by Florida Action Committee | Oct 23, 2017 | Articles, Featured Articles
Parents who check the state sex offender registry prior to allowing their children to knock on strangers’ doors and ask for candy this Halloween may be under the misconception that every person listed on the registry poses a grave danger to public safety....
by Florida Action Committee | Oct 20, 2017 | Articles, Featured Articles
Following the trend of most courts, including the US Supreme Court, a Kentucky Judge struck a law that banned sex offenders from any site that’s “available to minors”, stating the law is too broad and effectively bans most of the internet. U.S....
by Florida Action Committee | Oct 20, 2017 | Articles, Featured Articles
Excellent reporting and follow up from Isabella Gomes of the Miami New Times. Her story follows: Beneath a shredded blue tarp, 58-year-old Claudia Baker takes a swig of A&W root beer. “Imagine your faucet dripping at night. That’s what life is like for...
by Florida Action Committee | Oct 19, 2017 | Articles, Featured Articles
Lenore Skenazy, founder of Free-Range Kids and a regular contributor to Reason.com, helped dispel the unfounded Halloween “horror stories” that have been thrown around this time of year for decades, including poisoned candy and sex offender attacks. Like...
by Florida Action Committee | Oct 19, 2017 | Articles, Featured Articles
Sheriff Grady Judd held another of his “cutesy titled” sex offender stings, “Operation No Tricks, No Treats”, where he posts fake ads online and waits for people to respond to them. This time he netted 277 arrests, including a Sargent...
by Florida Action Committee | Oct 18, 2017 | Articles, Featured Articles
One of the most useful things the media can do is educate. Teen Vogue just posted an op-ed titled, “How Sex Offender Registries Impact Youth”. Hopefully, by teaching children that an immature act can have devastating repercussions, it will help prevent...
