Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a Shawano County transgender woman who has been prohibited from changing her male name due to her listing on the state sex offender registry. The plaintiff, identified only as Ella, was placed on the sex offender registry for a sexual assault she committed as a teenager. She argues that

A Member has provided the following guidance from the ACLU: interim_order_summary_april_6_2020 Between COVID and the a case pending in the Michigan’s Supreme Court, “from February 14 2020 through pretty much most of 2020 SORA obligations were not enforceable,” said Joel Martinez, Ingham County’s Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, in this article. What we’d like to know is; has the instances of sexual

A member from Marion County has reported that when registering, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office is requiring you to fill out a “supplemental report” that includes questions that ARE NOT required to be reported under Florida Statutes Sec. 943.0435 or 775.21. These questions include the name and ages of people who live with you and whether you have a girlfriend

The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has warned against calls to make public the national register for sex offenders. It is believed that making the register public would curb sexual offences against children, but according to the department, this would fuel mob justice against perpetrators. Department spokesperson Steve Mahlangu said publicising the register could not be done without violating

Excerpts from a USA Today article. Experts say treatment exists for people who have a history of sexual offenses, but the path to changing behavior is complex and seeped in controversy. Camille Cooper, vice president of public policy at the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, explains that there is not a “cure” for sex offending because it “is not a disease, it’s criminal behavior,” but

State Police have recently been alerted of an increase in phone scams targeting sex offenders. Officials say the consistent theme among these scams has been phone fraudsters threatening people into paying large amounts of money in the form of gift cards. Police say the phone scammers are calling offenders claiming to be a “Lieutenant Johnson” from the Suffolk Sheriff’s Office.