Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE Does Putting Someone Online Make the Public Safer? A Massachusetts ruling. A question that hits home. By FAC Media | Opinion & Research For our community, a public registry listing is personal. It can reach into a job search, a family relationship or a child’s life. Behind each listing is a person, and often a family trying
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FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE $500,000 Bond for a Registration Charge. Is That Fair? By FAC Media | Opinion & Research $500,000 Half a million dollars. The announced secured bond for an alleged failure to report an online identifier. That is the bond announced for Stephen Jack Stines in Catawba County, North Carolina. His listed charge involves an online identifier, which can
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FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE When an Arrest Becomes a Label By FAC Media | Opinion & Research A television arrest gives viewers more than a mugshot. It can show moments before and after someone is taken into custody. But even with a camera present, important parts of the story may remain out of view. An official On Patrol: Live excerpt, associated
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FAC Media · Opinion & Research In Case You Missed It: Oklahoma Asked the Hard Questions. Why Can’t Florida? Part One · When Families Cannot Find Care By FAC Media · Hearing held October 6, 2026 Audi et ipse iudica- “Listen and judge for yourself.” In case you missed FAC’s first report, Oklahoma lawmakers held a public hearing on October
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FAC Media · Opinion & Research The Sting, the Edit, and the Evidence Questions about child safety, fair proof, and what viewers can know. By FAC Media Audi et ipse iudica- “Listen and judge for yourself.” What happens when someone says no? Four reported arrests in one night. What happens to people and families after the cameras stop? Children deserve
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FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE · MEDIA They Listened: The Havok Journal Highlights Veterans’ Registry Burdens By FAC Media Routine ID check at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, January 7, 2025. Photo: U.S. Space Force / Senior Airman Samuel Becker, via The Havok Journal. The Havok Journal listened to one of our own: an FAC member and retired U.S. Army sergeant. We
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