Florida Action Committee (FAC)

A McLean County Judge in Illinois ruled that the reporting of internet identifiers is unconstitutional because it violates offenders’ rights to free speech. The judge ruled that the state law is overly broad. This decision comes on the heels of a Nebraska federal decision that ruled in the same way. FAC will be challenging Florida’s Internet Identifier requirement in the

Here is an interesting real-life experiment. Today’s Jacksonville news reports that police are questioning registrants in Jacksonville after the tragic sexual assault of an 8 year old. The story reports that there are over 100 registered sex offenders living within 2 miles of the assault. FAC will stay on top of this story to see whether: 1) The registry helped

Following is an open letter submitted to the sentencing judge in the case of Jennifer Fichter, the Lakeland teacher who had sex with students. This was submitted by an FAC member     August 10, 2015 Your honor, I am writing to convey, on behalf of myself and many others, overwhelming sadness and an acute sense of injustice at the

Following up on the Zach Anderson case — the 19 year old on the Sex Offender Registry for 25 years for having consensual sex with a girl who said she was 17 (but was really 14) — comes this grandma’s letter. The Sex Offender Registry is a Free-Range issue because it grows out of the belief our kids are in

Michael Blaine Wolfe III served out every bit of his eight-year sentence for sexual abuse and should have been released from prison more than a year ago. But he is still behind bars and could be for up to four more years, with state taxpayers footing the bill for his medical expenses and incarceration. The reason: He was charged with