Author: FAC Contributor #10

The VM Ybor City civic association has vocally complained about the concentration of persons forced to register living within their community.  The figures cited in the story suggests that the broader City of Tampa has only 1 person forced to register per 311 residents, but this neighborhood has a concentration of 1 person forced to register for every 28 residents.

The Chair of the Florida Republican Party is being investigated for a sex assault of an adult.   Christian Ziegler, R-Sarasota, was alleged to have been engaged in a consensual three-some until it was no longer consensual.  At some point, one participant believed the acts no longer reflected consent and was cited in a heavily redacted police report as describing

A group of eight individuals forced to register filed a Federal lawsuit seeking relief from the Tennessee Sex Offense Registry.  Judges ruled in 2021 that the 2004 changes to Tennessee’s registry were punishment and unconstitutionally ex post facto for a person whose convictions were prior to then.  Recent rulings affirming these rulings were made to benefit single individuals.  That would

A bill in Michigan would require inmates to be registered to vote as part of their exit from the prison process.  Too many individuals have left prison without being registered to vote.  Often their address or eligibility has changed.  The two primary areas of confusion have been how to regain the right to vote and how does a felon register

It has been thought by many of us that the larger the state registry, the more grant money a state will receive.   Almost a year ago, FAC reached out to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland with the U.S. Department of Justice to inquire about Florida’s bloated registry since less than half of the people on our registry live in Florida

Lenore Skenazy with Reason.com recently had an article published, “Disabled Man on Sex Offense Registry Pardoned by Illinois Governor.”  An intellectually disabled man was placed on the sex offense registry when he had no idea what he had done wrong.  After just over a decade, the governor of Illinois recently gave him a full pardon along with having his record

Billy Binion with Reason Magazine interviewed Meghan Ybos, president of Women Against Registry (WAR), for the December issue of the magazine. Meaghan was raped in 2003 with her case being one of the rare ones where the perpetrator was a stranger who broke into her home and raped her. Even with the horror that Meaghan experienced, she knows that the

Scam calls occur with regular frequency.  Having had a number of these calls, it is from personal experience to say they are upsetting. The ACLU in Michigan published this advice.  If you or someone in your family is on the registry, you or they are likely to get a call.  Knowing this is helpful. How to Handle Scam Phone Calls

I am thankful for the support I receive from being involved in this community.   I am thankful that others with greater challenges than I will ever know still have the capacity to demonstrate so much empathy for others engaged in this daily struggle.   I am thankful for the growing number of small victories we see happening in courts

News Channel 5’s Levi Ismail interviews constitutional rights attorney Kyle Mothershead on OpenLine to advocate for people who struggle with still being registered as a sex offender – even years after conviction. The interview can be viewed here.