Author: FAC Contributor #3

A registered sex offender who wants to be a part of his five-year-old son’s education is suing the Lancaster School District because he has been denied access to his son’s school. The father, who filed the lawsuit under the alias John Doe, is permitted under state law to visit his son’s school for lawful business and with written permission by

State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) and Assemblywoman Susan Eggman (D-Stockton) introduced recent legislation “to end blatant discrimination against LGBT young people regarding California’s sex offender registry.” However, under their bill, SB 145, the offenders would not have to automatically register as sex offenders if the offenders are within 10 years of age of the minor. Bill Text: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145 SOURCE

County Attorney Bill Montgomery is  supporting a bill in the Arizona House that would allow more registrants to become eligible to have their names removed from the Arizona’s sex offender registry. However, the bill would also add new requirements for anyone who wants to be removed from the registry. They must be at least 35 years old, and cannot have

Anthony Weiner is about to become one of the more than 900,000 Americans on sex offense registries for the rest of his life (only Level 1 offenders in New York are removed after 20 years). We’ve spent decades now adding people to these lists without thinking hard about whether the ostracism it engineers is effective or humane. When is enough

The Florida Action Committee (FAC) is expecting to generate a high number of phone calls in the coming week and we need to increase the number of “first responder” volunteers to return calls and welcome them to FAC. If you have one hour or more each week to help over the next few months, your time will be well spent

This is an interesting piece from The Crime Report. The article highlights the homelessness problems caused by the Lauren Book Child Safety Ordinance in Miami-Dade County. It bans individuals convicted of certain sex crimes, including those involving minors, from living within 2,500 feet of a school. The ordinance was the subject of the recent ACLU / FAC case challenging the