Wednesday, January 1, 2014

ahh and the noose gets tighter..

The first of these changes would increase sentences for crimes involving child victims, and would prohibit these offenders from gaining any early-release privileges while serving their sentences. The next bill would require individuals to report information about vehicles, Internet usernames and passwords, passports as well as other additional information that could be used to identify the offender. This would allow communities to be able to better track those who have been convicted of sex crimes. Another potential change would add prosecutors and law enforcement members to the committee that analyzes whether or not an individual is likely to reoffend. This is in addition to a separate bill that would require civil commitments if two or more of these panel members decide that the individual is a sexually violent predator. These committees examine certain offenders who have completed their prison sentences, but must be determined to be unlikely to reoffend before they are allowed to be released. Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1662325#ixzz2pB1ZO34t ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) - Orlando commissioners on Monday voted unanimously to increase the distance sex offenders must live from playgrounds, schools and daycare centers. Current law requires that offenders must live 1,000 feet away from where children congregate, but the city is increasing that distance to 1,500 feet. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer admitted that the Rock Lake neighborhood demographics prompted the vote. A search on the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's website shows 250 sex offenders living within 2 miles of that neighborhood. "Certainly we had the issue of a large number of sex offenders being congregated in one neighborhood in our community. I think that is what brought the issue to the forefront," Dyer said. Read more: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/22175125/orlando-tightens-sex-offender-rules#ixzz2pB4DTRVY