Author: FAC Contributor #1

You gotta love attorney Patrick Leduc! The former military JAG attorney will not allow himself to be intimidated or pushed around and will certainly not allow his clients to be either. When he forwarded us an FYI copy of his pleading yesterday, the first thought that came to mind was, “hell yeah!!!” As registered citizens (or family of registered citizens)

As our organization grows, the Board of Directors felt it became prudent and necessary to adopt a Member Code of Conduct which was approved during yesterday’s Board of Director’s meeting.   FAC has put forth this Code of Conduct as a set of guiding principles that acts as a framework for the behavior of our Members. It requires that our

The ACLU has filed it’s appellate brief on behalf of Florida Action Committee and several homeless registrants living along the railroad tracks in Miami-Dade County. The Brief, which can be read by clicking this link is excellent. The substance of the argument is that the application of Miami-Dade’s 2500 foot residency restrictions in Miami-Dade is particulary punitive and therefore constitutes

For Immediate release:                                                                             Contact Person: April 4, 2016                                                                                                 James H. Maynard, 973-540-0054 [email protected]   New Jersey Advocacy Group Calls for Reform of Sex Abuse Laws   TRENTON, NJ—James H. Maynard, Morristown attorney, and Executive Director of Sexual Abuse Ends Now (SAEN), Inc., a grassroots non-profit advocacy organization, challenged lawmakers on the NJ Assembly Judiciary Committee on Monday, April 4th

The US Supreme Court decided in favor of a registered sex offender in Nichols v. United States.  The SCOTUS decision came out today and it is the first time in recent memory that the Court decided in favor of a registrant. The decision ruled that a convicted sex offender did not have to update his status on the federal sex

“No experts support residency restrictions for sex offenders” is the conclusion of law professor and researcher Eric Janus in an article in Minnesota Lawyer. “I don’t think you can find any experts — or a person who actually deals with sex offenders — who thinks residency restrictions are effective,” said Janus. “It’s amazing and quite uniform. That goes from Departments