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A sensational headline is making the rounds: “In four months, border agents arrest 1,000 child sex offenders in Tampa area.” It’s alarming, it’s provocative… and it’s completely FALSE!!!. The source of this claim, The Black Chronicle — whose logo ironically proclaims “The Paper That Tells The Truth” — has, in this instance, done anything but that. The headline suggests a

A quick legal update for those who were following the path of the “Ex Post Facto I” complaint as it made it’s way from the District Court in 2018, to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, back to the District Court, only to be dismissed again… A Fourth Amended Complaint was filed earlier this month and the FDLE is required

The attempted assassination attempt at this weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner and other recent conversations about political violence have brought up a pretty simple but important point: the way we talk about people matters. During a press conference held shortly after the dinner, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche asked, “what do you expect to happen” when public rhetoric consistently targets

This clip from a recently aired episode of Dr. Phil features Michigan Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who answers the questions of whether the sex offender registry keeps us safe. It does not. After pointing out that we are approaching one million people on US Sex Offender Registries, Judge Aquilina points out that the registry is so saturated it becomes blinding to

FAC is making this public call-out to our members and fellow advocates in New York. We monitor registration-related news across the world so that we can keep our members informed, catch bad policy before the domino falls in our state and offer support whenever we can (just like we ask for help when we need it in Florida). What we’re

Three weeks ago, we wrote about how legislation like SB 212 / HB 45 completely missed the mark when it comes to sexual harm in the school environment. That hasn’t changed. If anything, the headlines since then have only reinforced the point that we need to institute a different approach to addressing this issue than only punishing after the fact.