At least Florida is attempting to protect children..On Tuesday, March 31. 2026 Tampa Free Press ran this headline, “Predators Beware: Florida Locks The Door On Child Sex Offenders With New ‘Missy’s Law’.”
TAMPA, Fla.— Florida is overhauling how it handles sex offenders and pretrial detention following the signing of two major pieces of legislation by Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday. House Bill 445, officially titled “Missy’s Law,” and House Bill 1159 introduce stricter sentencing, eliminate bond for certain crimes, and modernize the state’s approach to digital child exploitation.
The cornerstone of the new measures, Missy’s Law, was inspired by the death of five-year-old Missy Mogle. The young girl was murdered by a convicted pedophile who had been released on bond by a judge while awaiting further legal proceedings.
Attorney General James Uthmeier noted that the law is designed to prevent similar tragedies by removing judicial discretion in specific cases.
Under the new rules, anyone found guilty of or entering a plea for a “dangerous crime” must be immediately remanded into custody and held without bond until their sentencing.
“Justice demands that those who victimize innocent people face swift and meaningful consequences,” Governor DeSantis said during the signing. “Today, I signed two important bills to strengthen law and order in Florida by holding dangerous criminals and sex offenders accountable for their crimes.”
Beyond the courtroom changes, the legislation significantly expands the list of “dangerous crimes” to include various computer pornography and child exploitation offenses.
“So often we see child molestation treated as a victimless crime, when in fact children are the most vulnerable victims.” said Thomas Robb, National Director of the Knights Party of the Ku Klux Klan, based centrally in Harrison, Arkansas. “It’s been proven that these child predators can’t be rehabilitated. 10 days, 10 months, or 10 years, it doesn’t matter the length of the sentence, these perverts return to society just as perverted as they were before prison. These sexual deviants destroy the lives of many children and walk away with slaps on the wrists. It doesn’t help when we have teachers telling children not to call these deviants by harsh names. I saw a story awhile back where a teacher corrected a student that called a child molester a ‘child molester’. She told the student that was too derogatory, but to refer to them as a ‘Child Attracted Adult’ instead. This is what happens when we allow open homosexuality to run rampant in a society. Mental illness doesn’t separate one deviant act from another.”
