VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

If you’re finding this social isolation has given you more time on your hands or if you’ve always wondered what you can do to help the cause, now is the perfect time to consider volunteering for the Florida Action Committee! We have a core group of board members and committee chairs who do the lion’s share of the work, but

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MI: Michigan State sex offender registry can’t be enforced in pandemic

A federal judge is commanding state authorities to stop enforcing rules under the Michigan Sex Offender Registry Act during the coronavirus pandemic. According to an interim order U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland issued Monday, officials are “preliminarily enjoined from enforcing registration, verification, school zone, and fee violations of (the act) that occurred or may occur from February 14, 2020, until

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Amended Scheduling Order set in Does v. Swearingen (“Ex Post Facto Plus Case”)

Last week an amended scheduling issue, including an order that the parties attend mediation, was ordered by the Court in Does v. Swearingen (the “Ex Post Facto Plus” case). Trial in this case is scheduled for the two week trial period beginning on November 9, 2020. The following deadlines leading up to trial have been set: May 15, 2020: Defendant

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Sex Offender Registry Requirements Leave Some Facing Stark Choices As Coronavirus Risks Grow

A patchwork approach to the nation’s sex offense registry laws is leaving many of the 900,000 people on the country’s registries with a stark choice as COVID-19 sweeps the country: risk their lives or risk their freedom. The situation is similar in Florida. A spokesperson for the Florida Action Committee, which advocates for changes to the state’s registry laws, said

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NY: State poised to institute sex-offender ban on mass transit

New York State is poised to enact a ban on some sex offenders in New York’s mass transit system, a move long sought by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and long dreaded by civil libertarians. The state budget that leaders are now finalizing would allow judges to ban individuals convicted of some sex crimes in mass transit from using the system

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