Author: FAC Contributor #3

I just want to let you know I read this FAC newsletter today and I thought about how I sent a very pungent and emotional letter to about 10 Congress people in AZ. In it, I also said that I had attached some less emotional and professionally stated oppositions points to one of the new bills they were trying to

In a settlement agreement with South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson along with State Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel those wrongly convicted of sodomy in the state of South Carolina will now be taken off of the Sex Offender Registry in the Palmetto State. The announcement comes after arguments in Mary Geiger Lewis’s courtroom Friday, and argued in conjunction

Albert N. Wilson, now 26 years old, was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison after a Douglas County jury found him guilty of rape in January 2019. The case made headlines across the country because people many believed that Wilson, a young Black man, was wrongly convicted by a jury of mostly white women, symptomatic of larger issues

For those who always asked, why isn’t there a registry of Murderers, Missouri is proposing to create one. HB 1705 has just passed through the Missouri House and is headed to the Senate for consideration. The bill specifies that the State Highway Patrol must maintain on its website a registry for violent offenders who are on probation or parole for

Brevard County Commissioners approved a motion during public hearing to allow individuals on the sex offender registry on the Commission meetings and at the Viera county government center premises. The amendments were first introduced during the March 22 meeting by County Attorney Abigail Jorandby who suggested changing the code to allow registered offenders entry into the facilities to conduct government business.

The month of April is historically recognized as Second Chance Month — a time to raise public awareness about giving those who have been convicted of crimes and completed sentences the opportunity for an honest second chance at successfully reentering society. For employers facing an increasingly tight labor market, second chance hiring also offers a unique opportunity to tap into a ready and willing