Category Archives: Failure To Register
Gold Coast Police Officer Faces Multiple Sex Crime Charges
A former Palm Bay Police Department officer allegedly engaged in in illicit “sexual relations” with a 13-year-old girl. According to court documents and the PBPD, the 23-year-old officer, who had been on the job less than a year, reached out to the girl on social media and “met the victim for sex on two… Read More »
FAQs About Florida’s Sex Offender Registration Laws
The brutal sexual assault and murder of a 9-year-old girl by a registered sex offender prompted decisionmakers to approve Jessica’s Law in 2005. This law has arguably one of the harshest sex offender registration requirements in the country. Recently, some jurisdictions have rolled back these requirements, mostly because some former advocates of strong registration… Read More »
Some Effective Defenses In Sex Crimes Cases
Once upon a time, sex cases were very difficult to defend, even if the prosecutor’s case was rather weak. Most jurors assumed that most people charged with sex offenses were monsters. Now, that attitude is changing. Jurors and judges are much more willing to look at valid defenses than they were in previous years…. Read More »
Five Ways To Get Off The Sex Offender List In Florida
In the early 1990s, when sex offender registration laws first popped up, they enjoyed almost universal support. But over the years, that support has steadily eroded, even among the advocates who pushed for these laws to begin with. The 1994 Jacob Wetterling Act, which was the first national sex offender registration law, is a… Read More »
Five Ways to Remove Your Name from Florida’s Sex Offender List
Frequently, the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction are worse than the direct consequences. That’s normally the case regarding sex offenses, particularly if the defendant is a first-time offender. These individuals might receive little or no jail time, but they must register as sex offenders. Additionally, these individuals must place special license plates on… Read More »