US EditionFlorida’s Animal Abuser Database Launches – and Is Met with Disappointment
Dexter's Law creates a searchable statewide registry of thousands convicted of animal abuse and imposes harsher penalties for repeat offenders, enhancing public accountability.
- On January 1, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement launched the public, searchable registry required by Dexter's Law, making it available statewide.
- The killing of Dexter, a bulldog mix adopted from a Pinellas County animal shelter and later decapitated, prompted statewide outrage and pushed Florida lawmakers to pass Dexter's Law.
- The law mandates monthly FDLE updates and includes thousands of convicted or pleaded individuals, with judges able to apply a sentencing multiplier for aggravated or repeat abuse.
- Rescue groups and the public will benefit as Sasha Corbett said the database `gives us a huge database to be able to, in just one spot, be like, 'Type that name and look them up and realize that, yeah, that's not a good person.'`
- Modeled on Florida's sex offender registry, supporters of Dexter's Law say the measure aims to crack down harder and boost statewide enforcement and prevention efforts.
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