Florida Action Committee (FAC)

A child being raped could easily be seen by most of society as the most heinous of all crimes.  Does it deserve the death penalty?  Florida Action Committee does not take a stand on this issue, but there are some facts to consider. Separate bills in both the house and senate have been filed that would eliminate the requirement for

The Chicago Sun Times, along with other media sites, are weighing in on the damage that Justice Kennedy caused in 2003 to hundreds of thousands of people forced to register.  The myth (the recidivism rates for people on the registry is frightening and high, possibly as high as 80%), has resulted in every state making policies NOT based on research.

This Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe, a Supreme Court decision that said Alaska’s sex offense registry was preventive, not punitive. Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the registry made sense as a public safety measure.  He also said “the risk of recidivism passed by ‘sex offenders” is ‘frightening and high,’ as high as 80%”.  Justice Kennedy’s opinion

According to an editorial/opinion piece in the Miami Herald, a Florida man “diagnosed with years of untreated schizophrenia, is fighting a de facto life sentence for possession of CP – a far greater sentence than is typical for his crimes.” The plea deal was for three years, but probably because of his mental instability, he chose to go to trial,

Polk County has announced that over two dozen arrests were made in an undercover sting operation.  Detectives posed as children on social media platforms and online dating sites. Could there be a better way to reduce the number of future sex crimes that would be more cost effective and not destroy so many people’s lives? According to a National Institute

In a central Californian prison, a convicted serial killer was placed in a cell with an inmate who had sexually assaulted a child. The serial killer pled guilty to killing five men and injuring seven others.  Before that, he killed his aunt and uncle and then began attacking people in two cities by bludgeoning his victims with bolt cutters and