Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
It was not long ago that we reacted to the mass shootings in Las Vegas or at Pulse nightclub. Senseless tragedies. Situations where nothing appropriate can be said, except this should never be allowed to happen. When it happens at a school and children are killed, its even more tragic. Yesterday, it happened in our State, in our second-most
Read moreGov. Rick Scott claims that he, not a federal judge, should determine how Florida restores the civil rights of ex-felons. Seriously? That would be like having Bill Belichick design the Dolphins’ game plans against the Patriots. Watch the video: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/95047063-132.html Scott made this absurd argument Monday in response to the Feb. 1 ruling by U.S. District Judge Mark Walker that
Read moreRegistered Sex Offenders Targeted by Scam Artists from an Idaho State Police news release The Idaho Central Sex Offender Registry, administered by the Idaho State Police, has been made aware of several attempted scams targeting registered sex offenders in at least one Idaho county and six Florida counties. One scam involves a caller posing as a law enforcement officer who
Read moreAbolishing Sex Offender Registry Wins in New York Debate Dear Members and Advocates, If you want to see an interesting presentation on both sides of the sex offender registry argument, we suggest you watch the video of the debate that took place last night in New York. The debate was hosted by Reason.com and the Soho Forum and argued by
Read moreNews on Florida Voter Case In a significant order issued earlier this month by Judge Walker of the Northern District of Florida, the State’s scheme for arbitrarily restoring voting rights to certain former felons was declared unconstitutional. The Judge gave the parties until yesterday, February 12, 2018, to brief on possible remedies. Below are copies of the Plaintiff’s briefs and
Read moreACLU Events in Florida Supporting Sex Offender Issues We encourage you to monitor the ACLU of Florida website to find ACLU events in your area. Their events page can be found here: https://www.aclufl.org/en/events. By participating in these events you can help support an organization that supports FAC. You can also share information about our cause and help get more sex
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