Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
A man accused in a deadly Fremont stabbing last week allegedly admitted to police that he was targeting registered sex offenders as potential victims. Varun Suresh, 29, of Fremont, has been charged with murder in connection to the stabbing death of a 71-year-old man that occurred Thursday. “Evidence at the scene indicated a violent struggle,” Fremont PD said. “The victim
Read moreLast week, a 31 year old man convicted of child exploitation in Michigan — was found “unresponsive” at USP Coleman II, the same Florida prison where Larry Nassar was stabbed multiple times in 2023. The Bureau of Prisons issued a short statement: he was taken to a hospital, pronounced dead, and the FBI was notified. No cause of death was
Read moreWhen we share news stories on the FAC website, we always include a link to the original article. We do this not just to cite the source, but to give you the chance to share your perspective where it matters most — on the actual source article. Last month, for example, we posted the News4 Jacksonville story on the Putnam
Read moreFlorida’s new Dexter’s Law does more than crack down on animal cruelty. It exposes a decades-long hypocrisy at the heart of American registry laws. For years, courts have upheld sex offender registries by declaring them “civil regulation, not punishment.” That phrase has been the magic shield allowing states to apply registries retroactively without violating the Constitution’s ban on ex post
Read moreEvery so often, a politician says the quiet part out loud. This week, Michigan Republicans did exactly that. While crowing about their latest culture-war gimmick — the so-called “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” — Rep. Josh Schriver proudly declared that anyone who distributes pornography should be thrown on the sex offender registry. In his words, this is a tool to
Read moreA group of five young Florida men is facing an assortment of criminal charges for battering and falsely imprisoning a man who they targeted in a “To Catch a Predator”-style sting that was recorded and “uploaded to a website for public viewing for profit,” according to court records. As alleged in arrest affidavits, the video vigilantism occurred around 2 AM
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