Florida Action Committee (FAC)

Read the FDLE’s interpretation of the October 1st Changes to the Registry Laws:   https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/10-1-16-Update-Notice-Summary.pdf    

A Minnesota man confessed Tuesday to abducting and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling nearly 27 years ago, putting to rest a mystery that had haunted the state and led to changes in national sex offender laws. Danny Heinrich made the admission as he pleaded guilty to federal child pornographycharges that could put him behind bars for decades. Asked whether he abducted,

A 10 year old girl who was abducted in Ft. Myers, Florida was found… NOT with a sex offender! The child, who was found in the woods with a homeless man, was molested, but the abductor was NOT a sex offender. That didn’t stop FOX4 news from broadcasting the number of registered citizens living near the crime scene or showing

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Two Doniphan men were charged Tuesday night after authorities say they admitted they shot a sex offender to death and burned his body in April. Matthew Brandon Bruce, 29, and Michael G. “Mick” Harris, 59, were charged Tuesday with the first-degree murder, armed criminal action, tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse. The men are

One week after the 6th Circuit issued an opinion declaring the Michigan Sex Offender Registry “punishment” and therefore a violation of the Ex Post Facto provision of the Constitution, the 9th Circuit issued a conflicting decision. You can read the opinion here. So what’s next? Generally, where there is a discrepancy among Circuits, the US Supreme Court has jurisdiction to

After almost three decades, the remains of Jacob Wetterling were found. Jacob was abducted in 1989 at 11 years old. FAC wishes to express our sincere condolences to his family. This is undoubtedly not the closure to this nightmare that they, or anyone, hoped for.