Author: FAC Contributor #1

A win in the 11th Circuit today!  Miami-Dade is infamous for encampments of homeless registrants, permanent housing very scarce because of residency restrictions.  Despite national media attention to bad laws that had people living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway–courts haven’t been much help.  Now there’s an interesting development.  A lawsuit in federal court challenging those residency restrictions had been dismissed. 

The International Megan’s Law challenge brought in the Northern District of California was dismissed. According to Janice Bellucci, who represented the plaintiffs (and all registrants), there is no plan to give up and accept that international travel will forever be impeded, that our lives will be placed in jeopardy when we travel and that our passports will be branded just

Laws intended to provide the public with the whereabouts of sexual predators have backfired in many cases. Penniless ex-felons often are forced into homelessness, creating unanticipated hazards for the very citizens the laws were created to protect. These laws, which prevent sex offenders from living in close proximity to schools and other places, have exploded in recent decades. At the

The order just came in from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the news is great! The federal appellate court reversed the lower court that dismissed our Sex Offender Residency Restriction challenge. The ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Florida Action Committee and several John Does who were put into homelessness because of the Sex Offender Residency

A hearing on our motion for a temporary injunction to the Internet Identifier restrictions of the Florida Registry took place at 10:00 AM this morning. Our attorneys were prepared and have done an excellent job throughout. The Judge is aware of the time sensitivity of the matter and we expect him to issue a ruling with that in mind. As

“A law intended to identify the whereabouts of sexual predators has backfired.” The statement is an excerpt from a story that appeared on Jacksonville.com about the unintended consequences of residency restrictions in Duval County. The article points out that the well intended yet completely counterproductive law has put the public safety at risk. Limited housing options for registered citizens has