Florida Action Committee (FAC)

Joe Morrissey was jailed and lost his license to practice law after being convicted of having sex with his 17-year-old secretary. He pled guilty to a misdemeanor in the ensuing court case and served for only three months in a “work-release term.” He was also forced to resign from his seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, but then ran

FAC has sent a letter to the Florida Department of Education on behalf of parents who are being denied access to their children’s school plays, parent-teacher conferences and graduations. Depriving a child of their parent’s involvement in their upbringing unfairly punishes the child, not the ex-offender. Plus, there is no evidence that parents who are required to register are entering

In 1996, a 19 year old woman was sexually assaulted and killed. Rodney Reed is currently on death row in Texas, having been convicted of the crime. He is scheduled to be executed on November 20th. He has maintained his innocence throughout. His lawyers with the innocent project have exculpatory evidence to prove Rodney did not commit the murder and

Dion Harrell spent two decades on New Jersey’s sex offender registry. He had trouble finding a job. He couldn’t be alone with his kids. For a time, he was homeless. But when a DNA test finally proved his innocence, the state had nothing to offer him for those years. State lawmakers could change that. A bipartisan bill (A1037) would allow people

Senator Brandes is sponsoring SB 560, the objective of which is “Renaming the Criminal Punishment Code as the Public Safety Code; revising the primary purpose of sentencing under the Public Safety Code from punishing an offender to public safety” This sounds like a great concept. Criminal Justice shouldn’t be about public safety! But will this bill, if passed, take into

Yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether 2018’s Ballot initiative, Amendment 4 (relating to restoration of voting rights to some convicted felons), could tie financial obligations to voting rights. They seemed inclined to say the state could. Last year, Florida citizens voted overwhelmingly in favor of a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to ex-felons