Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has filed two lawsuits asking the government to pause IN PERSON registration during the Coronavirus epidemic. A copy of their lawsuit can be found here: https://all4consolaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Petition-Registration-during-COVID-19-March-2020.pdf    

Title: Contextualizing the experiences of sexual offenders Eligibility: You are a registered sexual offender in any state and are at least 18 years of age. Description:  This study looks at the long term and short-term impacts of plea deals for sexual offenders. Plea deals can be coercive in nature, innocent individuals sometimes plead guilty, and people who accept plea deals

We have been alerted that Social Security Offices have closed. Many of you rely on government benefits. According to the SSA, benefits will not cease during this period. The following is information from the SSA website: Please do not come into one of our local offices. We cannot accept walk-in visitors at this time. On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, we

A couple weeks ago there was discussion on address verification and whether the fact that law enforcement doesn’t find someone at their registered address is sufficient proof to support a conviction for FTR or failing to report an address change to probation. We shared some cases where the prosecutor needed a lot more than a law enforcement officer’s statement that

The purpose of this post is to serve as an advisory for those who are trying to comply with registration obligations during this period. On March 12, 2020, anticipating certain counties would close courthouses, jails and administrative offices where registration is performed, the Florida Action Committee contacted the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to determine what procedures have been implemented

Whenever someone establishes a temporary, permanent or transient address in Florida they are required to report IN PERSON to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Today, the DHSMV announced they will be closing their offices. We will update when the FDLE advises what registrants are required to do in order to comply when compliance is impossible. ***Due to