Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The Dobbs Wire:  Events of Interest in NYC, Austin, Washington, DC and webstreamed on the internet!   America Is Hard to See Type:                Live theatrical production Location:           New York City (SoHo) Date:                Jan. 20-Feb. 24  8:30PM Featuring:          Ken Barnett, John Carlin, Joyce Cohen, Amy Gaither Hayes, David Spadora, Valerie Gareth Tidball Blurb:                During the late fall of 2015, members of

Last night I lay awake in bed with a puzzle racking my brain. How can I finish the sentence “sex offenders shouldn’t be allowed to vote, because ____”? It’s an exercise I go through often, and certainly during every legislation session, where someone comes up with a new “sex offender” rule and I try to play devil’s advocate and come

Members are reporting receiving post cards from a Nevada based LLC called “Correctional Services Network of America” in the same style as “ClearMyCase”. The company is using the Florida Sex Offender’s Registry as a marketing list to solicit vulnerable individuals, offering a “review” of their registration status for $299… a “savings” of $500 off their regular price of $899.00. In

The Florida Supreme Court, announced it will be “one of the first courts in the world to use social media for official live video” according to the court’s post Tuesday on its Facebook page This is great news for those who have an interest in the judiciary. Now you can watch and hear the arguments first-hand. This would be great

The following letter was sent to Floridians for a Fair Democracy, the non-profit that collected signatures to get restoration of voting rights for Felons on the November ballot. The proposed amendment Floridians will be voting on would restore voting rights for former felons, once they have completed their sentences “except for murderers and sex offenders“. With no basis for that

Lisa and A.J. Demaree’s decade-long legal ordeal started with, by all accounts, an utterly innocent family moment. In 2008, the couple took their three daughters, then ages 5, 4 and 1½, on a vacation to San Diego. They snapped more than 100 photos during the trip, like parents do, including several of the girls playing together during bath time. When