Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
In a bit of concerning news, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to rehear the Henry case En Banc. In April, we reported a bit of good news out of the State of Alabama. A three judge panel of the 11th Circuit previously held that Alabama cannot completely prohibit convicted sex offenders from cohabitating with minors. Specifically, Bruce
Read moreOut of the state’s roughly 34,000 registered offenders, fewer than 2,000, are on the public database, or just 5%. State law only permits Oregon State Police to publish Level Three registrants – the group with the highest risk of committing a new sex crime. Information on other registrants must be requested through Oregon State Police, with a reason for that
Read moreThis article profiles a Boca Raton firm, led by former federal prosecutor Greg Schiller, that has developed technology that purportedly tracks individuals currently sharing child sexual abuse material online. The Florida Action Committee welcomes pioneering efforts to the extent it identifies and stops actual sexual offending. That is precisely the kind of proactive, prevention-based approach FAC supports. In the event
Read moreEDITED: I HAVE TO EDIT THIS POST BECAUSE I MIGHT HAVE CAUSED SOME MISUNDERSTANDING. WE ARE LOOKING FOR STATEMENTS FROM PEOPLE IN FLORIDA WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS. PLEASE LIMIT RESPONSES TO ONLY HOW SEX OFFENDER RESIDENCY RESTRICTIONS HAVE IMPACTED YOU IN FLORIDA. There is an important case currently pending in the Middle District of Florida,
Read moreBelow is a link to an article written by Steven Yoder, an excellent journalist who has the courage to write the truth, no matter how unpopular the topic. His story is about the hiring (and firing) of a maintenance worker in the city of Woodstock, NY. FAC has written a lot about this story and several others, where people reenter
Read moreMarquis Lamar Conner Sr., 43, of Decatur, Georgia, was the last of four defendants to go before the Muskingum County Court of Common Pleas for sentencing Aug. 18. Conner argued for his own sentencing before Judge Kelly Cottrill. After a lengthy statement where he blamed the victims for being defrauded, Conner received four years in an Ohio prison. Of the
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