Author: FAC Contributor #3

Florida is the birthplace of a lot of bad ideas when it comes to policies regulating persons required to register. We had the first residency restrictions and it wasn’t long until the domino effect spread across the country. As other states and municipalities began to recognize the unintended circumstances and rolled back their SORRs, Florida is holding strong, despite the

What do the following people have in common? An Air Force Colonel A prison guard A Christian school teacher They are all in positions where they are responsible for protecting people? Yes, but not what I was looking for. They all require specialized training and background clearances? True, but again, not what I had in mind. They are all people

“Sex offenders are not second-class citizens,” writes U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins in a recent decision overturning two provisions of the Alabama Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Act (ASORCNA) on First Amendment grounds. “The Constitution protects their liberty and dignity just as it protects everyone else’s.” Those points, which should be obvious, are a sadly necessary corrective to

An excellent decision out of the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (which happens to be in our Federal 11th Circuit). A copy of the decision follows and is shared in the interest of time – interpretation will follow. doe-v-marshall-10

The United States government has commended the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for preventing 200 American registered sex offenders (RSOs) from entering the Philippines in 2018. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said Friday the bureau was recently awarded a certificate of commendation by the US Embassy in Manila after registering the second highest number of excluded American RSOs throughout the world last

This opinion piece was just published on Trinidad’s Newsday site. It was written by Angelique V. Nixon, a victim. She asks: “Does a sex register actually solve and prevent sexual offences? Will a sex offender register make us feel safe? What about rehabilitation? What about the problem of reporting and convictions, and lack of faith in a broken criminal justice