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Urge Congress to Amend “The Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2013”

Reform Sex Offender Laws in Wisconsin: Village pauses on sex offender ordinance

Reform Sex Offender Laws in Wisconsin: Village pauses on sex offender ordinance: Village pauses on sex offender ordinance By Alison Bauter ...

RSOL 2013: Effective State Advocacy & Lobbying Strategies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueBBhCG2WYo#t=68

RSOL 2013: Public Policy & Risk Based Assessment

Help For Sex Offenders

Mugshot Lawsuit Update

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=904f53ab07e36c6a323c631a4&id=eb217aac45&e=1d762c5ba1
Looking for someone from Southern California to interview.

A SINGLE Day Of NSA Spying Nets HOW MANY Emails?

Links of Interest

JEV is at it again. Read his latest “True Confessions:
http://floridaactioncommittee.org/true8.htm

Florida: Sex Offender Management 01 Registry Restrictions 1)
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/entrapped-when-craigslist-predator-stings-go-too-far/

Edison College considering sex offender ban http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/lefts-new-crusade-adult-kid-sex/

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-01-03-kid-sex-offenders_N.htm

Florida: Sex Offender Management 01 Registry Restrictions 1)

Florida - Entrapped! When Craigslist predator stings go too far

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/entrapped-when-craigslist-predator-stings-go-too-far/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/entrapped-when-craigslist-predator-stings-go-too-far/2/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/entrapped-when-craigslist-predator-stings-go-too-far/3/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/entrapped-when-craigslist-predator-stings-go-too-far/4/

Private prison corporations now invading schools

Stop Wasting Tax Dollars on Lifetime Registrations of Non-Violent Citizens

Sex Offender Registry - What you may not know

The Justice Department Prosecuted A 10-Year-Old As A 'Sex Offender'

The Justice Department Prosecuted A 10-Year-Old As A 'Sex Offender'

Sex Offender Suicides and Other Deaths +: The death of Christian Adamek and zero tolerance i...

Sex Offender Suicides and Other Deaths +: The death of Christian Adamek and zero tolerance i...: 10-2-2013 Alabama: Christian Adamek, 15, hanged himself after getting in trouble for doing something that wasn't evil, wasn't a th...

ACLU Settles Lawsuit Over Sex Offender Residence - WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 -

ACLU Settles Lawsuit Over Sex Offender Residence - WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 -

OR - Sex offenders in Oregon: Commenters debate effectiveness of sex offender registry

OR - Sex offenders in Oregon: Commenters debate effectiveness of sex offender registry

ACTION ALERT: New Bill in Congress: HR-2083 which contains a very ODD provision affecting more than sex offenders

ACTION ALERT: New Bill in Congress: HR-2083 which contains a very ODD provision affecting more than sex offenders

Washington Post - Maryland Law on Sex Offenders and Child Custody

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/maryland-law-on-sex-offenders-and-child-custody-must-be-revisited/2013/09/28/a63ba60c-26f6-11e3-ad0d-b7c8d2a594b9_story.html#

Sex Offender Village - Op-Docs (+playlist)

Families Affirming Community Safety (FACTS): Open Letter to Alexandria, Neb.: Do You Have a Few...

Families Affirming Community Safety (FACTS): Open Letter to Alexandria, Neb.: Do You Have a Few...: Open letter to the Village Fathers in Alexandria, Neb.: We hope that you will watch this. It will take a few minutes. If you don't feel ...

OK - Some off sex offender registry

OK - Some off sex offender registry

12 Things To Know If You're Falsely Accused - ShaveMagazine.com

12 Things To Know If You're Falsely Accused - ShaveMagazine.com

California RSOL Challenge Featured on National TV Show

California RSOL and its recent legal challenge to the Halloween ordinance in the City of Orange that required registered citizens to post a sign in front of their residences will be discussed on "The Doctors", a national TV show, on September 30 on CBS.  The discussion is a 5-minute segment that includes "the doctors", a mother from the City of Orange and CA RSOL president Janice Bellucci.

"This is an important opportunity to educate the public on one way in which the civil rights of registered citizens have been violated," stated Bellucci.  "I am honored to have represented the organization, all registered citizens and their loved ones."

