News & Updates

A 10 year old girl who was abducted in Ft. Myers, Florida was found… NOT with a sex offender! The child, who was found in the woods with a homeless man, was molested, but the abductor was NOT a sex offender. That didn’t stop FOX4 news from broadcasting the number of registered citizens living near the crime scene or showing

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Two Doniphan men were charged Tuesday night after authorities say they admitted they shot a sex offender to death and burned his body in April. Matthew Brandon Bruce, 29, and Michael G. “Mick” Harris, 59, were charged Tuesday with the first-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse. The men are

One week after the 6th Circuit issued an opinion declaring the Michigan Sex Offender Registry “punishment” and therefore a violation of the Ex Post Facto provision of the Constitution, the 9th Circuit issued a conflicting decision. You can read the opinion here. So what’s next? Generally, where there is a discrepancy among Circuits, the US Supreme Court has jurisdiction to

After almost three decades, the remains of Jacob Wetterling were found. Jacob was abducted in 1989 at 11 years old. FAC wishes to express our sincere condolences to his family. This is undoubtedly not the closure to this nightmare that they, or anyone, hoped for.

THIS ARTICLE WAS PUT OUT BY A CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY, BUT MUCH OF THE ADVISE CAN BE APPLIED TO FLORIDA REGISTRANTS AS WELL. The harassment of registered sex offenders is a serious problem. California has required the registration of convicted sex offenders with local law enforcement agencies since 1947, but it was not until 1995 that the registration list became publicly

Contributed to FAC by Attorney, Brett Metcalf, Hillsborough Defense In 2014, Florida lawmakers passed a series of laws pushing tighter restrictions on local sex offenders in an effort to prevent child predation. The sex offender regulations became known as the “scorched earth policy” as lawmakers are hoping to make Florida persona non grata for sexually violent predators. What exactly does