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The link below contains a chart which outlines the removal guidelines from the registry for all 50 states. https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/50-State-Sex-Offender-Relief-5-12-15.pdf This chart was put together by the Collateral Consequences Resource Center and is a useful resource.

FROM THE WASHINGTON POST   As we’ve noted before at The Watch, local news tends to sensationalize and fearmonger, especially when it comes to issues involving crime, sex, kids, drugs or some combination of the four. So it’s worth pointing out when a local news reporter does great work. Here’s some praise for Dan Hanger, a reporter for Fox 21

Because I walk around the house naked way more than my wife would prefer, she recently played a joke on me. As I sometimes like to do, I donned only flip-flops to enter our garage and get something from my tool shelf. I was a full 20 feet inside when I heard the garage door rumble open. I had to

After reading that FAC filed a human rights complaint with the United Nations concerning the inhumane treatment of registrants in our cities, counties, states and by the federal government on behalf of all our members, one of our members was inspired and filed a complaint on his own behalf to support and supplement ours. The member was gracious enough to

You have to ask; how, in a civilized country, can this continue to exist? One Hundred Eighty human beings living homeless alongside railroad tracks in a warehouse district in Miami. No shelter, no sanitation, no access to the basic necessities of human existence. They are chained to their location from 10PM to 6AM because of a curfew. If they are

The sex offender registry regulations began by regulating the lives of sex offenders. It started in the late 90’s by making them register and by the mid-2000’s limited where they could live and just last year introduced a bunch more restrictions that impede travel, anonymous speech and more. But lawmakers are not satisfied with punishing former offenders, they need to