News & Updates

Anthony Weiner is about to become one of the more than 900,000 Americans on sex offense registries for the rest of his life (only Level 1 offenders in New York are removed after 20 years). We’ve spent decades now adding people to these lists without thinking hard about whether the ostracism it engineers is effective or humane. When is enough

The Florida Action Committee (FAC) is expecting to generate a high number of phone calls in the coming week and we need to increase the number of “first responder” volunteers to return calls and welcome them to FAC. If you have one hour or more each week to help over the next few months, your time will be well spent

This is an interesting piece from The Crime Report. The article highlights the homelessness problems caused by the Lauren Book Child Safety Ordinance in Miami-Dade County. It bans individuals convicted of certain sex crimes, including those involving minors, from living within 2,500 feet of a school. The ordinance was the subject of the recent ACLU / FAC case challenging the

I was considering whether to post the following or not. It’s a story from ANOTHER state in which persons required to register are becoming the victims of scams because their information is public. I’m re-posting it, not because of the story, but because of the comments (some of which are posted below). It illustrates the need for protection from vigilantism.

In both the Ex Post Facto Plus challenge and the In Person challenge, the government had filed Motions to Dismiss. Responses have now been filed in each. On Friday, attorney Val Jonas filed notice of supplementary authority in the EPFP challenge, updating the Court on the recent decisions in California and Alabama (the one that said Registrants are not second

We have received reports from members in Polk County that they have been asked to fill out a form when registering. Information on the form ALLEGEDLY includes questions that are not required to be disclosed by State statute, such as; marital status and religion. These are not confirmed but we are asking members in Polk to please let us know