Florida Action Committee (FAC)

A group of eight individuals forced to register filed a Federal lawsuit seeking relief from the Tennessee Sex Offense Registry.  Judges ruled in 2021 that the 2004 changes to Tennessee’s registry were punishment and unconstitutionally ex post facto for a person whose convictions were prior to then.  Recent rulings affirming these rulings were made to benefit single individuals.  That would

Florida Action Committee received a request from Decriminalize Developmental Disabilities (D3, formerly LRIDD) to share the Autism Innocent Project.  They are seeking mothers and fathers with autistic or intellectually disabled sons and daughter affected by the criminal justice system to participate in a “selfie” style video for an awareness campaign. Below are their instructions for submissions.  Email finished video or your questions to

Following the legal challenges on the Ex Post Facto cases can be compared to riding a rollercoaster – first, be glad to see it moving, climbing ever so slowly up the first hill, then brace yourself for the ride…. plenty of ups and downs with negotiable turns and unexpected twists, and as an added surprise, the track splits into two. 

A bill in Michigan would require inmates to be registered to vote as part of their exit from the prison process.  Too many individuals have left prison without being registered to vote.  Often their address or eligibility has changed.  The two primary areas of confusion have been how to regain the right to vote and how does a felon register

It has been thought by many of us that the larger the state registry, the more grant money a state will receive.   Almost a year ago, FAC reached out to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland with the U.S. Department of Justice to inquire about Florida’s bloated registry since less than half of the people on our registry live in Florida

Lenore Skenazy with Reason.com recently had an article published, “Disabled Man on Sex Offense Registry Pardoned by Illinois Governor.”  An intellectually disabled man was placed on the sex offense registry when he had no idea what he had done wrong.  After just over a decade, the governor of Illinois recently gave him a full pardon along with having his record