Author: FAC Contributor #1

The United States leads the world in the number of people the country puts behind bars. Although it only has 5% of the world’s population, the United States has 25% of the world’s prison population. The United States is the world’s biggest jailer. Put another way, one in 99 adults is living behind bars in the United States, and one in

Our nation loves stories about sex. You throw “sex” into a headline and you’re guaranteed readership. FAC’s legislative committee keeps track of Bills that concern sex offenders and generally does a really good job of staying on top of what’s going on in Tallahassee so we can endorse Bills that improve public safety and oppose ones that don’t. That is

The following is a well referenced article on the lottery debate, which is republished here. Most reading this article would agree that it’s absurd to create laws restricting lottery winnings. What’s next? inheritances? lawsuit settlements? stock market gains? It seems like the argument is not that a former offender should not be allowed to benefit from a state-run lottery that

News 4 Jacksonville, known for extensively reporting on anything sex offender related, put out the following story yesterday which highlighted some of the problems with the “Lifetime Monitoring Bill”. One major issue is a constitutional one. If a statute provides that there is a 10 or 20 year maximum sentence for a specific crime, how can you go ahead and

The US House of Representatives yesterday passed the International Megan’s Law which would require the US inform other countries when a registrant intends to travel there and require other countries to inform the US when a registrant from their country plans to enter the US. The bill passed by “voice vote” which is an expedited process and allows more time

Often, we like to share stupid statements contained in reputable news sources, because it shows how ignorant even the most highly regarded news sources can be. Today, NBC’s Today Show posed the question of whether registered sex offenders should be allowed to keep lottery winnings. They conclude with the statement, “Victim’s groups say putting millions into the hand of a