Illinois Law Requiring Sex Offenders To Report All Internet Activity Violates Free Speech Rights

With the goal of keeping tabs on sex offenders, the state of Illinois has veered way off course. Its offender registration statute requires individuals to report every nook and cranny of their online activities to law enforcement—or face jail time. Every Internet site they visit, every online retailer account they create, and every news story comment they post must be

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FAC President Quoted in Naples Daily News

Although it wasn’t an article about sex offenders per-se, FAC President Gail Colletta contributed a quote to a Naples Daily News article about housing for ex-felons. “‘Sorry, we don’t rent to felons’ — we get that excuse all the time,” said Colletta, who now heads a Lake Monroe, Florida-based advocacy group for sex offenders called the Florida Action Committee. But

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Administrator Defends Sex Offender Rehabilitation Program on Woodville Highway

TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) — The group behind the sex offender rehabilitation program at Good Samaritan Network on Woodville Highway is speaking out about the program. Andy Messer, the Administrator for the Good Samaritan Network says that they currently have 16 people living at the Woodville Highway facility. Messer says that Good Samaritan Network has been operating since 2007 and in

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Lawyer suing Pasco County wants Sheriff Chris Nocco held in contempt

You gotta love attorney Patrick Leduc! The former military JAG attorney will not allow himself to be intimidated or pushed around and will certainly not allow his clients to be either. When he forwarded us an FYI copy of his pleading yesterday, the first thought that came to mind was, “hell yeah!!!” As registered citizens (or family of registered citizens)

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