Author: FAC Contributor #3

But the question of whether [juveniles] should be on the registry is at the center of an ongoing federal civil rights lawsuit against the New Jersey Attorney General that is seeking to eliminate Megan’s Law registration for all juvenile sex offenders in New Jersey. The lawsuit raises other questions. Is the the community in more danger without him on that

Herbert Stevens met the love of his life when he was 14, and they have been together ever since — now married and with three children. When he and Candy first started dating, his now mother-in-law was angry. Candy was only 12.  Three years into their romance, Candy’s mother reported Stevens for statutory rape when he was 17. Regretting the decision, she later

The city of North Port thought it would be a good idea to post a sign at a house following a suspected drug dealer’s arrest, but many don’t think this idea is a good one. In fact, police had to take down the sign a few hours after posting it, because there were others in the house who were not

In a decision that came out yesterday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes Florida, Georgia and Alabama) ruled that the district court’s sentence in a particularly heinous child pornography case was reasonable. Kyle Kirby, a former law enforcement officer, was found in possession of 28 videos and 290 images of child pornography. Upon further investigation it was discovered

Regrettably, an article was shared with us earlier today that mistakenly reported a decision out of the Missouri Supreme Court concerning the retro activity of their registry. As it turns out, the news came from what appeared to be a reputable source (https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/court-rules-sex-offender-law-not-retroactive#stream/0) but we have not since been able to verify it and further believe it might be aged

The following is an announcement about an event talking about Amendment 4 – for those in the area it’s a good opportunity to speak out about registrants being excluded from the amendment. The South Florida Reentry Task Force is taking the initiative to unite and mobilize religious communities to work together to increase civic participation among those who were previously