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A criminal defendant charged with “traveling to meet a minor” and “solicitation of a minor” will have one of his charges vacated according to a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court in Snow v. State. According to a previously decided Supreme Court Case, State v. Shelly, 176 So. 3d 914 (Fla. 2015), double jeopardy applies when someone is convicted of

A very special thanks to those who sent clothing, shoes and other items to FAC for donation to the 250 people living at the railroad tracks. They were received and very appreciated. Several bags of donated items were delivered to the encampment on Saturday night, which also gave the FAC Board an opportunity to assess the situation down there. Unfortunately,

Moments ago the ACLU, who graciously represents us in a lawsuit challenging the Miami-Dade County Sex Offender Residency Restriction (SORR) ordinance, filed a Reply Brief in the case that is currently pending in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. For those interested in reading the pleading, a copy of what was filed can be found here: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FAC-v.-Miami-Dade-Appellants-Reply-Brief.pdf Just yesterday we posted

About 100 sex offenders who have completed their sentences are being kept in prison because the 1000 foot residency restrictions leave them without any possible release residence. A class-action lawsuit in NY against the corrections department and the agency that manages city shelters was filed this week, according to a Wall Street Journal article on behalf of registered citizens in

Every so often, we like to reach out to the inhabitants of the homeless encampment by the railroad tracks in Miami, through our site, to let them know they are not forgotten. There are currently two hundred fifty (250) human beings forced to live outdoors, without shelter, without bathrooms and without potable water, alongside railroad tracks in a warehouse district