Author: FAC Contributor #10

Dave Byrnes of the Courthouse News Service wrote that the Seventh Circuit panel heard two cases against Wisconsin’s sex offense laws.  In one case, two separate plaintiffs argued that the state laws were unjust.  In the second case, the three plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s housing regulations for those labeled as sexually violent. SOURCE  

Recently we posted an article describing HB 166 that Representative Delisha Boyd is sponsoring in Louisiana—any person who is convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 may be considered for a vasectomy. This bill passed the Louisiana House with 80 yeas and 12 nays.  It is now in the Senate. FAC’s mission deals only with registry matters

The changes in HB 1235 apply to ALL people on the registry, whether they are forced to register as a sex offender or sexual predator.     For the purpose of calculating a temporary residence, the first day that a person abides, lodges, or resides at a place is excluded (meaning the first day of your in-state travel does NOT count)

This order addresses only the reporting requirements of those forced to register as a sex offender, NOT sexual predators.  There is NO change to current operations as they pertain to a person with the label of predator forced upon them.   FDLE interprets the order to mean: Persons forced to register (PFRs) as sex offenders no longer report to the

A bill that should have gone nowhere in Louisiana’s legislative body, has passed in the House and has had a first reading in the Senate.  HB 166 is the vasectomy bill: “In addition to any other penalties provided by law, any person who is convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 may be subject to a vasectomy

  “PETITION TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO INVESTIGATE THE UNITED STATES’ SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY AS A VIOLATION OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.” Reached 6,884 signatures.  Help us get to 7,500 signatures before the NARSOL Conference in June! Tell friends and family to sign the petition at: https://www.change.org/p/public-sex-offender-registration-is-violation-of-universal-declaration-of-human-rights   NOTE: If asked for a donation, the funds will go

The Volusia County Council members voted on April 2, 2024, to extend the state’s 1000-foot residency restrictions to 1500 feet in the unincorporated parts of the county.  Deland, Daytona Beach, and New Smyrna Beach already have 2500-foot residency restrictions.  Council member Don Dempsey deserves to be recognized for the effort he put in to trying to help the other council

At the April 2 Volusia County Council meeting and one other meeting last year, Councilman Don Dempsey said in his 34 years as a prosecutor and defense attorney, he had seen people who were innocent take a plea deal rather than play Russian roulette with a jury.  As a result of so many crimes now having mandatory minimum sentences, some

We’ve previously written about measures that cruise lines have been taking to exclude sex offenders from their vessels. But the latest Federal data suggest that they were targeting the wrong people all along.    Source