Author: FAC Contributor #4

Dear Members and Advocates, Bill McKenna is a hero! Woodstock, New York, Town Supervisor Bill McKenna is facing backlash for doing something increasingly rare in today’s climate: he gave someone with a past sex offense conviction a fair chance. Earlier this year, McKenna recommended the hiring of a man on New York’s sex offense registry to a part-time job as a

Dear Members and Advocates, This week we pose the question; can technology be the bridge between public safety and personal liberty? This question is prompted by some recent posts on our forum about a 5th Circuit decision upholding a Mississippi law requiring age verification for social media users, and facial recognition software being used to flag and apprehend individuals. Critics

Dear Members and Advocates, This week, a story out of Colorado shines a spotlight on a growing issue that should concern every person subject to registration—and everyone who believes in fair laws and due process. According to Fox News, a 33-year-old registered individual with a long history of serious mental illness, was arrested for allegedly attempting to kidnap a young boy

Dear Members and Advocates, Recently we’ve seen several comments and emails concerning new laws expanding the death penalty to sex offenses. So far this year Alabama, Oklahoma, Iowa and of course, Florida, introduced laws that would allow the death penalty for adults who sexually abuse children. In Putnam County, the first such case came up a couple of weeks ago

Dear Members and Advocates, We Need Your Help to Reach the Vulnerable Among Us! FAC is currently working to connect with individuals on the registry — or their caregivers — who are elderly or have physical or mental impairments that make it difficult, or even impossible, to comply with Florida’s strict sex offender registration requirements. Florida’s registration laws are enforced

Dear Members and Advocates, The most significant update from this past week is an upsetting one. Last week, NARSOL (the National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws – of which FAC is the Florida affiliate) reported that it had been forced to cancel its 2025 Annual Conference, which was scheduled for June 26–29 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. According to NARSOL’s