Author: FAC Contributor #9

People with a past sex offense are required to have their driver’s license branded in some states, and in the states where such laws have been overturned, it has been due to free speech concerns, not privacy. Why is this branding necessary when so much personal information for registrants is already available online for the public? Kansas and at least

Columbia County, Florida temporarily needs a different venue to hold their annual football jamboree, an event relished by the community.  It could be moved to Annie Mattox Park, but allegations surfaced that a person who is forced to register sits on the park board.  The association said they will be looking elsewhere. The cancelation sparked an uproar at Thursday night’s

Kindness and protection are qualities society must offer children. We believe that distance from danger is the best way to keep people safe. Then we identify certain people as dangerous, and make it illegal for those people to be near children.   Perhaps we need to gain a healthy fear of those who promise safety for children if a particular

It has been nine months since court-ordered changes to Michigan’s sex offense registry were made, leaving confusion about enforcement. Michigan State Police are under an Interim Order and Injunction issued by the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that prohibits the MSP from enforcing registration, verification, school zone and fee violations of the Sex Offenders Registration

The nondelegation doctrine is a legal theory that one branch of government must not authorize another entity to exercise the power or function which it is constitutionally authorized to exercise itself. When Congress enacted SORNA, they didn’t specify whether it was to apply to people who were convicted of a sex offense BEFORE the law’s passage or only to those