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Weekly Update #139 Dear Members and Advocates: We have been calling on our members to contact their lawmakers to oppose two bills that are making their way through the Senate this term. SB 932 (Prohibiting a court from granting time-sharing with a minor child to a parent registered as a sexual offender or sexual predator under certain circumstances) and SB

Weekly Update #137 Dear Members and Advocates, During the past couple of weeks we got a lesson in how cloudy Florida politics are. It’s not like we are surprised –  we have constantly heard stories from our President’s trips to Tallahassee – but to see it in action is extremely disheartening. The lessons we’re talking about came from Senator Lauren

Weekly Update #136 Dear Members and Advocates, There are three bills making their way through Committees, which we need to keep our eyes on and do our best to voice opposition against. They are: CS/SB 234: Registration of Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders or its companion Bill in the House HB 193 . This bill, introduced by Senator Lauren Book,

Weekly Update #135 Dear Members and Advocates, Last week two FBI agents were shot while attempting to serve a warrant on a CP suspect in South Florida. The shooting was a tragedy on so many levels. First, it’s a tragic loss to the family of the two agents who were killed and to the law enforcement community. Our thoughts and

Weekly Update #133 Dear Members and Advocates, Occasionally, I ask you to put yourself into the shoes of someone else. Imagine yourself one of the 100+ registrants who are currently living transient in a Miami-Dade homeless encampment because residence restrictions leave you nowhere to live. Imagine you are one of the 30+ registrants who are being held in a Highlands

Weekly Update #132 Dear Members and Advocates: When something is vague, it’s imprecise. It has no clear definition or meaning. It can be understood by different people in different ways. Criminal laws are required to state explicitly and definitely what conduct is punishable. Otherwise, the laws are said to be “void for vagueness” under the due process clauses of the

Weekly Update #131 Dear Members and Advocates: Happy New Year!!! So much has changed between this time last year and today that I’m more surprised by what didn’t change because of COVID than what did. I’m shocked that despite the spread of a global pandemic, the State of Florida did not suspend IN PERSON registration. Things like vehicle changes or

Weekly Update #127 Dear Members and Advocates, As the holidays are upon us, we wish all of you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. It’s hard to envision a year more messed up than 2020. Hopefully 2021 will bring a cure to the pandemic that has plagued the world, relief to stores, businesses and individuals who have been impacted

Weekly Update #126 Dear Members and Advocates, When I started fielding some FAC member calls a number of years back, I remember the first call I received from someone caught in an online sting. The person was on Craigslist’s personals when he met someone who said she was in her twenties, they communicated back and forth, conversations became sexual, she

Weekly Update #125 Dear Members and Advocates, I’m worried about my memory. I’m starting to forget things and I imagine it will get worse as I get older. I’m not talking about the momentary lapses like calling my kid by my dog’s name or the innocent oversights, like forgetting to pick up my in-laws at the airport. Those are harmless.