Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The city of North Port thought it would be a good idea to post a sign at a house following a suspected drug dealer’s arrest, but many don’t think this idea is a good one. In fact, police had to take down the sign a few hours after posting it, because there were others in the house who were not

In a decision that came out yesterday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (which includes Florida, Georgia and Alabama) ruled that the district court’s sentence in a particularly heinous child pornography case was reasonable. Kyle Kirby, a former law enforcement officer, was found in possession of 28 videos and 290 images of child pornography. Upon further investigation it was discovered

Regrettably, an article was shared with us earlier today that mistakenly reported a decision out of the Missouri Supreme Court concerning the retro activity of their registry. As it turns out, the news came from what appeared to be a reputable source (https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/court-rules-sex-offender-law-not-retroactive#stream/0) but we have not since been able to verify it and further believe it might be aged

The following is an announcement about an event talking about Amendment 4 – for those in the area it’s a good opportunity to speak out about registrants being excluded from the amendment. The South Florida Reentry Task Force is taking the initiative to unite and mobilize religious communities to work together to increase civic participation among those who were previously

The Palm Beach Post reported yesterday that a 32 year old man who last year plead guilty to the lewd or lascivious battery of a 12-year-old died while in a medium-security lockup. Authorities are investigating the cause of his death. The number of reported deaths behind bars of people convicted or accused of these offenses is growing. If you have

Carol Nesteikis, 66, has never committed a crime. But for two years, from six in the evening to six in the morning the next day, she lived under de facto house arrest with her 32-year-old son, Adam. It wasn’t because she wanted to. The home itself was a kind of punishment, she says. Adam was sentenced to 10 years on