Author: FAC Contributor #3

Reading this article made my blood boil! Counties which were being “flexible” about IN PERSON registration during Covid-19 shut downs are arresting people who failed to register. On March 30th, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Sexual Predator Unit (SOPU) posted a sign outside their door telling registrants to wait in line a safe distance from one another, and when it

“Retiring” and “Ron Book” are words that never appear in the same sentence. It’s time that they did. Ronald Lee Book made his name in South Florida as a powerhouse lobbyist. Every year, he prowls the halls of the Florida Capitol working on behalf of those who pay him well. Very, very well. How do we know? He lives in

FAC Note: I saw Nathan Deal speak at the NACDL Conference a couple years ago. It’s good to see a politician follow through on promises. A criminal justice task force chaired by former Gov. Nathan Deal is recommending sweeping changes to the federal system. The most notable is a call for the elimination of mandatory-minimum sentences for drug crimes. The

In an unusual situation, the State of Indiana agreed that an appeals court erred in reversing a removal (from the sex offender registry) order and jointly sought a rehearing and order declaring the case moot because they took him off the registry of their own volition! The order on the rehearing states; “the State sua sponte removed McPhearson from the

For those visiting our site for the first time, let me begin by saying; the Florida Action Committee DOES NOT condone sexual violence in any form. Our coverage of the death of Mattieo Condoluci has brought a lot of new traffic to our forum. Unfortunately, it’s brought some of the attention we don’t want… Vigilantes. To say the vicious murder

Some people call James Fairbanks (“Omaha police arrest man in sex offender’s death,” March 20) a hero because he murdered a registered person in cold blood. There is nothing heroic about premeditated murder. Fairbanks used information from the Sex Offense Registry and a Facebook  group to help plan his crime and broke into the victim’s home with the intent to

The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Poverty Law Center won an important legal battle in a Florida Federal Court yesterday. As Politico reported, “U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle declared key portions of the state’s felon voting law unconstitutional, ordering the state to put in place a new process that would help people register to vote in the state. Throughout

We are starting this week with some incredible news that we hope will inspire you. Guy Hamilton-Smith Passed the Bar Exam!!! For those who don’t know, I’ll back up a few steps… Like many of you reading this, Guy is required to register as a sex offender. More than a dozen years ago, when he was 22, he was convicted

The Dobbs Wire:  A rare event about the sex offense registry – it’s purpose and effectiveness, whether there’s a need, and if it should it dismantled!  Presenters:  Miriam Aukerman is one of the country’s most talented litigators against sex offense registration laws, co-counsel on a landmark 6th Circuit case (Does v. Snyder) and now fighting tenaciously to get that decision

“It’s unconscionable that they would think it would be okay to go and murder somebody because they’re on a registry,” said Vicki Henry, President of Women Against Registry. Henry’s organization calls on state lawmakers to make the sex offender registry private. Henry believes the registry puts sex offenders, like Condoluci, in danger. “The registry just does not help to protect