Author: FAC Contributor #3

Here’s a decent news story out of Washington State.

Six months ago, we were contacted by a friend of Steven Striker after he died at the hands of a court-appointed guardian. We posted about it on our site. and suggested that if he had not been on the registry he would have been able to be moved to a nursing home and would be alive today. Because he was

Last month we invited registrants to answer the question, “Had you known that sex offender registration requirements would be expanded to where they are today, would you have taken a plea?” The results are in and 92.2% of the respondents said NO, they would NOT have plead guilty had they known that the sex offender registration requirements would have been

A Baltimore County state senator is drafting a proposal to prohibit student sex offenders from school campuses statewide. Baltimore County state Sen. Kathy Klausmeier on Monday said the bill would apply to registered sex offenders regardless of their age — prekindergarten through high school. SOURCE

FAC wants to recognize the efforts of Florida Cares Charity, and their organizer Denise Rock.  After months of preparation, buses carrying FL Cares supporters rolled into Tallahassee last week for Justice Reform Lobby Day.   With the support of Florida House Representative Dianne Hart (District 61-Hillsbourough) the power of their voices were heard long before this Lobby Day.  They have

A cursory glance at the Michigan Sex Offender Registry may reveal that someone who’s been convicted of a sex crime lives near you. Now what? Advocates for reforming the registry say this publicly available information not only doesn’t make communities safer, it actually has the potential to make them more dangerous. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently issued a legal