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BSO Wants to Know Where Homeless Sex Offenders Live, Even if It's on a Bench

By "eAdvocate"

Where one resides and where one sleeps are not synonymous. If the law makes them synonymous, then registrants could be arrested for sleeping anywhere one falls asleep, that is not on the registry. In Florida especially, one cannot rely on law enforcement for a proper construction, LE will construe law as they need it to fit what they want to do. Further, if the law is changed for homeless persons, then there is a equal application of the law issue as to registrants who are not homeless. In that, they too must register every place they may fall asleep. Is the registry ready to handle such an onslaught of information. 1-13-2011 Florida: They've been exiled to sleep under bridges and on benches. They've been banned from hanging out in places where children gather...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).