Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
According to Montana Department of Justice data, Montana’s registered sex offender population grew from 5,292 in 2022 to 5,718 in 2026 — an increase of 426 offenders, or 8.1 percent over five years. That’s a pretty remarkable number when you consider that Montana recognizes that registration is not lifelong for everyone. Under Mont. Code Ann. § 46-23-506(3), Level 1 offenders
Read moreFor decades, much of the public conversation surrounding child sexual abuse has focused on what happens after abuse occurs: arrest, prosecution, incarceration, registration and increasingly severe punishment. But a new article from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health makes an important point: child sexual abuse is preventable, not inevitable. The Johns Hopkins MOORE Center for the Prevention of
Read moreThere is a particular irony in the arrest of Palm Beach County Clerk of Court Michael Caruso. Caruso, a former Republican member of the Florida House and a political ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis, was arrested Tuesday on five felony charges related to the alleged sexual abuse of a young relative. Caruso has denied the allegations and, as with anyone
Read moreThere is a striking irony in the Trump administration’s new effort to restore firearm rights to people with felony convictions. Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Second Amendment should not be treated as a “second-class right” and that people should not be permanently deprived of a constitutional right without considering whether they actually pose a danger to public safety. The new
Read moreFAC NOTE: FAC is not publishing this report to shame, harass, or prejudge the alleged offender. The purpose is to make an important point: people who commit sexual harm can come from every walk of life—including people who hold positions of political or governmental authority. Palm Beach County Clerk of Court Michael Caruso was arrested Tuesday morning and immediately suspended
Read moreEvery enforcement system runs on two currencies: authority and money. The authority is written into statute. The money is harder to see, because it does not sit in one place. It is scattered across federal grant conditions, state appropriations, county budgets, court dockets, jail rosters, and technology contracts—each justified on its own terms, each defensible in isolation, and each part
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