Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
In the Bible Belt, there’s basically a church on every corner—especially here in Nashville. It feels like there should be so many options to choose from if you want to join a faith community. But the church doors are often closed to people on the sex offender registry, including myself. Sex offender registries are designed so that society treats you
Read moreA Louisiana Couple has asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction blocking St. Tammany Parish from enforcing its new ordinance restricting where people on the sex offense registry can live. The law seeks to prevent “clustering” of registrants and impose additional housing restrictions. The case is somewhat similar to what is happening here in Putnam County and will
Read moreA man accused in a deadly Fremont stabbing last week allegedly admitted to police that he was targeting registered sex offenders as potential victims. Varun Suresh, 29, of Fremont, has been charged with murder in connection to the stabbing death of a 71-year-old man that occurred Thursday. “Evidence at the scene indicated a violent struggle,” Fremont PD said. “The victim
Read moreLast week, a 31 year old man convicted of child exploitation in Michigan — was found “unresponsive” at USP Coleman II, the same Florida prison where Larry Nassar was stabbed multiple times in 2023. The Bureau of Prisons issued a short statement: he was taken to a hospital, pronounced dead, and the FBI was notified. No cause of death was
Read moreWhen we share news stories on the FAC website, we always include a link to the original article. We do this not just to cite the source, but to give you the chance to share your perspective where it matters most — on the actual source article. Last month, for example, we posted the News4 Jacksonville story on the Putnam
Read moreFlorida’s new Dexter’s Law does more than crack down on animal cruelty. It exposes a decades-long hypocrisy at the heart of American registry laws. For years, courts have upheld sex offender registries by declaring them “civil regulation, not punishment.” That phrase has been the magic shield allowing states to apply registries retroactively without violating the Constitution’s ban on ex post
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