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Source: Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Council, the state’s supreme court, has ruled in favor of registrants who were trying either to terminate their duty to register or to change the tier level on which they were situated. In doing so, the Court recognized that there are significant challenges facing registrants including stigma and legal

Setting aside the use of the term “pedophile” in their title, here’s an interesting article out of Metro in the UK. One of those online vigilantes that make a sport out of setting up individuals in self-initiated “predator stings” is on the receiving end of some justice, according to his own account. It seems a group of his targets might

Florida based private prison company, GEO Group, is using a page out of the playbook of Ron and Lauren Book. When confronted with opposition; sue the person! That’s what GEO Group is threatening to do to Dream Defenders (who describe themselves as a group of young people of color who are advocating for our basic human rights). According to this

FAC has sent the following letter to candidates for Florida’s Governor, in order to assess their position on restoration of civil rights, reform of sex offender laws and other issues of interest to our members. The same letter has been sent to the seven leading candidates. We will share their responses as they come in. Governor Candidate Letters

With an election coming up, FAC wants to pose questions to the candidates for Governor of Florida. We plan to send a letter out this week. Please contribute any questions you would like included in our letter in the comments below.

SOURCE: US Government SMART Newsletter In 2011, the Supplemental Guidelines for Sex Offender Registration and Notification officially included in SORNA’s standards the obligation that jurisdictions require their registered sex offenders to provide 21 days’ notice of any international travel. However, before International Megan’s Law passed, it was difficult to federally prosecute sex offenders for failing to notify registration officials of