Author: FAC Contributor #3

The recent Supreme Court decision in which it was declared unconstitutional to order all sex offenders onto a national registry upon conviction highlights a problem, not with the registry itself, but with the ever-widening scope of what constitutes a sex crime. It’s a sign that Parliament should return to deciding the rules governing sexual offences in Canada rather than leaving

To help get the word out about our petition, we are asking you to please print and share the attached flyer with people in your treatment groups, at the registration office, on the bulletin board in a Starbucks, or any other place you think would be appropriate. We crossed the threshold of 2,000, now that we saw how receptive the

Prosecutors have charged Thomas Sanderson with one count of “failure to comply with Halloween related restrictions for sex offenders.” As part of Missouri state law, registered sex offenders cannot go outside to interact with children, cannot have outside lights on and are required to post a sign stating no candy or treats are available at the home on Halloween night.

The Oklahoma Municipal League recently filed an Amicus Brief in a case brought against the City of El Reno related to the right of a municipality to enforce the provision of the Sex Offenders Registration Act. A suit was brought against the City of El Reno for applying a retroactive application of the Sex Offenders Registration Act. Because the offender

The Florida Action Committee’s change.org petition asking the High Commissioner for Human Rights for the United Nations to declare the public sex offender registry a human rights violation has collected more than 4,000 signatures! We are so happy with the response the petition has received from our members, from other advocacy groups and from their friends and families. We need

A sharply divided Washington Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a man who was previously convicted of a sex offense and other crimes can be licensed as an attorney. The 5-4 decision clears the way for Zachary LeRoy Stevens, who graduated from Arizona State University’s law school in 2018, to practice law in Washington. The opinion said Stevens had a difficult childhood

Nearly a decade into an effort to reduce the glut of sex offenders on the state registry to allow more intense focus on the most dangerous, a bureaucratic morass has nearly doubled the registry instead. The Oregon parole board remains bogged down in state-mandated assessments to gauge the risk of each offender to commit new crimes. Of 32,523 people on

Two days ago we posted a petition on Change.org asking the High Commissioner of Human Rights of the United Nations to investigate the United State’s sex offender registry for human rights violations. Our ask of the UN was to look into the onerous restrictions and requirements imposed by the registry and the debilitating shame caused by the public notification, and

In 2014, Rohn M. Weatherly stole a neighbor’s car, in the back seat of which was the owner’s 4-year-old daughter. Weatherly returned the child within a few hours, but his act was dangerous, illegal, and worthy of punishment. What it wasn’t was a sex crime, yet Weatherly will be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from

OK guys, I know it must feel like we’re picking on Polk County, Florida a lot, and that is for very good reason. It’s because we are. Polk County has become notorious for their sex offender stings. Whether it’s setting up fake online profiles on adult dating sites to bait and switch naive men or announcing the results of aggressive