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Today, in a private session, the U.S. Supreme Court will be discussing an important case concerning the sex offense registry. News may come as soon as Monday, March 27th.  The State of Michigan has asked the court to review a ground-breaking ruling by a lower federal court, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court is set to

An ordinance designed to reduce the influx of sex offenders into the city has been letting them in at a rate of about 48 per year, according to data obtained by USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin. Nevertheless, complaints have been few, and most city officials judge the ordinance a success. The city’s sex offender residency ordinance is 10 years old this spring. Passed

A win in New York!   Angry that prisoners serving time for sex offenses are being held beyond their release dates, a state appeals court has ordered New York’s Department of Corrections to make changes.  Individuals hoping to re-enter community when their time is up instead find the exit door blocked – by laws and bureaucrats that make finding housing on

A new scam is targeting registered sex offenders, claiming they missed court dates that never actually existed. The US Marshal’s Service is warning the public that scam artists claiming they are Deputy US Marshals or Federal Marshals are working to extort money from sex offenders over the phone. According to authorities, the caller says that their target owes an “East

There are so many stories out there dwelling on the negative that when someone does something positive, they often don’t get the recognition they deserve. A story out of Pennsylvania came out about agents with Homeland Security apprehending a documented immigrant while he was at work in a restaurant, presumably because of a past conviction. He also happened to be

A win in New Jersey:  The state’s top court just recognized the importance of internet access, finding it is a “liberty interest” with constitutional protection!  In a ground-breaking decision the New Jersey Supreme Court overturned a total “internet blackout” imposed by the parole board on a man who is under lifetime supervision and on the sex offense registry.  Cutting off

As if it were not hard enough to find a job… BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A court victory for the city of Palm Bay means homeowners could be protected from sex offenders working for contractors or delivery companies, city leaders said. From now on, painters, delivery services or other contractors who come to homes with children must disclose to the

Up to 50 teenagers who were sent a video of a 15-year-old boy allegedly raping an unconscious girl could be placed on a sex offenders register if convicted for possession of child pornography, a child cyber safety expert says. NSW Police have opened an investigation into the alleged rape of the teenage girl who had passed out drunk at a

It’s absolutely pathetic that our State is doing nothing about the homeless situation that’s occurring as a result of the Sex Offender Residency Restrictions, which leave little available housing for registrants and the registry itself, which leaves former offenders unemployable and cut off from social services. You are basically leaving people outside to die, which is exactly what’s happening, as

If you are on the Florida Sex Offender Registry but no longer living in Florida, FAC is organizing a potential legal action to seek removal of those no longer in our state. There are currently over seventy thousand (70,000) individuals on the Florida registry. In fact; less than half are actually physically present in the community. MOST are incarcerated, moved