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Fullerton City Council unanimously voted to repeal a municipal code that imposed housing restrictions on child sex offenders. “I took an oath to uphold the constitution of both the United States of America and the state of California. It’s clear to me, the way we have written this ordinance, it is unconstitutional, and in keeping with that oath, I have

There are more than 65,000 sex offenders registered in Florida. There is a movement in the state and across the nation to change the reporting requirement. If the changes go through, you wouldn’t know if a sex offender was living next door. It would be a radical change, but a change some surprising people are asking legislators to consider with

NAPLES, Fla. — A Golden Gate Estates woman whose stepfather molested her was horrified to learn he had moved into a house less than a mile from an Orlando elementary school. “It hit me like a ton of bricks,” Christin Olsen said. “It slapped me in the face.” A Florida law banning sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of

To combat the order from the Northern District of Florida, Enjoining the enforcement of the 2014 amendments to the registration laws as they relate to “Internet Identifiers”, Florida Senator Baxley has sponsored a new internet identifier bill, which can be read here: http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0686/BillText/Filed/PDF http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0684/BillText/Filed/PDF FAC is considering its position on this bill and will advise shortly.

MINNEAPOLIS — Lawyers for over 700 people committed indefinitely to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program are asking the full 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a three-judge panel’s ruling that the program is constitutional. The appeals panel last month reversed a lower court’s ruling that the program violates offenders’ rights because hardly anyone is ever released. Attorneys in

We have been informed that a company out of Texas called “CLEARMYCASE.COM” has been soliciting individuals on the Florida Registry claiming they might be able to help them “deregister” and charging a $100 “consultation fee”. Please do not fall for this scam.    

In my previous posting to this site, “Is it Automatically OK to Hate Sex Offenders?,” I discussed the various types of sexual offenders, noting that some are more likely to respond to treatment and less likely to reoffend than others. In this follow-up article, I discuss the fact that even though not all sex offenders are created equally, they are

North Carolina Registrants have filed an Ex Post Facto lawsuit against the State challenging the enhanced punishments imposed on its citizens AFTER their offenses were committed. It’s a challenge that has WON in Michigan, even at the Federal appellate level and it is a challenge that we in Florida are currently raising funds to bring in our State. http://www.wcnc.com/news/crime/lawsuit-nc-sex-offender-law-goes-too-far/392672123

For anyone who has ever had to cross the US Border coming back into our country, the following will sound familiar. For anyone who has not, it will give you insight into how unpleasant and unprofessional the process is EVERY SINGLE TIME, for someone who is registered. ____ I stood silently as the customs official swiped my passport through the

In response to yesterday’s news report on the possibility Orange County might be considering expanding their Sex Offender Residency Restriction, FAC has sent a letter to the Mayor of Orange County, all of the County Commissioners and the media. A copy of the letter can be found below: Letter – Mayor Orange County