Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The Orlando Sentinel reported last week that officer David Rodriguez, Seminole County Sheriff’s Deputy, was caught soliciting sex from a 17 year old. Apparently, the two knew each other from martial arts tournaments and connected over Facebook, where the police officer sent sexually charged messages and arranged for meetings to have sex. Let’s monitor this one VERY closely and see

There’s an old saying that begins, “those who scream the loudest…”, which generally ends with the implication that they themselves have the most to hide. Perhaps they feel that vocal opposition and the implication that they are “doing good” serves as a counterbalance to something “really bad” they are also doing? Maybe they point fingers at others to deflect the

A Texas man can sue a Dallas-area suburb over the constitutionality of its ban on registered sex offenders living within 1,500 feet of children, the 5th Circuit ruled. Registered child sex offender Aurelio Duarte and his family sued Lewisville, Texas, after he tried and failed to find a house to rent or buy in the city that complied with the

The following is an excellent, well articulated and well researched article published in the YALE LAW JOURNAL it is a must read! Let the Burden Fit the Crime: Extending Proportionality Review to Sex Offenders Erin Miller Draconian restrictions on the activities and privacy of convicted sex offenders are a new, and troublesome, trend. In 1994 and 2006, following a national

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A judge has rejected a motion to throw out a lawsuit filed in December by two-dozen sex offenders who are civilly committed to the North Dakota state hospital. The complaint accuses the state of favoring unnecessary punishment over treatment and violating the rights of the plaintiffs by depriving them of a realistic opportunity to be released.