About Derek W. Logue of Once Fallen.com

I am a Person Forced to Register currently residing in rural Nebraska, founder of the informational website OnceFallen, and author of the book, “Your Life on The List,” the definitive registry survival guide. 

I was born in Baltimore MD in 1976, but lived in Northwest Alabama for 21 years and in Cincinnati from 2003 until 2019. I was severely physically and emotionally abused as a child by my stepfather and bullied at school, and later by the state as a foster child. I was abandoned to foster care at age 14 and it took earning a college scholarship to Northwest-Shoals Community College to finally be able to move out on my own at 17 years old. However, unlike the victim cult leaders pushing harsh sex offense laws, I forgave those harmed me in my youth and believe in the power of forgiveness. 

I have been an anti-registry activist since 2004, fighting for the rights of registered citizens ( I refuse to use the term “sex offender”). I am also on the registry. In 1999, I made a mistake– I kissed an underage girl. She was somebody I knew, and I knew better. I am what you call a “situational offender.” I was arrested in 2000 and convicted in 2001 (I sat in jail a full year before my conviction.) I served 37 months and was released in April 2003. I never chose to become an activist, but after I spent years in vain laying low, working and paying bills, and bothering no one, I was targeted by local politicians determined to use registrants like me to further their careers. I was forced out of one residence formerly pre-approved by the authorities, and had to fight to keep my second residence. My activism was inspired by my struggle to survive.

I am not against punishment for people who have committed sexual offenses. However, I believe punishment should be coupled with prevention and rehabilitation programs. I have lived under these laws for over a decade, and I have experienced the social ostracism, the denial of housing and employment services, and harassment that is common to those on the registry. My first taste of online activism came in 2004 through a defunct website called “sexcriminals.com.” My fellow activists have helped me through some tough times over the years. Today, I fight to bring wholesale reforms of America’s sex offense laws, including abolishing residency restrictions, the public registry, and community notification, as well as promote programs that emphasize education and prevention of sexual abuse programs. Healing for both victims and offenders should be emphasized. 

I created this site to help educate the public as well as assist my fellow activists. In 1999, before my arrest, I earned a Bachelor’s in Justice Studies from Athens State University (in Athens, AL). I bring a decade of practical and research experience on the subject of sex offense laws. Over the years, Once Fallen has become recognized as a leading source of factual information on sex offender laws. Registrants, counselors, lawyers, and even law enforcement officials have utilized the information here. I have made many media appearances to help further the cause.

The victim industry has tried for years to silence me. In August 2019, I defeated a SLAPP Suit filed against me by corrupt Florida State Senator Lauren Book, who attempted — AND FAILED — to silence my activism. She also tried setting me up on a false theft charge, but I defeated that, too. In 2023, I defeated another SLAPP suit filed by Laura Ahearn, founder of the corrupt charity “Parents For Megan’s Law.” I will NOT be silenced!

Derek Logue/ Once Fallen Media and Reference Appearances:

