FAC in the News: On Ohio “John Registry”

Not everyone supports johns registries, and a variety of groups say prostitution and human trafficking are very different crimes and should not be confused. They say prostitution is consensual and voluntary, and human trafficking is not. Most people arrested in prostitution operations are lonely men who went to a massage parlor or hired an escort from an online site, says

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Update from Aurora: Judge Denies Temporary Restraining Order Preventing Eviction of Registrants

Today, a Kane County Illinois judge denied a temporary restraining order against the city of Aurora’s eviction of 18 sex offenders from the Wayside Cross Ministries halfway house. The City claimed they can’t live there because it is less than 500 feet from a city playground and park. Mark Weinberg, one of the attorneys representing the men said that he

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Felon no longer deemed threat because of gender change

Iowa officials have decided to release a convicted child molester from incarceration due to the belief that a recent sex change lowered the offender’s testosterone level making the felon less likely to re-offend. The state is now arguing that Smith’s lower testosterone level as a result of hormone treatment that Smith began in 2017 lowers the likelihood that Smith will

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Are Dating Apps Allowing In Registered Sex Offenders? A House Subcommittee Is Investigating

A House subcommittee is investigating popular dating services such as Tinder and Bumble for allegedly allowing minors and sex offenders to use their services. Bumble, Grindr, The Meet Group and the Match Group, which owns such popular services as Tinder, Match.com and OkCupid, are the current targets of the investigation by the U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee on economic

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