LABELED FOR LIFE: A Review of Youth Sex Offender Registration Laws

Over 200,000 individuals are on sex offender registries for offenses committed when they were children. Registration can be life-long and can be imposed without any inquiry into the child’s individual circumstances or progress in treatment. Some states require community notification in addition to registration and reporting requirements. Many young people face registration as a consequence of developmentally normal behavior, including

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FAC Initiates Complaint Against Brevard Commissioners to Florida Attorney General

After our three letters to Brevard County Commissioners and numerous letters from members went ignored, FAC has now written to Florida’s Attorney General requesting she enforce Florida’s Governing in the Sunshine Law against the Commissioners of Brevard County. The Commissioners were clearly put on notice that they cannot exclude members of the public from their County Commission meetings at which

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Wellington, FL council looking to pass new rules for vacation rentals and those on the registry.

Wellington, Florida is considering creating a rule that would require vacation rental owners to check to see if potential renters are on the sex offender registry. The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow and will be held by Zoom. The Responsible Party for all Vacation Rental properties is required to conduct a nationwide search to confirm that the prospective Transient Occupant(s)

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UPDATED with Public Hearing Date: Some Brevard County Talking Points

The Public Hearing on the Amendment to the Brevard County Ordinance is scheduled on the Agenda for Tuesday August 25th at 9am.  Location is Brevard County Government Complex at 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way Viera, FL 32940 in the Commission Chambers.  Registered Citizens are not able to attend due to this same ordinance because the complex is located within 1000’

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How to win arguments and actually change someone’s mind

Typically, when we come up against something or someone we want to change, we approach it with force. But often, this aggressive technique makes people defensive and causes them to dig into their beliefs more deeply. “People don’t like being told what to do,” Berger says. “When they feel like someone’s persuading them or trying to persuade them, they put

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