Weekly Updates

Weekly Update #22 Dear Members and Advocates, “In the early morning hours of Jan. 3, 2011, Scott covered his recliner in plastic and carefully leaned plywood against the backrest. He covered his head with a tarp, grabbed a rusty shotgun, and put the barrel under his chin. He pulled the trigger.” His mother, Linda, later explained to the local paper

Weekly Update #21 Dear Members and Advocates, The “Three R’s” (Reading, ‘Riting, ‘Rithmatic), which form the pillar of primary education are about to get a companion, as legislators in Florida are looking to add “human trafficking” to the PreK – 12 curriculum. House Bill 259 is making its way through this legislative session and proposes to include “human trafficking” education

Weekly Update #20 Dear Members and Advocates; As the late singer Tom Petty said, “the waiting is the hardest part.” We are waiting on Courts’ decisions in two cases we initiated; the “Ex Post Facto Plus” case and the “In-Person” challenge. In both Federal cases, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has filed Motions to Dismiss and in both cases

Weekly Update #19 Dear Members and Advocates, On Monday March 18, CNET, a media outlet for news on technology and consumer electronics, published an article that scared the hell out of me. The article was about the use of facial recognition in different applications. Some of the applications completely obliterate any semblance of privacy, and for persons on the registry

Weekly Update #18 Dear Members and Advocates: This past week, the Florida Action Committee attended and exhibited at the 2019 Florida Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Annual Conference and Membership Meeting. FATSA is the Florida affiliate of the international, multi-disciplinary, non-profit organization dedicated to making society safer by preventing sexual abuse. While most would think that an organization

Weekly Update #16 Dear Members and Advocates, In June of 2018, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) announced that the total number of people listed on sex offender registries had surpassed the nine hundred thousand mark (900,202 to be exact) and had grown at a rate of 3.3% since the count done six months prior. As of