Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Weekly update for November 10, 2025. This is recording number 338. Dear Members and Advocates, On July 27, 1981, Adam Walsh was abducted from a Sears store in Hollywood, Florida. On June 21, 2013, Cherish Perrywinkle was kidnapped from a Walmart in Jacksonville, Florida. Both of these tragedies are every parent’s worst nightmare and both became the emotional catalysts for laws
Read moreWeekly update for November 4, 2025. This is recording number 336. Dear Members and Advocates, We made it! Another Halloween has come and gone, and—just like every other year—the dire warnings, police sweeps, and media hysteria amounted to absolutely nothing. Each November, we at FAC comb through the headlines and police blotters, searching for the supposed “uptick” in sexual crimes that
Read moreWeekly update for October 28, 2025. This is recording number 335. Dear Members and Advocates, It’s that time of year again! There will always be dates or times that are particularly stressful or traumatic for certain people. As a kid, I remember seeing “back to school” commercials on TV and feeling anxiety knowing the first day is coming. For accountants, that
Read moreWeekly update for October 22, 2025. This is recording number 334. Dear Members and Advocates, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke at the University of Vermont this week, and her message could not be more relevant to the work we do. “We are in a difficult part of American history,” she said, warning that “we have great risk right now
Read moreFinding a residence that meets the living restrictions for your state, county or city is a daunting task. First, you have to locate an affordable home, then you need to thoroughly check the surrounding area for conditions such as schools, parks, playgrounds, daycare centers and other possible conditions depending on the residency restrictions in your area or based on your
Read moreWeekly update for October 14, 2025. This is recording number 333. Dear Members and Advocates, When the Union County ordinance described sexual offense recidivism rates as “alarmingly high,” it raised an obvious question — what does that even mean? There is no legal or scientifically accepted threshold for what constitutes a “high” recidivism rate — whether “frighteningly high,” “alarmingly high,” or simply “high.”
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