Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The US Department of Justice, Office of Sex Offender Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART) has put together some handy compilations of recent case law on several sex offender issues: You can find links to the materials here: Case Law Update 2018 Compiled Overview Who is Required to Register Juveniles Military Retroactivity Other Constitutional Issues Indian Country Failure to Register

The father of a 9 year old critically ill boy has won a temporary court battle. He will be allowed to visit his son 3 times a week in the hospital for 2 hours per visit, supervised by a guardian ad litem. It sounds like a crappy deal – only getting 6 hours a week with your own child, who

The Orlando Sentinel reports that a man claiming to be armed with a machine gun, resisted arrest after driving into a Winter Park home. Once he was subdued, he claimed that he drove into the house “because a sex offender lived there”. The house was reported to be unoccupied with no sex offender currently living there. He was charged with

Below is a copy of the letter from FAC to the Commissioners of Jackson County, Florida, who are considering expanding their sex offender residency restriction to 2500 feet. A public meeting will be held in on April 10, 2018 in Marianna, FL to discuss the proposed change. We would appreciate any member who is in that area and can be

The FDLE sex offender database has gotten a new look. The homepage of its sex offender search has a nautical feel, with a lighthouse logo and a ship-wheel icon. Aside from the design change, the ability to search by status (absconded, deceased, deported, etc.) appears to be gone from the new search query, though the results still appear. Another notable

Jackson County, Florida is considering enacting a Sex Offender Residency Restriction. According to this article, the county currently has a 1000 foot ordinance, which they are looking to increase to 2500 feet. “Our whole goal is not to punish anyone, it’s just to make our community safer,” Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Quinton Hollis said. In fact, studies have shown