Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
The North Carolina Supreme Court has issued a disappointing decision earlier this month concerning the ability of people on the sex offender registry to seek removal. In State v. Lingerfelt (August 14, 2026), the Court held that a person who fails to appeal an earlier determination of their federal SORNA tier cannot later challenge that determination in a subsequent petition
Read moreFAC’s Lawsuit was mentioned on a Flagler County NewsRadio’s daily morning show. They quoted the County Attorney who indicated they would be filing a Motion to Dismiss (expected).
Read moreA recent decision from Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal has an important message for Florida’s counties: public records requests are not suggestions. And when the information is necessary to comply with a criminal law, “we’ll get around to it” isn’t good enough. During the first week of June 2026, the Florida Action Committee submitted Public Records Act requests to
Read moreThings are getting very harsh in the UK when it comes to how society deals with people convicted of sexual offenses. Two stories this week should get everyone’s attention. The BBC is reporting on the UK’s increasingly aggressive approach to managing sex offenders’ location, while The Guardian reports that thousands of male prisoners in England and Wales could soon be
Read moreAccording 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
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