Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Here’s a question we don’t hear asked when lawmakers propose another restriction on people required to register as sex offenders: What did they do to deserve the new restriction? We’re not talking about the original offense. We know why they’re on the registry. The question is what they’ve done since. Did they commit another crime? Violate probation? Violate a registration
Read moreShould ‘low risk’ be a designation in the NYS Sex Offender Registry? Answer the poll here, read the comments and add your own.
Read moreA federal constitutional challenge out of New Hampshire has caught our attention not just because the plaintiff is on the sex offender registry case, but because it addresses an issue that increasingly affects many people on Florida’s registry: the criminalization of homelessness – where in many cases here in Florida, it’s involuntary. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire
Read moreA Florida man is accused of stealing a car and fleeing from law enforcement. If the allegations are true, he’ll answer for those charges. That’s what our criminal justice system is supposed to do. So why do the flurry of stories to come out in today’s news have the headline, “Florida sex offender steals car, flees on foot, deputies say”
Read moreWe are well under way with our 2026-2027 FAC email campaign. Our focus this year is an bill for the Florida Legislature whose purpose is to allow youthful offenders to petition for removal from the registry after 10 years instead of after 25 years. This is FAC’s first ever bill, a momentous event! Every time an email on a particular
Read moreLast week we wrote about a new law going into effect in the City of Miami (Florida) that allows for the immediate arrest of homeless registrants in the city. (READ: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/miami-makes-people-homeless-and-then-arrests-them-for-being-homeless/). FAC sent a letter to the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust asking what provisions are being made for the homeless registrants who cannot live (according to State Statute and County Ordinance)
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