Author: FAC Contributor #3

InJusticeToday A few miles from Miami International Airport, outside of Hialeah, sits a tent camp of about 280 homeless people. There’s no electricity or running water and no bathrooms. News reports describe the stench of human waste and garbage, tents that flood when it rains, and flies, mosquitoes, and rats infesting the area. “Animals live better than this,” one resident

From Whitehouse.gov During Second Chance Month, our Nation emphasizes the need to prevent crime on our streets, to respect the rule of law by prosecuting individuals who break the law, and to provide opportunities for people with criminal records to earn an honest second chance. Affording those who have been held accountable for their crimes an opportunity to become contributing

We hear a lot of heartbreaking stories from registrants and families. Some of the worst are when families are divided. One of our members, who has a decades-old conviction, for which he got probation, left the country 17 years ago and hasn’t come back. He went on to live a good life in this other country, established a business, got

The US Department of Justice, Office of Sex Offender Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART) has put together some handy compilations of recent case law on several sex offender issues: You can find links to the materials here: Case Law Update 2018 Compiled Overview Who is Required to Register Juveniles Military Retroactivity Other Constitutional Issues Indian Country Failure to Register

The father of a 9 year old critically ill boy has won a temporary court battle. He will be allowed to visit his son 3 times a week in the hospital for 2 hours per visit, supervised by a guardian ad litem. It sounds like a crappy deal – only getting 6 hours a week with your own child, who

The Orlando Sentinel reports that a man claiming to be armed with a machine gun, resisted arrest after driving into a Winter Park home. Once he was subdued, he claimed that he drove into the house “because a sex offender lived there”. The house was reported to be unoccupied with no sex offender currently living there. He was charged with