Author: FAC Contributor #3

WWJD? I know many of you know a different acronym for that, but in the case of tomorrow’s monthly member call, it’s “What Would Janice Do?”. And by Janice, we are talking about Janice Bellucci. Janice is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) and for the persons required to register in California, she’s a

A lawsuit has been filed in San Bernardino County Superior Court challenging the Halloween restrictions of the City of Rialto. Specifically, there is an ordinance adopted and enforced by the City of Rialto that prohibits all registrants on Halloween from decorating their front yards and exteriors with “typical Halloween decorations”, from opening the doors of their residence to trick-or-treaters and

The following are excerpts from an article on the killing of Jean Lascelle, who was shot in the back of the head by another person at a temporary shelter they were both staying at. Lascelle was one of 478 sex offenders in Manchester, one of 2,945 people statewide who can’t outrun their past once fingers start clicking away on the

We like to post these every so often to remind everyone on the registry and their families that there are individuals out there that use the public registry to commit scams against persons required to register and their families. It has been VERY prevalent in Florida and although the FDLE has done nothing to warn those on the registry about

A win in the State of Minnesota, where a group of civilly committed individuals challenged their continued confinement. They will have their day in court. Below is a summary from the court and below that is a link to the opinion. Plaintiffs, persons civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program pursuant to the Minnesota Civil Commitment and Treatment Act:

Some good news (or, I should say partial good news because a dismissal was upheld on due process grounds), out of Virginia where an Ex-Post-Facto case was reversed and remanded after being dismissed by the trial court. In 1994, Prynne was convicted and sentenced to probation for having sex with a 15-year old for which she served as the family

We recently updated the table on our website with the Bills currently being considered by the 2021 Florida Legislature that impact persons required to register. You can access this table from the header on our website labeled “2021 Legislation” that will lead you to this page: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/2021-legislation/ Thank you to the volunteer for our Legislative Committee who put this together

In response to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal that touched New Mexico, it’s no wonder their state’s legislature has introduced a bunch of new laws targeting sex trafficking and offending. We’re posting this not because they introduced a law, nor that it passed the House by an overwhelming 63-3 this week, but to highlight the statement of one of the three

Shame on the Southern Baptist Convention for kicking out two of its affiliates because they employed pastors who were on the registry! According to ABC News, West Side Baptist Church in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania, was ousted because it “knowingly employs as pastor a registered sex offender,” and Antioch Baptist Church in Sevierville, Tennessee, has a pastor who was convicted of statutory

Barney T Bishop III has no business representing that he is involved in “criminal justice reform” or “smart justice”. Those terms have been coined to mean a reforming of the criminal justice system so that it operates fairly and equitably and employing evidence-based, data-driven justice policies and practices to promote public safety through rehabilitation rather than retribution. Barney Bishop is