We`ve all heard about sex offenders living under a bridge near Miami and the more than 100 sex offenders packed into a trailer park in St. Petersburg (better known as “pervert park”) — all because they couldn`t find a place to live. But did you know that Florida not only has a statewide 1,000-foot rule […]
Authorities say that sex-offender residency restrictions are necessary to protect children from sex offenders, but numerous studies have shown that these restrictions have done nothing of the sort. For example, state authorities in Colorado and Minnesota found in 2003 and 2004, respectively, that there was no correlation between repeat sex offenses against children and where […]
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed a statement Feb. 22, 2022, in a case where a New York prisoner had to stay in prison two years past his release date because he couldn`t find a place to live that met the state`s residency restrictions for sex offenders. Angel Ortiz, a level-three sex offender, had […]
The brother of Little Rock, Arkansas, mayor Frank Scott Jr. was ordered by the Arkansas Supreme Court to register as a sex offender for stealing a car that had two kids in it, even though there was no sexual motive and no harm done to the kids. Darrell Lamont Scott went on a four-hour crime […]
Scam to Avoid Sex Offender Registry Creates Harsh Laws One big reason we have such harsh sex-offender registry laws in this country is because there are some shady people out there trying to make a buck by telling sex offenders how to “legally” avoid the sex-offender registry. In response, the states have created law upon […]
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