Author: FAC Contributor #3

ORLANDO, Fla. – The sexual offender registry is designed to help residents know where sexual offenders live. Channel 9 found out that within a 1-mile radius of Lake Eola Park, there are twice as many homeless sexual offenders as there are sexual offenders living in permanent residences. “You’ve got to have a way to keep track of them,” Orlando resident Larry McIntyre said.

The Fulton County YMCA, in Johnstown, New York was just hit with a $10,000,000.00 lawsuit. A 19 year old former employee was charged with raping an underage girl in the locker room In Wichita, Kansas a 31 year old former employee allegedly sexually assaulted three teenage girls this month. The same Y had another instance of sexual assault last year.

In the waning days of the most recent Florida legislative session, it appeared the nonprofit agency founded and run by Plantation State Sen. Lauren Book would walk away with only half-a-million dollars in taxpayer funding after consecutive years of receiving six-figure sums. Then came the April 30th meeting of the budget conference chairs. That’s when Lauren’s Kids got sprinkled. The

After a decision by the Massachusetts Judicial Court, lawmakers are scrambling to overhaul the process to determine if someone is no longer a threat to public safety. The governor plans to refile a bill that would create a mandatory life sentence for rape of a child by force if the person is already on the sex offender registry. The ruling

Every week we check the appellate court decisions for the prior week to see whether there are any decisions impacting registration laws. It seems that for a while, almost every week there are new appellate decisions on the same Double Jeopardy. Last year, in Lee v. State, 258 So. 3d 1297 (Fla. 2018), the Florida Supreme Court held that “to

There is no better way to educate the public on the TRUTH and FACTS surrounding “sex offender issues” than to post comments beneath misguided articles online. Here’s an example of one such article from the Santa Clarita Valley Signal: “Sex offender Law: Fight or Punt?” The article plays into very misguided fears that somehow residency restrictions make communities safer. In