Author: FAC Contributor #1

For an “online romance” between two teens, a Virginia prosecutor hit the older one with an armload of charges – 20 counts that add up to centuries. The possible punishment was so extreme that Zachary decided to take the prosecutor’s unreasonable offer to dismiss most of the charges in exchange for a guilty plea to two *felonies,* also a spot

It may run counter to conventional wisdom, but it is exceedingly rare for a person registered as a sex offender to be charged with a new sexual offense in Cumberland County. Of the 75 charged sex crime cases in Cumberland County in 2016, only two were committed by a person listed on the sex offender registry, according to an analysis

Here’s a story that asks the question we’ve been asking for a while. Why is there a registry of sex offenders but no registry of murderers? If someone, 20 years ago, had consensual sex with an underage partner when they were 18, you’d know they were living next door to you. You’d get the flyers, you’d see the police cars

An Illinois appellate court has ruled a public park ban unconstitutional on its face when applied to all sex offenders in all parks, at all times, in all circumstances. The opinion, which can be read here: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Pepitone-Marc-3-14-0627-DEC.pdf states the ban is far too broad and sweeps up too much completely innocent activity to be constitutional. Congratulations to registrants in Illinois

The United States Sentencing Commission has sought public comment to sentencing guideline changes for Child Pornography offenses. The sentences for these offenses currently do not reflect the culpability of the offender or the risk he or she presents. In many cases the punishment in the Federal system for someone who looks at these images would be harsher than the person

One year to the date of its enactment, Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04) reports that the International Megan’s Law is already having the intended effect of reducing the threat of child sex tourism. [HOW IS THAT QUANTIFIED? WHAT ABOUT THE EFFECT OF IMPEDING LEGITIMATE TRAVEL FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO TRAVEL FOR WORK, TO VISIT FAMILY OR FOR ANY OTHER LAWFUL