FAC Launches New Website

For the last decade the Florida Action Committee has had the same website. To some it was a source of comfort. Where you came to learn news about registry issues and share thoughts or concerns with the community. To others, our dated site was an annoyance. Lacking in the latest tools and technology and difficult to navigate. To address (hopefully)

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Texas embalmer charged with mutilating corpse of registered sex offender

A Texas woman has been charged with abusing a corpse, accused of using a scalpel to castrate the body of a registered sex offender last month, officials said. Charging documents identify two employees of Memorial Mortuary & Crematory at the scene who witnessed the crime. Authorities said the first witness saw Laudermilk stab Rodriguez twice in the groin in the

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Florida Should Adopt Federal SORNA Tiers Instead of Lifetime Registration for All

[NOTE: We will preface the following argument by saying that FAC believes the sex offender registry should be abolished. We do not deviate from this position; however, the reality is that federal law requires the states to maintain a registry. Unless/until we are successful in repealing SORNA, state affiliates are limited in what they can do on the state level.

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Kansas Bill Unfairly Punishes Parents and Stigmatizes Children

A controversy over a registered sex offender attending a school dance in Kansas has led to Senate Bill 233, which aims to ban individuals on the sex offender registry from school property. While the intent to protect children is understandable, the bill unfairly punishes parents and stigmatizes their families, ignoring the fact that the individual in question was fully complying

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OK: Chemical Castration Bill Advances

Senate Bill 1697, is a proposed legislation advancing in the Oklahoma Senate that would mandate chemical castration for certain child sex offenders. Under the bill, individuals convicted of sex crimes against children under the age of 13 would be required to undergo chemical castration as a condition of parole. The treatment, which involves drugs to reduce testosterone and sexual urges,

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