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Read moreRecording #300. Dear Members and Advocates, We are excited to share some great news! The Florida Action Committee (FAC) has launched a new website. The new site features a cleaner look and feel. But more importantly, we have a new back-end, designed to better serve our community and advance our mission. Our site just launched this past weekend and over the
Read moreA register of sex offenders and domestic violence abusers, similar to the tax defaulters list, will not be made publicly available. The Irish Times report legislation floated by Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan in the Dail last month will not go ahead as planned. A list is still expected to be drawn up but will only be disclosed to members of
Read moreAn attorney representing two convicted child abusers urged the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down both the state’s newest sex offender registration law and one imposing post-incarceration electronic monitoring for life. The pair of cases before the court, which were on whether to fully take up cases challenging the requirements, are the latest in a series of legal
Read moreA Wisconsin law that requires certain sex offenders to wear GPS monitors for their entire lives doesn’t violate the Fourth Amendment, a federal court said. The state has a strong interest in protecting the public from repeat offenders and wearing the monitor imposes only a modest burden on the offender’s privacy rights, Judge Brett H. Ludwig said Tuesday for the
Read moreIn Tennessee, lawmakers are trying to pass ‘Savanna’s Law’ to create a domestic violence offender registry. The legislation proposes the creation of a publicly accessible registry for individuals convicted multiple times of domestic violence offenses, similar to existing sex offender registries. But is it similar? Maybe the look and feel and general concept of publicly outing domestic violence offenders, but
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