  1. WLWT-5 Cincinnati, 5 Dec. 2006, fighting Residency Restriction Laws (Also on FOX 19 News)
  2. Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 July 2007, in newspaper (I was actually fairly disappointed in this article)
  3. Cincinnati Enquirer, July 2007, Online Video Interview
  4. KTKA News (Kansas), 19 May 2008, mentions my comments in blog on-air
  5. SO Clear Media, June 2008, Online Interview
  6. Lehigh Valley Live (PA), 14 Sept 2008, article “The great debate: Are Residency bans effective?”
  7. Appearances on box Fox 19 and Local 12 in Cincinnati on 9 Apr 2009, as a counter to a protest against the VOA Pogue Center
  8. New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2009, opposing iPhone Offender App
  9. Curb Magazine, 20 Nov. 2009, covering my opposition to the iPhone Offender map app
  10. The Cypress Times, 24 Nov. 2009, full length editorial “Of Myths and Monsters”
  11. CNN.com, 12 Jan. 2010, Article on civil commitment
  12. Allen Hunt Show, 12 Jan. 2010, click here for download mp3, I’m on about 28 minutes in
  13. ARC Talk Radio, 31 March 2010 (DOWNLOAD from this link)
  14. Human-Stupidity.com, June 2010
  15. Cited in DEVIANCE AND DISCOURSE: CHILD MOLESTERS IN THE UNITED STATES by Benjamin Grey (Master’s Thesis)
  16. Russia Today, 18 May 2011, CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO, CLICK HERE FOR PRINT ARTICLE
  17. The Paula Gloria Show (Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYC), 27 April 2012, CLICK HERE for Part 1, CLICK HERE for Part 2
  18. The Joe Friendly Show (Manhattan Neighborhood Network, NYC), 27 April 2012
  19. Mobile Lagnaippe, 7 August 2012, article on RSO clustering
  20. Once Fallen referenced in the book “Unprecedented: How Sex Offender Laws are Impacting Our Nation“ p. 58, p.198, and p.333
  21. CBS 42 Birmingham, 20 Feb. 2013, news story on the efforts of ReFORM-AL to fight Alabama’s Sex Offender Laws (You can CLICK HERE for the Video Version as it appeared on TV, or CLICK HERE for the raw, unedited interview)
  22. Huffington Post Live, 4 June 2013, along with USA Fair and FAC
  23. Dr. Drew On Call [HLN], 13 Aug. 2013, discussing the case of a registrant who gained custody of his daughter
  24. Broward/ Palm Beach New Times, 20 Aug. 2013, in an article about vigilantes
  25. Raising America with Kyra Phillips [HLN], 24 Sept. 2013, addressing rehabilitation and sex offender myths
  26. AL.com (Alabama News), 28 Oct. 2013, opposing AL Sen. Wallace’s revised anti-clustering law
  27. The Baylor Lariat, 13 Nov. 2013, in response to an editorial featured in an earlier edition
  28. 700 WLW Cincinnati, 12 Dec. 2013, discussing the need for reforming sex offender sentencing laws
  29. Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2014, in support of Dennis Sobin, who created a registry to register his registrants
  30. ACTIVIST CENTRAL 20/20 RADIO, 7 March 2014, discussing serial killer Patrick Drum
  31. Dr. Drew On Call [HLN], 7 April 2014, discussing whether “SVPs” can be rehabilitated
  32. WIAT 42 Birmingham, 31 Oct. 2014. Sadly, they didn’t use the best parts of my interview and my identity is not revealed.
  33. Dr. Drew On Call [HLN], 11 Dec. 2014, discussing whether Registered Persons should be allowed to keep lottery winnings
  34. Florida Times-Union, 20 Dec. 2014, discussing the negative impact of residency restriction laws
  35. Miami New Times, 18 Feb. 2015, responding to the Book family, who is pushing for tougher RSO laws (note, I was incorrectly listed as representing another organization, so a later version removed my quotes. This is the original version)
  36. Doe v. City of Lynn, SJC-11822 (MA Sup Ct 2015), Once Fallen used as a reference in the Amicus Brief
  37. Sacramento Bee, 10 March 2015, OpEd response to “sex offender colony” idea
  38. AL.com, 7 April 2015, in an OpEd on whether or not we should still maintain a public registry
  39. Tallahassee Democrat, 13 April 2015, Letter to the Editor about the Rally in Tally 2015
  40. Florida Politics & SaintPetersBlog, 22 April 2015, coverage of the Rally in Tally 2015
  41. UB Spectrum, 8 May 2015, discussing registered persons denied secondary education
  42. Protecting Our Kids?: How Sex Offender Laws Are Failing Us by Emily Horowitz (Book), appearances on pp. 8-10
  43. Dr. Drew [HLN], 19 Aug. 2015, discussing Jared Fogle’s sex crime case.
  44. Alex City Outlook, 14 Sept. 2015, in an article about sex offenders in rural Alabama
  45. Prison Legal News, 2 Feb. 2016, Honorable mention of Once Fallen in article about the anti-registry movement
  46. Tales from the Registry, 29 Feb. 2016, discussing my brief “job” at Examiner.com
  47. “Untouchable” documentary, March 2016, at Tribeca Film Festival
  48. Broward/ Palm Beach New Times, 29 March 2016, regarding Lauren Book taking money from GEO Group.
  49. Newsday, 23 April 2016, responding to Parents For Megan’s Law’s frivolous lawsuit against me
  50. The Film Box, 28 April 2016, a critique of my criticisms against the Untouchable documentary
  51. Dr. Drew [HLN], 4 May 2016, discussing case of teen who exposed himself in yearbook photo as a prank [YOUTUBE]
