Monday, September 30, 2013
Sunday, September 29, 2013
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#
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 ...
Friday, September 27, 2013
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who reside there informing them that the city's requirement to post a sign in front of their residence on Halloween was repealed and will not be enforced this year, the sign requirement was enforced for three years starting in 2010.
"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.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Legislators Meet to Discuss Failures in Sexually Violent Predator Program.
LAKE MONROE, FLORIDA – September 25, 2013
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.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
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:
Activist Central this Tuesday Night: Peace activist and author for Code Pink - Medea Benjamin
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Activists Who Demand Change.
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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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Shields of America advocates for Florida
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.)
Friday, September 13, 2013
It's Time to Reduce, Reconstruct, Reclassify, Rethink and Reform the Virginia Sex Offender Registry: Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission September ...
It's Time to Reduce, Reconstruct, Reclassify, Rethink and Reform the Virginia Sex Offender Registry: Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission September ...: Just a reminder to the readers, the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission is not a Legislative branch like the Virginia State Cri...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
FOX 35 - Group Critical of Playground to keep Sex Offenders Away
See "Group Critical of Playground to keep Sex Offenders Away."
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/category/233752/good-day
FOX 35 News Orlando
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/category/233752/good-day
FOX 35 News Orlando
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Community of the Wrongly Accused: Can justice be done in the Naval Academy case?
Community of the Wrongly Accused: Can justice be done in the Naval Academy case?: This past June, Fred Van Valkenburg, the Missoula Montana County attorney made a startling comment about the sexual assault case lodged ag...
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Nowhere to Go: Homeless Threatened With Arrest
LAKE MONROE, FLORIDA – August 29, 2013
There are
approximately 80 sex offenders currently registered as transient, living within
feet of the railroad tracks at NW 71st Street and 36th
Court in Miami. Most are there because probation kicked them out of their homes
several weeks ago, after discovering (years later) it was too close to a
school.
Last night, after
midnight, the Metro-Dade Police came to the encampment and forced the
registrants to leave the properly alongside the tracks. If they stayed, they
would face arrest for trespassing on the County’s property. If they left, they
would face arrest when their GPS devices signaled they were not where probation
had told them to stay.
Facing this
quagmire, the registrants packed up their tents and belongings and spent the
remainder of the night in the middle of the street.
The text of FAC’s
letter to State Probation in Miami-Dade County follows:
Dear Ms.
DiBernado:
Last week I
wrote you a letter to make you aware of the encampment of sex offenders on the
corner of 71st street and NW 36th Court in Miami. To date I have not received a
reply.
As you are
aware, there are now approximately 80 individuals who are living as homeless
alongside the railroad tracks at this location. The majority are there because
your office ordered them to leave their homes several weeks ago because it was
too close to a school.
Although most
have family or friends they could live with, the County’s residency ordinance
precludes that option. The same goes for homeless shelters.
We have been
advised that last night, after midnight, the Metro-Dade Police Department
showed up at the encampment and told everyone to leave or they would be subject
to arrest for trespassing on County property. Many of your probationers
are on GPS Monitors and are required to stay at that location or also be
subject to arrest.
I respectfully
request to be advised of what is being done about this human rights and public
safety issue.
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.
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