Florida Action Committee (FAC)

State senators refused to make it easier for a limited number of people to escape requirements to register as sex offenders amid concerns from some lawmakers that they have been prevented from voting on separate legislation to give victims of child sex abuse more time to sue their assailants. On paper, HB 2613 deals only with those who were younger

A group of 134 sex offenders have asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court to revive their lawsuit against the state of Idaho because they say they were denied their constitutional rights when they were forced to register as sex offenders. The group, referred to only as John Does 1 through 134 in the lawsuit, notified U.S. District Judge David Nye

On May 20, 2019, the Town of Lady Lake Commission will consider expanding an already onerous residency restriction to now include PRIVATE parks in it’s residency restriction. The proposed broader restriction would leave even fewer places to live in the town. Please contact the Town Commission at: 409 Fennell Blvd. Lady Lake, FL. 32159 or via email [email protected] and tell them

he Florida legislature passed legislation within the past week, Senate Bill 540 and House Bill 851, to establish a public database that tracks people convicted of, or who have pleaded guilty to, soliciting paid sex. While the legislation’s bipartisan authors consider it to be a step toward ending human trafficking, critics call it a means to publicly shame clients and

We previously mentioned that after a Florida Supreme Court case (Lee v. State, 258 So. 3d 1297 (Fla. 2018)) ruled that multiple convictions for solicitation, unlawful use of a two-way communications device, and traveling which were based upon the same conduct violates double jeopardy, people were successful in getting their convictions (for the count that violated double jeopardy, not their

The 11th Circuit (Florida’s federal appellate circuit) decided an interesting case this past week. Basically, the issue was whether conduct that takes place outside the United States can be considered “relevant conduct” when sentencing a criminal defendant. The case is U.S. v. Spence and the facts are legally interesting. Spence traveled to Jamaica and while there, someone sent him a video