Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
This Call To Action has been superseded. Comments are now disabled. CLICK HERE FOR THE NEW CTA HB 833 is of great concern as it would require reporting stays of 24 hours or longer at vacation rentals. A vacation rental is any unit or group of units in a condominium or cooperative or any individually or collectively owned single-family, two-family,
Read moreGovernor Ron DeSantis is under attack for suggesting a registry for bloggers who write about him or his administration. He’s now distanced himself from the proposed law. He says he had nothing to do with it. Whether he did or did not isn’t the question. The question is, why would anyone think such a registry is a good idea? The
Read moreWe have all heard so much about the Parental Rights in Education Bill that was passed by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Governor DeSantis. But only one very small part of that bill has been in the news. There are actually many aspects (or parental rights) listed in HB 1557 that have not received the same amount
Read moreNOTE: FAC’s position is complete abolishment of the registry. While this submission does not necessarily reflect the views of FAC, we are sharing one member’s thoughts on the registry for your consideration. March 7, 2023 marked the 20th anniversary of Smith v Doe, the Supreme Court case which ruled that sex offender registries may be applied retroactively because they do
Read moreFAC NOTE: The following was an article comment, posted by CherokeeJack, which was better suited as a post. So Not sure where to post this but a lot of people including me had questions and now I have the answers from the lawyer posted on FAC site, Ron Kleiner. After speaking with him, he gave me permission to discuss the
Read moreAs evidence continues to mount on the failure of state sex offense registries, Louisiana continues to be in the news as its leaders are only seeing an increase in the amount of sex crimes committed against children. According to WAFB9 in Louisiana, “…one investigator (from the Attorney General’s office) described the fight (against sex crimes) as ‘a war the state
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