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Romeo & Juliet Laws in Florida

By Smith Law Offices,

Thanks to Molly for pointing out that the St. Petersburg Times has reported that Florida has passed a Romeo & Juliet law. From the St. Petersburg Times:A 28-year-old man has shed his sex offender status under a new "Romeo and Juliet" law intended to allow certain people convicted of teenage sexual activity to separate themselves from the state's registered sex offenders. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Anthony Croce of St. Petersburg is the only person so far to qualify for removal from Florida's registry of sex offenders under the law named after William Shakespeare's star-crossed teen lovers. Underage sex is still a crime in Florida, but the law, which went into effect in July, allows a judge to remove the sex offender designation in certain cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by SexCrimeDefender on November 02, 2007 (boomark / email).