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The following are excerpts from a story in the Minnesota Star Tribune. Changes in the juvenile and criminal legal systems have made our laws measurably more punitive than they were when he was an adolescent. There is a large, well-documented and growing body of scientific research and evidence showing that people can (and often do) change very much after age

Below is the content of a letter to Judge Jeanine Pirro, who appeared on FOX News and presented totally inaccurate recidivism rates for sex offenders.     Dear Judge Jeanine Pirro, I am a loyal follower of yours as well as Fox News. I was listening to your program Saturday night September 22, 2018 and it was during the segment

FAC NOTE: I changed the title from “disappointing” decision to just decision. If we look at the lawsuit as a whole, we started by getting an injunction that prevented a MUCH, MUCH worse version of the law. So we didn’t get “internet identifier” registration knocked out entirely, but we did prevent a disaster that would have certainly prevented tens of

Broward County Assistant State Attorney Stacey Honowitz, who has prosecuted crimes for nearly 30 years, was caught shoplifting from a Publix Supermarket in Aventura. She was a supervisor in the sex crimes unit. The Aventura police released security camera footage showing Honowitz stealing approximately $40 worth of cosmetics. While her attorney claims she stuck the items into her purse and

Dear Members and Advocates, Below is a Press Release from FAC on Amendment 4.   We need your help to get this information to as many media and community groups as possible.  Please copy and paste the text into an email and send to your local media reporters, community leaders, organizations, and friends.  You can also click here to download a

Last week the prestigious New York City Bar Association hosted an important live panel discussion, “Banished from New York City.”  A packed house heard about New York’s draconian sex laws including one with the innocent sounding name of SARA that has people in prison held past their release dates.  Kudos to Christina Wong and the panel organizers and everybody at