Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
There’s a must read article in The Appeal about the very disturbing and deeply problematic “Operation Net Nanny” that pretended to be a child sex trafficking operation, but was actually a manufactured crime wave that destroyed dozens of lives in Washington state. We encourage you to read the article, which can be found here: https://theappeal.org/net-nanny-washington-state-police-stings/ and share it. For those
Read moreFrom ACSOL: Please join ACSOL and others in an effort to persuade Etsy to remove anti-registrant merchandise from its website. The merchandise at issue includes messages on clothing and bumper stickers such as “Shoot Your Local Pedophile” and “Dead Pedophiles Don’t Reoffend.” “These and other statements on merchandise incite violence and therefore are not protected by the First Amendment,” stated
Read moreThe Florida Action Committee has submitted a Request for Declaratory Statement from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement concerning the recent arrest of several members who have allegedly failed to report “Internet Identifiers” for accounts that probably don’t have to be reported under the Statute and Judge Hinkle’s Order in the Internet Identifier case, or for accounts they don’t even
Read moreBe on the lookout for scammers calling EMPLOYERS asking for registrants. We’ve received reports from members whose employers received calls from a scammer pretending to be Detective Keith McCoy. FAC has confirmed this is a scam and police reports have been filed. The number he is calling from is 863-862-5101 (you may get a voicemail with a fake sheriffs office
Read moreA Wellington father was arrested and faces a charge of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a registered sex offender 17 times after he allegedly made comments his minor daughter. The victim, who wasn’t identified, was taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors say they determined he had been stabbed 17 times. Officers spoke to the victim, who stated that
Read moreThis doesn’t necessarily impact people already on the registry, but today the Florida Legislature filed SB 760 — the “Victim Safety in Pretrial Release Act.” On its face the bill is described as strengthening protections for victims. But under the hood, it creates a brand-new criminal offense for what were previously “conditions of pretrial release” — such as no-contact orders,
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