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Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws

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NARSOL: State by State Recidivism Studies

FAC Contributor #3 5 Comments min read

For missing states, no applicable study could be found. All percentages given are for repeat sexual offenses.   ALASKA: http://www.jrsa.org/projects/sex-offender-final-report.pdf, page 17: 2008 3.4 % rearrest rate after three years.   ARIZONA: http://www.jrsa.org/projects/sex-offender-final-report.pdf, page 17: 2008 2.3% rearrest rate after three years.   ARKANSAS: https://doc.arkansas.gov/wp- content/uploads/2020/09/Recidivism_Report_2015_Cohorts_-FINAL-BOC_approved_- _added_7-2-2020.pdf, pages 6, 22: 2020 Less than 1% (0.85%) reconviction rate after three years.

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Hawley Leads Bill to Protect Children, Toughen Sentences for Child Porn Offenders

FAC Contributor #3 28 Comments min read

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the PROTECT Act of 2022, which protects children from sexual exploitation by enhancing the penalties for possessing child pornography and by preventing judges from sentencing offenders below federal guidelines. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). Representative Ken Buck (CO-4) is introducing companion legislation in the

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Weekly Updates 

Brevard County Commission’s Attempt to Cover up First Amendment Violations

FAC Contributor #6 1 Comment min read

(Weekly Update #198) Dear Members and Advocates, Last week the Brevard County Commissioners voted to add public meetings to the exemption of their proximity ordinance. The decision was largely kept under the radar and is still quite vague, since there was no proposed language to vote on – just a conceptual idea that they would add an exemption. Many members,

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Brevard County Commissioners backtracking on rule prohibiting sex offenders on property

FAC Contributor #3 20 Comments min read

Brevard County Commissioners look set to soften a restriction prohibiting sex offenders from Commission meeting premises just months after a lawsuit was filed against them. During Tuesday’s meeting, commissioners voted to approve legislative intent and permission to advertise amending a section of the county code regarding restrictions the county imposed on people on the sex offender registry allowing them access

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Experts say sex offender registries don’t work. Can they be fixed?

FAC Contributor #3 13 Comments min read

During confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Republicans hammered away at her record in cases involving sex offenders. Much of that centered around misleading claims about sentences she handed out to people convicted of possessing child pornography. But GOP senators also repeatedly questioned Jackson on her views on sex offender registries, a topic she wrote about as

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