Florida Action Committee (FAC)

A clerical error kept a man (convicted as a child) on the sex offender registry for years after he should have been removed. Watch the emotion as he describes how his life has been and the years he has lost living with the stigma of registration.  

[FAC NOTE: Yesterday’s Tampa Bay Times ran a story that sent chills down my spine. Having experience with the registry, I know what it’s like to live with a microscope up my ass, but having a mainstream news outlet publish the details of a police program designed to harass and entrap others feels almost vindicating. I’ve been describing this exact

As we dig deeper into the changes to SORNA and the independent registration obligations under state and federal law, we are becoming more concerned. Originally, we indicated that since Florida has implemented “SORNA on steroids” the federal obligations are not as harsh as our obligations in Florida. That’s true. While the proposed federal definition for a temporary residence is 7

The Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters has formally agreed to allow registrants to serve as poll workers. As a result of this agreement, the county has removed language from the website of the Registrar of Voters as well as the poll workers application that previously stated registrants were prohibited from serving as poll workers. “This is a significant victory

California lawmakers have approved a bill that seeks to apply the state’s sexual offense laws for straight people equally to LGBTQ individuals. Under current law, it is a crime for a person over the age of 18 to have sex with a person under the age of 18. But if an 18-year-old high schooler, for example, has “penile-vaginal” sex with

This proposed rule was published on August 13, 2020.  Written comments must be submitted on or before October 13, 2020 to: Regulations Docket Clerk, Office of Legal Policy, U.S. Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 4234, Washington, DC 20530.  To ensure proper handling, please reference Docket No. OAG 157 on your correspondence.  You may submit comments electronically or