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Blogs with News Stories on Sex Offender Issues:
Florida age of consent is 18 but lower in over half of states
If Alaska passes into law two bills that would raise the age of consent in Alaska from 16 to 18, it would be the 13th state to do so. That would leave 37 states with an age of consent that is under 18 years. There are people in Florida who have been placed on the sex...
Ron Book Predicts Miami Will End Homelessness Next Year (Updated)
As we previously reported in the Florida News Radio post, Ron Book is promising to make the Miami/Dade area the first urban area in the nation to end homelessness as we know it today. In an interview with Glenna Milberg of Local10 News WPLG, Book gave a most...
Illinois Supreme Court Upholds Sex Offense Registry, Considers SORR
The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Illinois sex offender registration scheme. It has also ruled that sex offender residence restrictions are not facially unconstitutional but remanded an “as applied” challenge to the lower court. The...
Restorative advocate accused of being “sex offender lover”
Dr. Alissa Ackerman is a professor of criminal justice at California State University, Fullerton, and co-founder of Ampersands Restorative Justice. Ackerman studies every aspect of sexual abuse and the criminal justice policies used after it occurs. Being a rape...
Florida Third District Court of Appeal affirms lower court ruling for registered citizen
On November 16, 2022, a registered person won an order to be removed from the registry (State of Florida v. David Whitehead F95-37823) after 20 years in the state of Florida, beating the 2007 amendment, as the judge in the case said it was punitive in nature and could...
FDLE’s compilation of sex offense statutes and registry requirements
We are frequently encountering members who are unsure of the registry requirements, which statutes are applicable to their situation, the statute numbers, etc. FDLE has published a guideline to assist law enforcement in navigating the confusing web of registration...
USA TODAY: The complicated research behind pedophilia
Some facts pointed out in the USA TODAY’s most recent article on pedophilia: Research suggests that pedophilia is determined in the womb and is neurological. “Not all people who sexually abuse children are pedophiles; some pedophiles never abuse children.” “Anna...
Changes coming to FAC website
As some of our members are already aware, we are no longer able to send out push notifications for new posts, and the posts are not going to our Facebook page anymore. Our posts also become lost after several weeks, making it difficult, if not impossible, to locate a...
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