Author: FAC Contributor #1

“His harshest punishment is a lifetime on the sex offender registry” Wait a minute… did someone say the sex offender registry is “the harshest punishment”? Yes, someone did! San Francisco Gate writer Debra Saunders said so in an opinion piece on why Brock Turner, the Stanford University student only got three years for sexually assaulting another student. She opined, that

June 7 — Sa-id Abdullah, 59, doesn’t deny that he committed a low-level sex offense when he was addicted to drugs in 1987. Yet when he pled guilty in 1991 in connection with an acrimonious divorce proceeding, he said he never envisioned the charge would brand him for almost 30 years. Six months away from completing his five years of

The State of NY may soon have a “terrorist registry” much like the sex offender registry. Their Senate, yesterday, passed legislation that would create a list of people convicted of terrorism and post their information publicly, so that the community and law enforcement can be aware of “somebody in their community that has been convicted of terrorism who still may

Details are still emerging, but a man found tied up, beaten and dead in a Pheonix body shop was a registered citizen. It’s time we took down this online hit list.

Yesterday, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that a blanket rule that denies those accused of sex offenses bail is unconstitutional. A a flat denial of bail with no opportunity for a defendant to argue he or she can be safely released, becomes punitive and that is not permitted until someone has been proven by clear and convincing evidence that

Last week, the Florida Action Committee sent a mail piece to certain individuals affected by the registry. We sent the mail piece out in order to let our population know that we are out there. Whether it’s information and referral, participation in one of our lawsuits or simply a community of support so they know they are not alone and