Author: FAC Contributor #3

The following is a letter sent to the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice (404 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100) by a member. She graciously shared the letter with us and gave us permission to share it with members.   Feb 21, 2019 Dear Committee Members, I watched the committee meeting on the SB 540 Human Trafficking Bill and noted

In Commonwealth v. Feliz, a case decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Court yesterday, the Court concluded that mandatory GPS monitoring for all sex offenses is “over inclusive in that GPS monitoring will not necessarily constitute a reasonable search for all individuals convicted of a qualifying sex offense.” The Plaintiff, a CP offender, was strapped with a GPS monitor as part

Mary Davye Devoy, the VA advocate for reform of sex offender laws, received an unexpected victory. Gov. Ralph Northam is proposing to remove provisions from the law that would have penalized sex offenders who didn’t disclose their status to emergency shelter security staff and also remove language that allows shelter staff to deny immediate admission to an offender for an

Interesting that this article refers to the “directory” as “Public Shaming”. Shaming is a traditional form of punishment but the registry is NOT supposed to be punishment! https://cpa.ds.npr.org/wfsu/audio/2019/03/HumanTrafficking0326CR_1.mp3

Convicted sex offenders are reaching out to Virginia State Police for help. They’re concerned about a recent increase in phone call scams that seem to target them. “The Virginia State Police are getting numerous calls from convicted sex offenders in the Northern Virginia region who are being told there is a warrant out for their arrest,” a Virginia State Police

The Polk County Sheriff’s Department in Florida is touting its successful completion of “Operation Karma,” a three-day sting in which cops arrested 26 registered sex offenders for violating various legal obligations imposed on them. “They are apparently up to no good and we are going to hold them accountable,” Sheriff Grady Judd promises The Miami Herald. But there is no