Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
A recent article in the Washington Free Beacon takes aim at Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate David Crowley for expressing support for the work of It Takes a Village Foundation, a nonprofit that helps formerly incarcerated people return to society. The controversy centers on the foundation’s founder, Dr. Shawna Whitehead, who said in a 2022 interview that she wanted to bring partners
Read moreUNFORTUNATELY during the past fortnight we have continued to see protests outside addresses of registered sex offenders and people wrongly perceived to be sex offenders. Campaigning and peaceful protests are legitimate in a democratic society, and I recognise and uphold the right of individuals to express their views lawfully and to protest peacefully. However, violence, disorder, hate crime, and threatening
Read moreAn Oklahoma legislative committee is rethinking the state’s Sex Offender Registry after hearing from experts and advocates about how indiscriminate restrictions in state law are negatively impacting victims in unforeseen ways. Oklahoma senators heard testimony and expertise from victims and advocates Tuesday, Sept. 6, on why state laws about the registry should be updated. Statements from convicted offenders and assault
Read moreLegislation in Oklahoma may give people who are cognitively impaired a path towards removal from the sex offender registry. HB 3606 allows a person to be considered for removal of the requirement to register as a sex offender if the person, or a legal guardian acting on behalf of the person, can provide to the court documentation that the person
Read moreFollowing comments by Miami-Dade Homeless Trust Chairman Ron Book in The Miami Times that there are “plenty” of places where a person subject to Miami-Dade’s 2,500-foot residency restrictions can live, FAC has written to the Homeless Trust with a simple question: Where are they? We’re asking the Trust to identify the housing it says is available, and to explain what
Read moreThe Florida Action Committee, a group that advocates for people on the registry, filed the suit on August 11, 2026, in U.S. District Court in Tallahassee, case 4:26-cv-00388. The complaint sues Mark Glass in his official capacity as commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the agency that runs the registry. The complaint also names 33 counties, including Marion,
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