  52. ABC 10 Sacramento and Court House News Service, 27 July 2016, as I joined California RSOL’s protest of IML
  53. Metamora Films, 31 July 2016, covering the Cali RSOL protest of Int’l Megan’s Law.
  54. Dr. Drew [HLN], 6 Sept. 2016, discussing the Brock Turner case
  55. ABC 10 Sacramento, 18 Sept. 2016, criticizing the public registry
  56. Dayton Daily News, 22 Oct. 2016, discussing registrants in nursing homes [Pic used on WHIO site]
  57. WHIO 7 Dayton OH, 16 Nov. 2016, on a story on reforming Ohio’s registry laws
  58. Mitchell Hamline Law Review, 2016: Mentioned in the journal article by Woolman, Joanna and Anderson, Jennifer K. (2016) “Going Against the Grain of the Status Quo: Hopeful Reformations to Sex Offender Civil Commitment in Minnesota—Karsjens v. Jesson,” Mitchell Hamline Law Review: Vol. 42 : Iss. 4 , Article 11. Available at: https://open.mitchellhamline.edu/mhlr/vol42/iss4/11
  59. Nebraska Unicameral Update, 9 Feb. 2017, testifying against NE’s LB 60
  60. OCCC Pioneer Campus Newsletter, 5 May 2017, (p.4-5) discussing life on the registry
  61. The Atlantic (website), 1 June 2017, discussing registered citizens in nursing homes
  62. Primetime Justice with Ashleigh Banfield (HLN), 22 June 2017, discussing a vigilante case [TRANSCRIPT]
  63. Florida Bulldog, 15 Aug. 2017, on the pending legal fight between Once Fallen and Senator Lauren Book of FL
  64. Primetime Justice with Ashleigh Banfield (HLN), 7 Sept. 2017, discussing RCs, hurricane shelters, & Sheriff Grady Judd
  65. Washington Times, 27 Sept. 2017, commenting on SOTUS considering reviewing Does v. Snyder
  66. Vice.com, 24 Oct. 2017, commenting on the treatment of female registrants in society
  67. Crime and Justice w/ Ashleigh Banfield (HLN), 11 Jan. 2018, discussing a man to be released from the MN-MSOP
  68. Dayton Daily News (Ohio), 24 March 2018, discussing problems with the registry
  69. Dayton Daily News (Ohio), 24 March 2018, discussing second chances for juvenile registrants in college
  70. Washington Times, 19 April 2018, discussing court rulings striking at registry laws
  71. The Miami Herald, 15 May 2018, Letter to the editor suggesting that the city of Miami fires Ron Book.
  72. “The Sex Offender Next Door,” Vimeo project by Mikki Skaggs, 16 May 2018
  73. Corvallis Gazette-Times, 15 June 2018, in support of Oregon State U’s decision to play Luke Heimlich on team
  74. Kansas City Star, 15 June 2018, Letter to the Editor on KC Royal’s interest in Luke Heimlich
  75. USM Free Press (Portland ME), 15 Sept 2018, covering the ARM Art-Protest event
  76. CBS 4 Miami, 14 Aug 2019, Derek Logue win his appeal against FL State. Senator Lauren Book’s bogus restraining order
  77. Lincoln Journal-Star, 11 Oct 2019, Letter to the Editor on abolishing the registry
  78. Times Daily (Florence AL), 15 Mar 2020, letter to the editor bashing efforts to stop registrant transitional housing
  79. The Crime Report, 28 Apr 2020, OpEd on Registration during COVID-19
  80. Lincoln Journal Star, 26 May 2020, Letter to the Editor on the vigilante murder in Omaha
  81. The Crime Report, 13 Nov 2020, OpEd on vigilante groups selling merchandise promoting violence
  82. The Feminist and the Sex Offender by Judith Levine (2020 book): Mention of OnceFallen as part of a growing “Registered Citizens’ Rights” movement. 
  83. Reason: The Volokh Conspiracy, 8 March 2021, discussing my victory over the evil Florida State Senator Lauren Book and free speech
  84. The Crime Report, 3 August 2021, discussing the US Marshals and 15 years of the AWA
  85. The Crime Report, 28 September 2021, discussing the ongoing protests against the Minnesota Sex Offender Program
  86. The Crime Report, 26 October 2021, discussing Halloween restrictions and myths
  87. CBS 4 Denver, 19 November 2021, quote from my statement to the Colorado Sex Offender Management Board on changing the offensive term “sex offender”
  88. The Crime Report, 28 January 2022, discussion on Florida’s For-Profit Sex Offense Registry
  89. Omaha World Herald, 12 Feb 2022, Letter to the Editor on Registry Scam in NE
  90. The Crime Report, 7 Apr 2022, discussing the claims SCOTUS pick Ketanji Brown-Jackson is “soft on sex offenders”
  91. The Crime Report, 22 June 2022, discussing the 25th anniversary of the landmark Kansas v. Kendricks ruling/civil commitment
  92. The Crime Report, 26 Oct. 2022, discussing how “Cancel Culture” and misuse of the term “pedophile stymies abuse prevention.
  93. “From Rage to Reason: Why We Need Sex Crime Laws Based on Facts, Not Fear” by Emily Horowitz (2023), featured in pages 90-93
  94. Delaware Cape-Gazette, 23 January 2024: A response piece to debunk sex trafficking myths published in a previous Letter to the Editor.

In 2007, I received a partial pardon from the state of Alabama in recognition of my rehabilitation. I have been “free” for over 14 years without a single accusation or suspicion of re-offense. There is hope for redemption, even for those with the label “sex offender.”

Note: I use the term Registered Person/ Citizen or Registrant, not “Sex Offender” or any P words (pervert, predator, or pedophile) because these are FIGHTING WORDS. Do NOT use these words while addressing me.