Florida Action Committee (FAC)

There is no better way to educate the public on the TRUTH and FACTS surrounding “sex offender issues” than to post comments beneath misguided articles online. Here’s an example of one such article from the Santa Clarita Valley Signal: “Sex offender Law: Fight or Punt?” The article plays into very misguided fears that somehow residency restrictions make communities safer. In

We recognize the stigma and collateral consequences of the registry and know that families can often feel isolated and helpless. We are planning to hold a family support session in central Broward on Saturday, 7/20/19, 11 am – 1 pm. Attendees can look forward to an open and safe place in which they can share their experiences and challenges as

Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Thursday that a 71-year-old convicted sex offender held for more than 40 years as a sexually dangerous person can be released, after two mental health professionals ruled that he was no longer a risk. The court essentially upheld an earlier decision from 2009 in ruling that Wayne Chapman can’t continue to be held at the Massachusetts

One of the most common questions we get concern residency restrictions. Since Miami Beach passed a municipal ordinance 15 years ago, restricting where persons required to register as sex offenders can live through sex offender residency restrictions (SORRs)  have spread through our state (and nationwide) like the Ebola virus. I repeatedly hear the disappointment in people’s voice when they tell

Utah Sen. Todd Weiler says that all sex offenders are put “in one pot”.  “We tend to kind of group those sex offenders together in the same broad brush category,“ said Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Davis County, who maintained Wednesday during a legislative committee hearing, the circumstances of the criminal acts are often very different. Weiler, an attorney, cited the examples