FAC Call To Action. Stop SB 1226

News on Florida Sex Offender Registry ATTENTION ALL Members and Supporters Our legislators, republican and democrats alike, refuse to recognize the empirical data regarding sex offender policy. All they continue to do is pass “feel good” legislation, which does nothing for public safety nor stop the cycle of abuse. DEMAND EDUCATED AND INORMED POLICY! ASK FOR THE EVIDENCE WHICH THEY

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All4consolaws: State Department Revokes Registrant’s Passport

News on Sex Offenders and International Travel The State Department has revoked the passport of a registrant who was convicted in and resides in California. This is the first known passport revocation following passage of the International Megan’s Law (IML) in February 2016. According to a letter from that federal agency, the registrant’s passport was revoked because it did not

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Florida’s Horrible Record of Non-Restoration of Voting Rights

Weekly Update 2018-02-06Florida Sex Offender News Weekly Update 2018-02-06 Dear Members and Advocates, In last week’s update, we described a “tug of war” between the legislative and judicial branches of our government. We seem to find relief in the courts, but the legislators keep loading up horrible bills. Well, last week, Federal Judge Mark Walker of the US District Court

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FAC Letter to Fair Elections Legal Network Regarding Brief on Solution to Felon Voting

The Florida Action Committee sent the following letter to the Fair Elections Legal Network, who litigated the case of Hand v. Scott, requesting sex offenders and murderers not be sacrificed in the brief containing proposed solutions to the felon voting case. Letter To Fair Elections Legal Network 02052018

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Thousands of Pennsylvania sex offenders no longer have to register. Should lawmakers put them back on a list for life?

News on Sex Offender Registries HARRISBURG — About 150 people in Philadelphia are in state prison and 150 more are on probation or parole for neglecting to fill out address-change notifications or missing a required reporting date — all failures to comply with a sex-offender-registration law the state Supreme Court found unconstitutional last July. Now, the fates of those people —

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