Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The United States Attorney General, William Barr, on March 26th sent a memo to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), encouraging the BOP to explore the option of sending inmates home on home confinement rather than keeping them incarcerated in facilities where they have greater exposure to Coronavirus. The memo contains a list of 6 bulleted items

In response to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, the Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center has published a set of guidelines for law enforcement, policy experts, and others with respect to law and policy focused on those with past convictions for sex offenses. These guidelines can be accessed by clicking on this link.

BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA – March 27, 2020. The Florida Action Committee (FAC), the ACLU of Florida and the Florida Justice Institute are calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to temporarily suspend the requirement that persons required to register for past sexual offenses appear in-person at the Sheriff’s office to report during the Coronavirus state of emergency. Florida Statutes mandate in-person

Yesterday, a Pennsylvania Supreme Court found a distinction between Sexually Violent Predators and others required to register. The court ruled that lifetime probation, counseling and other restrictions do not constitute punishment when applied to somebody deemed a “Sexually Violent Predator”. The court, “recognize[d] there are heightened public safety concerns applicable to SVPs.” A copy of their decision is below. PA

The Law Review article linked to below was written by Kenneth H. Browning, a third-year law student at Barry University School of Law. He examines ethics in the sex offender registration scheme and questions whether it is ethical to sweep up everybody into a common dust bin. He asks, “why is Adrian, a registered sex offender who had sex with

The latest state numbers show that known cases of the new coronavirus in Florida have doubled in the last four days. While much of the world is practicing social distancing and not leaving their homes unless necessary, the State of Florida is STILL requiring persons required to register as sex offenders to report IN PERSON to the county registration offices