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Debate Results Favor Abolishing Sex Offender Registries Last night, The Soho Forum and Reason.com held a debate on whether, “All the laws requiring those convicted of sex offenses to put their names in a registry should be abolished.” Listeners were asked to vote BEFORE hearing the debate and then, again, AFTER hearing the debate.The results and a link to the
Read moreNews On Sex Offender Residency Restrictions NY Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to restrict sex offenders whose victims were under the age of 13 from living or traveling near schools as well as banning them from living in temporary or emergency shelters where families also live. The State Courts have already overturned municipalities’ sex offender residency restrictions, finding that
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 moreNews About Sex Offender Civil Commitment The following are excerpts from a story that ran in today’s Texas Observer. You can read the full article here In early September 2015, guards fanned out across Texas with orders to round up about 200 men, rousing some from bed as early as 3 a.m. and demanding they stuff whatever they wanted to
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
Read moreUrgent News for Florida Registered Sex Offenders The following email is being sent to registrants: ———- Forwarded message ——— From: EIS-Admin Date: Fri, Feb 9, 2018 Subject: Please Be Advised To: RegistrantsC1 Please Be Advised FDLE has received reports of attempted scams targeting sexual offenders and predators involving a caller posing as a law enforcement officer and indicating that
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