Author: FAC Contributor #10

My name is found on the Florida Sexual Offender registry due to a crime I pled guilty to in 1999 (to avoid a humiliating trial).  A plea was accepted, the sex offender registry still in its infancy with my name added later and still remains.    Due to this action, I have suffered cruelly in the following ways:   Though

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, the Westlake City Council approved an ordinance that will expand the state’s 1,000-foot residency restriction to 2,500 feet. The vice mayor requested a postponement of the vote until their regular August meeting to give the council and attorney time to study the ordinance further. One council member acknowledged that all Westlake officials had received numerous phone

The Westlake, FL Council has said there is no opposition to their proposed 2,500-foot residency restriction.  The opposition is starting to grow with the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) showing support for FAC’s efforts in trying to stop this ordinance from going into effect. Florida Action Committee is grateful for the help that Janice Bellucci and ACSOL have

An FAC member sent this July 2023 Case Law Summary for our pundits. SOURCE

Councilman Dave Werner says that the Westlake, Palm Beach, city attorney says that expanding their residency restriction to 2,500 feet would withstand a potential court challenge from those who claim it potentially leads to homelessness.  Possibly the city attorney does not know what happened in 2014 in Palm Beach County. The final vote is Tuesday, July 16 at 5:30 p.m. 

Some of us have found that probation and registration offices offer no help when it comes to finding housing for Persons Forced to Register.  I was told that I would have to do all the legwork myself for my family member, but once I found a place that might be suitable, our local probation office would let me know if

Guy Hamilton-Smith has been a long-time ally of FAC.   That is why it was good to receive this recent message from him: “All — just wanted to pass this along, in my case in Kentucky where I’m challenging the new law there that requires registrants to use their full legal name on social media, the judge just granted a

What you need to know: Westlake in Palm Beach County will be considering expanding their residency restriction to 2500 feet for Persons Forced To Register.   This proposed ordinance will include any public or private school, public library, day care center, park, playground, community center, day camp, or any other place where children regularly congregate. This proposed ordinance contains the false

A recent News Analysis from The New York Times quotes Justice Clarence Thomas in 1994 as saying, a felony is “as bad a word as you can give to man or thing.” As many people are trying to abolish the registry, the felony would remain on a background check, regardless of the number of years since the felony occurred. Pointed

Jessica Seaman with The Denver Post says, “The Colorado Department of Corrections refuses to provide sex offender treatment to people serving indeterminate prison sentences despite assuring them that once they go through the program they will be eligible for parole, a new federal lawsuit alleges.” This class-action lawsuit was filed this week in the U.S. District Court of Colorado.  The