Florida Action Committee (FAC)

For those who are forced to have no Halloween plans, here’s an event you are specifically invited to attend. For the second year, the National Association for Rational Sex Offense Laws (NARSOL) will be conducting a marathon call. The information follows: Halloween Marathon October 31st, 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. EDT   Please join NARSOL for our second annual Halloween marathon/”Cop-watch” hot line

Florida is one of only a few states that doesn’t automatically restore voting rights to felons who’ve completed their sentences. The fight goes back years and it’s been waged both in court and in the court of public opinion. Now, voters themselves have the chance to weigh in with Amendment 4. It would automatically restore rights to most felons. But

From SCOTUSBlog: In United States v. Haymond, the justices will weigh in on a challenge to the constitutionality of a federal law that requires additional prison time for sex offenders who violate the terms of their supervised release. The defendant in the case is Andre Haymond, who was convicted on child pornography charges in 2010. A federal court sentenced Haymond

A California Update from the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (https://all4consolaws.org/2018/10/ca-governor-vetoes-eight-sex-offender-bills/): Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a total of eight sex offender bills, passed by the state legislature, that could have negatively impacted registrants and their families.  Of that total, three of the bills were authored by Assembly member Lorena Gonzales-Fletcher who attempted to stop the Tiered Registry Bill last

Vasquez v. Foxx, the 7th Circuit case on sex offender residency restrictions that has been appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States (see here for more info:https://floridaactioncommittee.org/7th-circuit-sex-offender-case-appealed-to-scotus/ ) has some new activity. A brief, written by eighteen scholars, including THE TOP academics and authorities in the area, has been filed. You can read the document here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/18/18-386/67891/20181024143847779_18-386%20Amici%20Brief%20Scholars.pdf  

This is being posted on behalf of the individuals conducting this survey and is not associated with FAC. Our names are Dr. Jennifer Klein and Dr. Danielle Bailey and we are both Assistant Professors at the University of Texas at Tyler. We are committed to learning more about what experiences come with being a registrant and we are hoping to