They’ve got a point! Debate over a Colorado sex offender residency restriction raises valid questions.

Residents of Thornton, Colorado raised some valid points about a proposed residency restriction covering school bus stops. One resident pointed out (as is the case with most sex offender residency restrictions) there’s no delineation to show what’s “within 1,000 feet,” or how anyone would know where a “designated” school bus stop is. “If the city does not publish an accurate

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Exactly!!! Are people beginning to catch on to the absurdity of sex offender residency restrictions?

Amanda LaRue, a “concerned parent” from Owasso, Oklahoma, spoke to News Channel 8 about a transient registered sex offender near her home. “He loads his car up every night, goes to the gas station, sleeps, and is back home,” LaRue said. “That’s how he’s skirting this law, of being a transient, and not having a permanent address. It’s because his

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Oregon’s sex offender database limits information. Is it too much or not enough?

Out of the state’s roughly 34,000 registered offenders, fewer than 2,000, are on the public database, or just 5%. State law only permits Oregon State Police to publish Level Three registrants – the group with the highest risk of committing a new sex crime. Information on other registrants must be requested through Oregon State Police, with a reason for that

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Child Rescue Coalition (CRC) technology.

This article profiles a Boca Raton firm, led by former federal prosecutor Greg Schiller, that has developed technology that purportedly tracks individuals currently sharing child sexual abuse material online. The Florida Action Committee welcomes pioneering efforts to the extent it identifies and stops actual sexual offending. That is precisely the kind of proactive, prevention-based approach FAC supports. In the event

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Woodstock Uproar Highlights Bigger Question: What Happens After Sex Offenders Leave Prison

Below is a link to an article written by Steven Yoder, an excellent journalist who has the courage to write the truth, no matter how unpopular the topic. His story is about the hiring (and firing) of a maintenance worker in the city of Woodstock, NY. FAC has written a lot about this story and several others, where people reenter

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