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FL: Groups Call on Governor DeSantis to Temporarily Suspend In-Person Reporting Required Under Sex Offense Registry

·March 28, 2020
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[floridaactioncommittee.org - 3/27/20] BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA – March 27, 2020. The Florida Action Committee (FAC), the ACLU of Florida and the Florida Justice Institute are calling on Florida Governor Ron…

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NJ: Bill seeks to restrict school bus stops and child care facilities from opening too close to registrants

·March 18, 2020
·5 Comments

[floridaactioncommittee.org - 3/18/20] In a fascinating twist to Sex Offender Residency Restrictions, a bill pending in the New Jersey Legislature (S2066) also seeks to restrict the placement of a school…

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FL: Ban on sex offender appeal jail release passes Florida House

·March 3, 2020
·4 Comments

[news-journalonline.com - 3/3/20] A bill that would bar judges from granting bail to someone appealing a conviction of a sex offense against a child is moving smoothly through the Florida…

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FL: Department of Juvenile Justice refuses to accept 15-year-old charged with possession of child pornography

·February 27, 2020
·7 Comments

[palmcoastobserver.com] In 2018 under the direction of Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office began participating with the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The ICAC Task…

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FL: Day care opens near transitional house with sex offenders

·February 19, 2020
·2 Comments

[actionnewsjax.com - 2/19/20] JACKSONVILLE,, Fla. — A local day care opened in a neighborhood surrounded with registered sex offenders and predators. An Action News Jax investigation found people convicted of…

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FL: Florida can’t bar felons from registering to vote over fees and fines, court rules

·February 19, 2020
·5 Comments

[cbsnews.com - 2/19/20] Florida cannot bar felons who served their time from registering to vote simply because they have failed to pay all fines and fees stemming from their cases,…

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FL: NPR Station to discuss sex offender issues at 1:00PM today.

·January 16, 2020
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Today at 1:00PM on South Florida’s NPR affiliate 91.3, they will be running a story on sex offenders. For those in the South Florida area, you can listen live on…

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FL: Florida House bill would require background checks for delivery workers

·January 9, 2020
·3 Comments

[orlandoweekly.com - 1/9/20] Background checks would be required for delivery employees after the murder of a 75-year-old Boca Raton woman in August, under a bill filed Tuesday by Rep. Mike…

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FL: Cape Coral police identify mother, son found dead in home; son was registered sex offender

·December 7, 2019
·18 Comments

[news-press.com - 12/4/19 -Shooting victim shamed] The bodies of a man and his mother were identified as those found Tuesday morning in a northwest Cape Coral home. Cape Coral police identified them…

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FL: Miami-Dade uproots sex offender camp yet again. Does harsh law really make public safer?

·November 22, 2019
·7 Comments

The latest eviction order came earlier this month: Some 70 paroled child sex offenders, now living in a flimsy village of tents, cardboard boxes and rusty campers in an industrial…

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FL: Judge rules Pinellas detective, prosecutors lied in child porn case. Defendant could go free

·November 21, 2019
·5 Comments

[tampabay.com - 11/21/19] A 63-year-old man facing charges of lewd and lascivious molestation and possession of child pornography could go free after a judge found that Pinellas sheriff’s detectives and…

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FL: Miami-Dade County closing down homeless camp while promoting homeless awareness week

·November 20, 2019
·2 Comments

[local10.com - 11/18/19] MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - A group of people living in a Miami homeless camp is being told to leave. This is happening in the middle of Homeless…

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FL: Inmate gets wish, sentenced to death for third Florida murder

·November 19, 2019
·2 Comments

[newsherald.com - 11/18/19] Rocky Ali Beamon, a three-time killer who publicly professed his hatred for sex offenders, had his wish granted Friday when he was sentenced to death for the…

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FL: Florida Sheriff’s Association says Halloween initiative targeting sex offenders was a success

·November 14, 2019
·12 Comments

[wtsp.com - 11/12/19] LARGO, Fla. — The Florida Sheriff's Association is happy with the Halloween initiative to keep kids safe during trick or treating and related events. The operation involved…

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FL: Bringing Sense to Sex Offender Laws [Audio recording]

·November 5, 2019
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[Miami Law Explainer on soundcloud.com - 10/28/19] In the decade since the national shame of a colony of sex offenders made homeless by draconian residency restrictions, how far has the…

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FL: Florida Cops Went to Absurd Lengths to Entrap Man Who Showed No Interest in Underage Sex

·October 21, 2019
·9 Comments

[reason.com - 10/21/19] How do you catch a predator in Sarasota, Florida? You create one. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) is going to "outrageous lengths" to make law-abiding lonely…

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FL: Sex offender jailed after not moving to Georgia

·September 20, 2019
·5 Comments

A convicted sex offender who notified authorities he was moving to Georgia last month but never made the trip was charged with failing to report he was still in Ocala.…

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FL: People on Sex Offender Registry Should Shelter from Dorian in Jail

·September 4, 2019
·14 Comments

For some people convicted of sex crimes in Florida, the only shelter open to them during Hurricane Dorian was the county jail. In some counties, people on the registry were barred from…

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