The Halloween ordinance in the City of Orange was challenged in a federal lawsuit filed in federal district court on September 18.  The Orange City Council unanimously voted to repeal the ordinance on September 24.  City Attorney Wayne Winthers stated in a letter dated September 24, that the City of Orange will mail letters to registered citizens who reside there informing them that the city's requirement to post a sign in front of their residence on Halloween was repealed and will not be enforced this year,  the sign requirement was enforced for three years starting in 2010.

ACLU of Florida: Voting Rights in Florida Up to International Standards

Bring Voting Rights in Florida Up to International Standards This October, the United States is going to be subject to review by a U.N. panel for compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a treaty that the U.S. signed over 20 years ago that requires nations hold up to certain human rights standards. One of the areas which the UN panel will be reviewing is voting rights for people with past felony convictions, an area where Florida has disfranchised over 1.5 million citizens.

Florida's lifetime disfranchisement of people with past felony convictions has long been a black eye on our record for democracy and it was made worse when Gov. Scott and the Board of Executive Clemency created new rights restoration restrictions. Now that record is under the microscope for international scrutiny.

Add your name below to tell Gov. Scott and the Clemency Board to restore voting rights in Florida and avoid international embarrassment for our state.

Legislators Meet to Discuss Failures in Sexually Violent Predator Program.

LAKE MONROE, FLORIDA – September 25, 2013

This week in Tallahassee, legislators are meeting to discuss failures in the Civil Commitment program for Sexually Violent Predators and in Sex Offender Management. The meetings are being held in response to a Sun-Sentinel series which found individuals who could (and arguably should) have been held under civil commitment, but went on to commit heinous crimes.

The meetings highlighted the need to apply proven tools, such as risk assessments to distinguish between high and low risk offenders and then apply safeguards appropriately so that cases don’t fall through the cracks.We all agree that the systems we have in place right now are not working. Instead of piling on more ineffective laws to an already bloated and failing system, we need to examine what is and what is not effective, listen to the psychological experts, review the studies and apply resources being wasted on what is not working towards programs that are.

For example; significant probation resources are being misspent on registrant housing in light of residency restrictions. Despite the fact that studies have consistently shown that residency restrictions have no impact on public safety and may, in fact, increase risk by destabilizing former offenders, residency ordinances continue to be passed. If legislators actually wanted to improve public safety, efforts would be applied elsewhere.

The other problem is that the net has been cast far too broadly. Resources applied to low risk offenders who are extremely unlikely to reoffend are detracting from those who require enhanced supervision and are truly dangerous. Someone who had a consensual relationship with a slightly underage partner or who is a first-time, non-contact offender, should not be listed alongside a child molester with an extensive criminal history, or subject to the same restrictions - but they are.

What became apparent in listening to the meetings was that “sex offender”, “predator” and “sexually violent predator” were used interchangeably and that the legislature does not have a full understanding that we are talking about completely different classifications of individuals with different risk levels that require different levels of supervision.

The final expert to testify before the Senate committee yesterday was Dr. Robin J. Wilson, a researcher, educator, and board certified clinical psychologist who has worked with persons with sexual and social behavior problems in hospital, correctional, and private practice settings for more than 30 years. He suggested; “we need to go back to the risk principle. Those people who are at the highest risk require the highest intervention. Those people who are at the lowest risk probably don’t require a lot and they certainly don’t require all the best stuff that we have.” 

“When we institute law, we need to be mindful of this,” Dr. Wilson cautioned, “we are going to spend an awful lot of time over-supervising people who probably don’t need that level, perhaps at the risk of not having enough time or resources for those who do.”

Florida Action Committee (FAC), founded in 2006, is a state-wide consortium of concerned citizens and professionals whose purpose is to promote the prevention of sexual abuse while preserving the safety and dignity of all citizens through carefully structured laws targeting the truly violent, forced, and/or dangerous predatory acts of sex. FAC believes that many aspects of the current approach to sex offenders seriously undermine justice and actually increase the threat of sexual assault against others, particularly children. FAC opposes a publicized registry of sex offenders and seeks to bring an end to the humiliation of people who have already paid for their crimes. FAC asserts that only by supporting justice for all people—offenders and victims alike can a truly safe society be built and secured for all Americans.

