Florida Action Committee (FAC)

A few months ago, Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver featured a segment on Municipal fines which create criminals out of people who are simply unable to pay fines, created not to punish infractions, but to raise revenue for the municipality. This week, Huffington Post reported that the DOJ is taking steps to crack down on this practice, which it described

Here’s the law in Osceola County that is causing this: ARTICLE IV. – SEXUAL OFFENDER RESIDENCY   Sec. 14-73 (a) It is prohibited and unlawful for any person who is required by Florida law to register as a sexual predator, or who has been convicted of a violation of F.S. § 794.011 [1], 800.04, 827.071, or 847.0145, regardless of whether

The Florida Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers submitted a report to the Florida Legislatures Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) making several evidence-based recommendations for Florida’s Sex Offender Registry System. Among the recommendations are: 1. Juveniles should be removed from Florida’s registry 2. Durations of registration should be reduced for some offenders 3. Discretion about

It’s a war alright. For those who have been active in the battle to reform registration laws, you know how frustrating and tiring a fight it is. We are working against a media that makes it’s money off hysterics, an industry that makes its money based on myths and politicians who make their careers by beating down on registrants. We

For those of you who are new to FAC or who have not yet signed our petition, please take a moment to sign.   https://www.change.org/p/florida-governor-rick-scott-fix-the-florida-sex-offender-registry

In May 2014, a Maricopa County, Arizona jury awarded $3.4 million to people who were falsely profiled on private sex offender websites owned by businessman Charles “Chuck” Rodrick, 52, including SexOffenderrecord.com, Offendex.com and SORArchives.com. Rodrick was accused of falsely labeling people he didn’t like as being sex offenders, and extorting sex offenders to have their profiles removed from his sites.