Each year individuals throughout the state of Florida gather with friends to watch the Super Bowl. Throughout the years the event has become about much more than just football. It has evolved into quite a party for those who attend in person. Because of what often...
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Florida sting results in arrest of 35 alleged sex offenders
Florida authorities recently announced that they arrested 35 alleged sex offenders in Pinellas County.The sting was actually a collaborative effort, involving the local police, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the FBI, and the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Police shoot Florida man suspected of child pornography
In a legal dispute, opposing sides may have different factual accounts of the events or evidence. Witnesses and experts may also have different interpretations of documentary evidence. When disagreements over facts do arise, a judge typically responds to evidentiary...
Data alone may not measure rehabilitation odds of sex offenders
In a recent post, we discussed some of the pending sex offender legislation before Florida lawmakers. In this post, we provide an update on how some of those proposals have fared in the Florida Senate.One article described the response of several Senate committees as...
Juvenile defendant faces 20 years of sex offender registration
Readers may not have realized that a sexual assault conviction, arising in the context of alleged date rape, might include a penalty of sex offender registration in some jurisdictions.A high school football player recently received this harsh penalty -- and made...
Florida man’s ID card falsely labeled him as a sex offender
Readers of this sex crimes blog have learned about the restrictions that may follow an individual who served time for a sex crime. The most obvious example is sex offender registration. However, readers may not have realized that state identification cards and...
Lawmakers hear one-sided testimony in support of new bills
Florida lawmakers recently filed a package of proposed laws that will tighten the penalties for convicted sex offenders -- both during their incarceration and after their release. The laws are the result of a series of hearings held in both the state House and Senate....
Neighbors spread rumor about man being a registered sex offender
In the public eye, a sex crime accusation can be as incriminating as the actual conviction, and even an acquittal in a court of law does not always restore the harm to one’s reputation. People may suspect that the accused was guilty, regardless of whether...
Florida college football star cleared of sex crime accusation
Florida college football fans may have heard that Jameis Winston, a quarterback for Florida State, has been cleared of an accusation brought by an alleged sexual assault victim.The quarterback has been the object of national media scrutiny, which is an invasion of...
Internet sex crime penalties may be harsher than actual assaults
Today’s story raises the question of whether some ideas might be better left in the realm of criminal justice theory, rather than applied in actual practice.Readers of this blog know that Internet sex crimes can implicate serious penalties, including fines and...