Advocacy News

A group of eight individuals forced to register filed a Federal lawsuit seeking relief from the Tennessee Sex Offense Registry.  Judges ruled in 2021 that the 2004 changes to Tennessee’s registry were punishment and unconstitutionally ex post facto for a person whose...

Florida Action Committee received a request from Decriminalize Developmental Disabilities (D3, formerly LRIDD) to share the Autism Innocent Project.  They are seeking mothers and fathers with autistic or intellectually disabled sons and daughter affected by the...

Following the legal challenges on the Ex Post Facto cases can be compared to riding a rollercoaster – first, be glad to see it moving, climbing ever so slowly up the first hill, then brace yourself for the ride…. plenty of ups and downs with negotiable turns and...

A bill in Michigan would require inmates to be registered to vote as part of their exit from the prison process.  Too many individuals have left prison without being registered to vote.  Often their address or eligibility has changed.  The two primary areas of...

It has been thought by many of us that the larger the state registry, the more grant money a state will receive.   Almost a year ago, FAC reached out to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland with the U.S. Department of Justice to inquire about Florida’s bloated registry...

Lenore Skenazy with Reason.com recently had an article published, “Disabled Man on Sex Offense Registry Pardoned by Illinois Governor.”  An intellectually disabled man was placed on the sex offense registry when he had no idea what he had done wrong.  After just over...

Billy Binion with Reason Magazine interviewed Meghan Ybos, president of Women Against Registry (WAR), for the December issue of the magazine. Meaghan was raped in 2003 with her case being one of the rare ones where the perpetrator was a stranger who broke into her...

Scam calls occur with regular frequency.  Having had a number of these calls, it is from personal experience to say they are upsetting. The ACLU in Michigan published this advice.  If you or someone in your family is on the registry, you or they are likely to get a...