Englewood woman accused of using baseball bat in murder of man she suspected of molesting a child

Englewood woman accused of using baseball bat in murder of man she suspected of molesting a child

Florida Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing in Tallahassee

For those of you that could not attend the Florida Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing in Tallahassee, there is a link below for the live media feed which can be viewed online:

http://www.flsenate.gov/Media/Videoplayer.cfm?EventID=2443575804_2013091144

Activist Central this Tuesday Night: Peace activist and author for Code Pink - Medea Benjamin

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Upcoming schedule:

• .October 1st - CODE PINK / Medea Benjamin is a cofounder of both CODEPINK and the international human rights organization Global Exchange.  Benjamin is the author of eight books. Her latest book is  Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, and she has been campaigning to stop the use of killer drones. Her direct questioning of President Obama during his 2013 foreign policy address, as well as her recent trips to Pakistan and Yemen, helped shine a light on the innocent people killed by US drone strikes. 

• October 8th - The War on Journalism.  Will cover the war on journalists and whistle-blowers that have reported or leaked US Government crimes and wrongdoing.
• October 15th - The War on Freedom.  The US Constitution has been all but shredded in the last dozen years with laws such as the PATRIOT Act (RIP to your privacy rights), NDAA-2012 (say good-bye to habeas and your US Citizenship if labeled a terrorist or "associated forces.").

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Petition to sign: Florida Gov. Scott, Dept of Justice, US Congress, Pres. of the US: Reevaluate Florida Sex Offender Laws

Florida Gov. Scott, Dept of Justice, US Congress, Pres. of the US: Reevaluate Florida Sex Offender Laws

FL - Lauren Book - Sex offender laws too harsh (+playlist)

Miami-Dade Community Observes Homeless Awareness Day (+playlist)

Convicted Sex Offender Shot Multiple Times in Greenfield - Central Coast News KION/KCBA

Convicted Sex Offender Shot Multiple Times in Greenfield - Central Coast News KION/KCBA

Attorney Greg Isaacs explains the state sex offender registry

Attorney Greg Isaacs explains the state sex offender registry

Nederland is under fire from state advocacy group over sex offen - 12 News KBMT and K-JAC. News, Weather and Sports for SE Texas

Nederland is under fire from state advocacy group over sex offen - 12 News KBMT and K-JAC. News, Weather and Sports for SE Texas

Shields of America advocates for Florida

“Shieldsof America”

Shields of America wants to join the fight for sex offenders in the state of Florida. You must “move” your case back into your jurisdiction with confidence with post-conviction remedies and attacking the “status or designation” of the Sexual Predator Act Florida, statute 775.21; or Sex Offender Registration Requirements under Florida statute, 943.0435. These two designations have improperly been enforced upon your moral spirit. Shields of America is providing a litigator for offenders in the State of Florida, known as Quest. Quest has struck the designation throughout Florida prisons within the State of Florida. He is well-knowledge of all offender statues under 794. 011 as well as statue 800.04 along with additional offender statutes therein. The courts in Florida are awaiting your decisions to move your circumstances. In order to gain your “relief” of this demoralizing stigma, it must be relieved from your conditions. To review your entire case and move you back into court to attack this label, Quest is offering a reduced rate around $250 depending on review and counsel of an offender when said offender has registration requirements and is filled with anxiety and apprehension and frequently does not respond to a training program. They are kept in close custody, which bars them from human rights, such as housing, employment, educational advancement.

In many jurisdictions, offenders are not eligible for parole; there is little hope for release after an extensive period of training and treatment, and satisfactorily ready for return to society with a confidence they will never re-offend. Instead, an offender often becomes hopeless after embittered by being “institutionalized and the objective of the Florida Correctional System is defeated…” (Citing from: Carchman v. Nash, 105 S. CT. 3401, 473 U.S. 716, 87 L. ED 2d 516, 53 USLW 5097)

About Quest:

Male or female, regardless of gender, Quest possesses court documents upon request. These documents can provide an offender with mechanisms in assisting an offender to seek “relief.” Quest’s documents consist of various appeals, successful under appellant rules of court. There are two parts to your conviction: pre-trial functions and post-disposition. The post-disposition is where Quest is necessary. When briefs are required to help you gain said “relief,” a consultation fee of $250 will be deducted from your legal prerequisites with your lawyer. All offenders who are seeking “relief” can contact email quest.the.bold1@gmail.com in lieu of breaching confidentiality. 

(Disclaimer: http://www.onetoseechange.blogspot.com is not directly affiliated nor endorses Shields of America, but merely posts the information as a means to help others. Any decision to contact Quest is purely made of your own discretion.)