Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
State lawmakers continue their work to make changes to the state’s sex offender registry laws. Last year, the state Supreme Court ordered South Carolina’s lifelong registry was unconstitutional. Lawmakers have until June to create a way for offenders who are at low-risk to re-offend to petition to be removed from the registry.
Read moreScott XXXX, 59, was found unresponsive in his cell shortly after 5 p.m. on March 15, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. He died around half an hour later due to his injuries. XXXX was admitted into the CDCR system on Feb. 23. He was serving a two-year sentence for failing to register as a sex offender.
Read moreIt’s only half-way through the month of March, but Sheriff Grady Judd of Polk County, who is now infamous for his name and shame press conferences touting the “success” of sex stings, has already netted more than 100 people in his latest operation which he named “Operation March Sadness”. The operation was promoted to the media as a “six-day human
Read more(Weekly Update #196) Dear Members and Advocates, We dodged a bullet. Or, to make a more proportionate reference, we dodged a missile. Senate Bill 1932 went nowhere this legislative session and is officially dead. SB 1932 would have made some incredibly burdensome changes to the registry, the worst of which would have amended the definition of day to be any
Read moreAs we previously mentioned, FAC plans to participate in an event to be held in Washington, DC in March 2023. The event is comprised of a two-day conference, to be held on March 4th and 5th, followed by a day of legislative meetings on March 6th and ending with a vigil on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building
Read moreJohn Oliver explains why it’s so difficult to be exonerated for a wrongful conviction, even when there’s compelling evidence to prove your innocence.
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