Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Dear Members and Advocates: There are two topics you learn not to discuss in mixed company; religion and politics. Everyone has their own opinion on both and you never know who you might offend by presenting a point of view in either. The topic of this week’s update is religion and politics. FAC is not affiliated with any religious or
Read moreA small bit of encouragement came from a civil class action lawsuit, IN RE ARRIS CABLE MODEM CONSUMER LITIGATION, Dist. Court, ND California 2018. Plaintiffs, a group of consumers, are suing cable modem manufacturer, Arris, in a class action lawsuit. The case has nothing to do with our cause, except that one of the class representative plaintiffs happens to be
Read moreSOURCE: Jacksonville.com Here are some excerpts. To read the entire article, visit the link: Even as crime rates and prison admissions have fallen over the past decade, ever-lengthening criminal sentences have left Florida prisons full of inmates and in need of a record $2.4 billion — a budget-busting challenge for the state’s next governor to resolve. The Democratic candidates say
Read moreOne of the most frequent questions received by our legal department is “when will ___ happen?” or “why is it taking so long for ___?” There is nobody that wants relief to come sooner than we do. We on the Board are all personally impacted by the registry as either ourselves or an immediate family member is on the list.
Read moreIMPORTANT: NEW PHONE NUMBER FOR MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP CALL EFFECTIVE 8/2/2018 – SEE BELOW. Dear Members and Advocates, A little known US Supreme Court case that was decided earlier this summer can provide useful nuggets of value in an upcoming appeal concerning the First Amendment rights of a fellow sex offender law reform advocate. More than a decade ago, an outspoken
Read moreSOURCE: Center on Media Crime and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice The classification of sex offenders based on the risks they pose to the community following their release from prison is subject to racial bias, according to a study published in the Criminal Justice Policy Review. African-American sex offenders were found to be two-and a half times
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