Author: FAC Contributor #3

Janice Bellucci can add another check to the victory column as Fresno California will be paying out an undisclosed amount in a settlement to the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) attorney who sued them over their residency restriction. In addition to the settlement Fresno has to pay out, is the more important win – they repealed their sex

Last year, when rapper Nicki Minaj married Kenneth Petty, the big news was not the nuptials, but the fact that he is on the registry. The world questioned her judgment – as if it is outrageous to marry somebody on the registry. This past week, Petty was arrested for failure to register in California. Again, headlines and more judgment and

[FAC NOTE] Would someone please correct this hack reporter who writes, “However, sex offenders reoffend 67% of the time”? The rest of the article is informative, but that harmfully WRONG statistic is glaring. The term “castration” brings a chill to every man. The idea of having your ‘junk’ cut off is horrifying. It’s barbaric. Castration is like the archaic practice

When law enforcement comes to your door to perform an address verification, you should only show them your ID. We suggest registrants do not speak with law enforcement without having an attorney present. Casual pleasantries, such as “how’s your day going?”, “it’s going fine” or “think we’ll get rain today?”, “sure looks like it” is totally fine, but if an

Melissa Martin (2/28/20) makes an eloquent but often erroneous case in favor of sexual offense registries. These registries have been in place in every state for 20 to 30 years. Many studies have been done evaluating the effectiveness of them and their contribution to public safety. The results are overwhelmingly negative. Registries do not reduce re-offense by those who have

House Bill 68 aims to require registered sex offenders to obtain permission from Wyoming school principals or vice principals before they are able to access school grounds for their own children’s events at the schools. Senate District 23 Senator Jeff Wasserburger, who says he served as a school principal for 14 years, explained the bill to the Senate ahead of their

The coronavirus outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed more than 3,300 people and infected more than 95,000. More than 230 deaths have been reported outside of mainland China, including 11 in the US. There is no vaccine for the virus, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s primary recommendations include avoiding close contact with people who are

Our legal understanding of what the age of consent should be is shaped by the moral viewpoints on sexuality at any given time. Outdated concepts like the idea that statutory rape is only something men do to young girls have been swapped out in favor of the idea that statutory rape is something an adult does to a vulnerable younger

YPSILANTI, MI – People with felony convictions cannot be discriminated against in Ypsilanti in a new addition to the city’s non-discrimination ordinance that passed Tuesday. Ypsilanti City Council voted unanimously to make ex-offenders a city-protected class at its meeting on March 3. Elected officials said the move will help returning citizens reintegrate into society and address racial disparities.  SOURCE

All, we have an URGENT need to identify assisted living facilities or skilled nursing facilities in Florida that take persons required to register. In Florida, people remain on the registry for life. That means that they don’t come off when they get sick or elderly. As the population ages, this will become a bigger problem and as each of us