.pdf, page 17: 2008 3.4 % rearrest rate after three years.   ARIZONA: http://www.jrsa.org/projects/sex-offender-final-report.pdf, page 17: 2008 2.3% rearrest rate after three years.   ARKANSAS: https://doc.arkansas.gov/wp- content/uploads/2020/09/Recidivism_Report_2015_Cohorts_-FINAL-BOC_approved_- _added_7-2-2020.pdf, pages 6, 22: 2020 Less than 1% (0.85%) reconviction rate after three years.

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the PROTECT Act of 2022, which protects children from sexual exploitation by enhancing the penalties for possessing child pornography and by preventing judges from sentencing offenders below federal guidelines. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Representative Ken Buck (CO-4) is introducing companion legislation in the

Brevard County Commissioners look set to soften a restriction prohibiting sex offenders from Commission meeting premises just months after a lawsuit was filed against them. During Tuesday’s meeting, commissioners voted to approve legislative intent and permission to advertise amending a section of the county code regarding restrictions the county imposed on people on the sex offender registry allowing them access

During confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Republicans hammered away at her record in cases involving sex offenders. Much of that centered around misleading claims about sentences she handed out to people convicted of possessing child pornography. But GOP senators also repeatedly questioned Jackson on her views on sex offender registries, a topic she wrote about as

I think we can all agree that it’s NEVER a good time to be a CP defendant, but this week it’s really not a good time to be one. Or is it not such a bad week? I can’t tell. There have been so many times during this week’s Supreme Court nomination hearings that I’ve cringed. If they are giving

Soon after her nomination, it was reported that as a law student in 1996, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a Harvard Law Review note analyzing the constitutionality of sex offense registries and that during her judicial career she did not always give the maximum sentence in child pornography cases. Unsurprisingly, she was immediately accused by Sen. Josh Hawley of “endangering