Florida Action Committee (FAC)

“…the decision underscores a broader trend in these cases: courts across the country, faced with unfamiliar technology and unsympathetic defendants, are issuing decisions that threaten everyone’s rights.” That’s a quote from Mark Rumold of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a California-based digital rights group, in response to a recent federal decision that the FBI did not need a warrant to surreptitiously

Anyone who has any familiarity with the prison system knows what a scam private, for-profit prisons are. They are a human rights tragedy, where the guards are often worse criminals than the inmates. Where a blatant conflict of interest exists; rehabilitation is bad for the prison/company’s bottom line. In this summer’s issue of Mother Jones, a reporter intentionally gets a

A criminal defendant charged with “traveling to meet a minor” and “solicitation of a minor” will have one of his charges vacated according to a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court in Snow v. State. According to a previously decided Supreme Court Case, State v. Shelly, 176 So. 3d 914 (Fla. 2015), double jeopardy applies when someone is convicted of

A very special thanks to those who sent clothing, shoes and other items to FAC for donation to the 250 people living at the railroad tracks. They were received and very appreciated. Several bags of donated items were delivered to the encampment on Saturday night, which also gave the FAC Board an opportunity to assess the situation down there. Unfortunately,

Moments ago the ACLU, who graciously represents us in a lawsuit challenging the Miami-Dade County Sex Offender Residency Restriction (SORR) ordinance, filed a Reply Brief in the case that is currently pending in Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. For those interested in reading the pleading, a copy of what was filed can be found here: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/FAC-v.-Miami-Dade-Appellants-Reply-Brief.pdf Just yesterday we posted