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The U.S. criminal justice system is broken and needs to be fixed is a message you rarely hear from a well-respected senior federal judge. But that’s exactly what Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York detailed during a keynote address at the 11th Annual Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America at John Jay College of

Today the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Nichols v. US. The case that will decide whether a registrant had an obligation to update his registry after leaving the country. The transcript can be found here: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Nichols-v-United-States-Supreme-Court-Transcript.pdf The transcript shows two things: 1) If the registration requirements are so confusing that the most brilliant legal minds can’t seem to figure

Yesterday made US Supreme Court history. Justice Clarence Thomas spoke in open court for the first time in over a decade! Justice Thomas, presumed to be the “strong silent type” had not asked the parties a question or made a comment in over ten years, but yesterday he ended the long-standing streak by asking some questions in a case where

The Florida Action Committee today has submitted a complaint to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, on behalf of our members and registrants in the State of Florida who are now subject to the new requirements of the International Megan’s Law. If you are interested in filing a complaint on your own behalf, please contact

One of the best articles I’ve read in a VERY long time!     TAMPA — Keeping sex offenders far away from children is a popular idea for obvious reasons. And the Hillsborough County Commission is considering a measure that would force sexual predators to live even farther from places where children gather than current law requires. But experts say

A lawyer who is suing Pasco County, maintaining its sexual predator ordinance is unconstitutional, said he will do likewise in Hillsborough County if that county’s leaders pass similar standards. Tampa lawyer Patrick Leduc said he was not surprised to learn the Hillsborough County Commission is considering an ordinance similar to Pasco County’s, which bars convicted sexual predators from living within