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In the Weekly Update for October 30, 2021 we suggested that you choose one or more Florida Legislators that you personally want to educate on the issues related to the FL Registry.  You can start by sending them a copy of the timeline provided by our legal committee.  The Timeline shows the Registry  requirements added year after year that do not protect society

One of our Members chose to use his time on “Halloween House Arrest” productively. As he sat in his home with the porch lights off, he composed a letter to his Senators. He was kind enough to share it with us.   October 31, 2021 Dear Senator  ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­____________, I am writing today specifically because once again our Government has determined

In discussing the FDLE’s Sex Offense Registry, the Miami Herald does state that “the database’s information is not meant to be a judgment on the level of risk an offender might be to others.”  Yes, the registry tells us nothing about the risk level. The article then goes on to say, “But it’s a tool parents can use to make

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is encouraging parents to download the FDLE app that tracks people on the sex offense registry so that the parents will know where it is “safe” to take their children trick-or-treating. We are increasingly becoming a society where truth is no longer important, and people do not want to hear the truth.  How much

It was most disturbing to find an article in a publication entitled “Wisconsin Law Journal”, stating, “But the registry also serves the vital role of helping to protect the public, especially our children, sex crime victims and the vulnerable.”  It is acknowledged, though, that some (should be many) registrants have learned their lesson and are working to reintegrate back into

This opinion piece, posted today in the LA Times, presents a pretty fair picture of the issue finding placement for people on the registry. While the man described in this article is on the more heinous end of the spectrum for those with this label, the experience is the same for all. Here are some excerpts… Even after his prison

A Pennsylvania court recently ruled on whether a homeowner’s association can legally exclude a Tier Three registrant from living in their neighborhood.  The man had lived in the planned community since 1988 and committed sexual crimes in 2015 and 2016.  The association for the neighborhood wanted the man to move elsewhere, so they came up with an amendment that prohibited

The New York Times ran an interesting opinion piece on the harm caused by lengthy prison sentences without the chance of parole. There is a bill in Illinois to bring parole back.  Unfortunately, John Connor, the chairman of the Senate Criminal Law Committee, has not brought the bill up for a vote.  One reason he gave is he “feared the

Three men were sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after pleading no contest this week to killing a registered sex offender during a home-invasion robbery in his Redondo Beach apartment in 2017, authorities said. Whether Marshall’s past played a role in his death was unclear. He was arrested in 2009 after a man told police Marshall drugged and sexually assaulted him in

More than 100 people have been arrested in a Florida human trafficking investigation that focused on victims who might be forced into prostitution, a sheriff said Thursday. The arrests were the culmination of a six-day undercover operation that involved several law enforcement agencies, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said at a news conference. Those arrested were charged with a total