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That’s the question posed to the audience of mostly college students by Galen Baughman, a Soros Justice Fellow and the final speaker at the City University of New York TEDx talks at the Borough of Manhattan Community College last week. TEDx talks are known for introducing new speakers with new ideas on everything from tech, to teaching, to society —

Today is the day that those reading this article – especially those that have been affected by the Sex Offender registry and regulations – will find hope and realize that it was all a lie. Everything is built upon a foundation. Some foundations are solid and hold up what is built upon them, while others are a bit more fragile

Palm Beach County government will no longer ask job candidates to disclose their criminal history on their application. The county is joining the national “ban-the-box” initiative, which seeks to prevent felons from being screened out for employment just because of their criminal record. On Friday, the county stopped asking applicants if they had ever been convicted of a felony offense,

Title 1 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 created an all-inclusive state-by-state registry of convicted sex offenders. Known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Title 1 also attempted the impossible: to protect the public, particularly children, from convicted sexual predators who had done their time and were now back on the street. It

FAC President, Gail Colletta, is attending the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ (NACDL) Convention in Las Vegas. The NACDL will be featuring a Sex Crimes training seminar, at which CaliforniaRSOL President, Janice Bellucci will be a speaker. It is an excellent opportunity for FAC to network with attorneys, solicit help and to expand our organization.

Follow the money. How often has this advice been given, and how often has the heeding of it led to the unraveling of an enigma or a crime. The sex offender industry is both, and following the money trail reveals what lies at the heart and continues to drive this occasionally well-meaning but more often self-serving complexity of businesses, individuals,