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BREAKING: Volusia County Solves Absolutely Nothing with Sex Offender Residency Restriction Hike—Now Has More Homeless Offenders Wandering the Streets

June 26, 2025 FAC-3 29 Comments min read

Well, well, well… would you look at that? A couple of years ago Volusia County decided it was a great idea to expand residency restrictions for registered citizens from 1,000 feet to 1,500 feet. Because obviously, 1,000 feet just wasn’t safe enough, right? And what happened next? A massive drop in crime? Nope. More homelessness and less ability for law

Advocacy News & Updates

Let’s Keep Our Conversations On Topic and Productive

June 25, 2025June 25, 2025 FAC-3 24 Comments min read

As our community continues to grow, so does the level of engagement on our website. We are grateful for that. Lately, we’ve seen a noticeable uptick in comments on many of our posts, with some articles receiving over 100 comments. This shows just how passionate and involved our readers are. However, with that increased participation has come a new challenge:

Florida Legislative News & Updates

Florida proposes another law named after a child victim

June 25, 2025 FAC-3 11 Comments min read

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Tuesday announced that he will propose legislation aimed at eliminating judicial discretion in cases involving convicted sexual offenders and violent criminals who remain free on bond following a guilty verdict. The proposal, known as Missy’s Law, is named after five-year-old Missy Mogle, who was killed last month in Tallahassee by her stepfather, Daniel Spencer,

Legal News & Updates Other States

NARSOL files suit over Oklahoma Driver’s License branding

June 24, 2025 FAC-3 64 Comments min read

The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (of which FAC is the Florida affiliate) and OK Voices (the Oklahoma affiliate of NARSOL) has filed a civil rights lawsuit in the Northern District of Oklahoma challenging the Constitutionality of an Oklahoma Statute that requires the driver’s licenses of persons required to register as sexual offenders be branded with the marking

Florida News & Updates

Florida County to seek first known death penalty for sexual abuse of a minor.

June 21, 2025 FAC-3 113 Comments min read

In a first known case since Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new law authorizing the death penalty for a sex offense, a Putnam County man will be facing the death penalty for alleged sexual abuse. The accused, who had a prior (from 2010) sexual assault conviction, is being charged with the sexual assault of two minors in Putnam.

Legal News & Updates Other States

Some sex offenders no longer required to register in Indiana

June 21, 2025 FAC-3 13 Comments min read

egistered sex offenders living in Indiana no longer will be subject to a lifetime registration requirement in the Hoosier State simply for vacationing in Florida, where all sex offenders are listed on the registry for life. A new Indiana Supreme Court ruling clarifies a provision of state law that mandates sex offenders registered in another state, who subsequently relocate or

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