News & Updates

A Florida Appeals Court ruled unanimously that a Tampa Judge “abused his discretion” in sentencing a CP offender to twenty-two years in prison. The defendant, who pleaded guilty to 20 counts of viewing child pornography, had never abused or touched a child. Still, Hillsborough County Judge Chet Tharpe called child pornography an “epidemic” and sentenced the defendant to twenty two

The Florida Action Committee is deeply honored to be named as the recipient of this year’s Maurice Rosen Act of Courage Award. The award, which is named after the late ACLU attorney, is being given to the FAC, “for its courageous advocacy on behalf of ex-offenders whose civil liberties and opportunities to build new lives are violated by the state

ex post facto ˌeks pōst ˈfaktō/ adjective & adverb adjective: ex post facto; adverb: ex post facto with retroactive effect or force. The US and most state constitutions prevent the application of laws “Ex Post Facto”, with retroactive effect or force. What this means, for example; let’s say in 1995 you got a DUI, you had your license suspended for

Source Tampa, Florida – 10 News’ continuing investigation into police conduct during “To Catch a Predator”-inspired sex stings has revealed law enforcement officers who act as undercover “chatters” routinely delete emails and other records that Florida law requires them to retain. At least three different law enforcement agencies admitted they could not provide requested emails from various operations because they

We have received numerous reports that FDLE’s system is not updated to accept “internet identifiers” and worse; distinguish between vehicles owned by registrants or by family/friends/roommates. If you register a family members car now through their current system, it will appear publicly along with the vehicle description and License Plate number.    

Yesterday, FDLE sent the OFFICIAL registration update notification, which you can see at the end of this post. Although we have been requesting this information for weeks, FDLE chose to provide it on the very day the laws became effective, leaving our members already non-compliant with some requirements and only 48 hours to scramble to resolve the others. Apparently, this