Florida Action Committee (FAC)

Jacksonville Bill 2016-233 was passed. The bill modifies language in their sexual offender statute to be more specific. The change comes in response to a lawsuit that the language was too vague. The amended language is below. If you live in Jacksonville, these laws will apply to you:   “It is unlawful for any Sexual Offender or Sexual Predator to

When he was 23, Jonathan Brown was caught in bed with a 15 year old girl whose mom walked in on them. After serving two years in prison, he was released in February of last year and enrolled at a technical college and began searching for a job and a place to live. A nearly impossible mission when one is

The Hillsborough County Commission will hear public comments on their proposed Sex Offender Residency Restriction on Thursday, June 2, 2016. FAC will be organizing a group to attend the commission meeting and provide comments and educate the commissioners on the FACTS. Anyone interested in attending (and we encourage you to join us) should contact [email protected] to let us know you

The Magistrate Judge has ruled that the plaintiffs cannot proceed anonymously. In the overwhelming (and we do mean overwhelming) majority of cases that are brought by registered citizens, the Courts allow the plaintiffs to proceed as “John Does” in order to protect their identities. In our Seminole County proximity ordinance challenge we requested the same; that the registered citizen plaintiffs

I was recently on one of the city Facebook pages and noticed a posting that someone had discovered they have a registered sex offender in their neighborhood. What I found disturbing is that the poster made a generalized statement with no details on the registrant other than that they are “Tier 3 most dangerous and most likely to offend.” Nothing

The State of Illinois is among the latest to see their “proximity ordinance” challenged. A lawsuit was filed on behalf of six registered citizens in federal court yesterday. The lawsuit specifically challenges four statutes: One that prohibits a child sex offender from knowingly being present at any “facility providing programs or services exclusively directed toward persons under the age of