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In the U.S., sexual violence is widespread and deeply disturbing.  Perhaps most troubling, most incidents of sexual violence – be it rape, sexual assault or intimate partner violence – is woefully underreported.  No one really knows how widespread sexual violence is in America. Nevertheless, sexual violence is an all-American indulgence, mostly perpetuated by males against females and children/youths.  Two decades

By David Post September 7 I wanted to add a few words to co-blogger Jonathan Adler’s posting about the recent 6th Circuit decision in Doe v. Snyder, in which the court voided application of the Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) on the grounds that it imposes retroactive punishment on previously convicted sex offenders in violation of the constitutional prohibition against Ex Post

SOURCE The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has agreed to permanently eliminate on a statewide basis its requirement that registrants post a sign on their residences on Halloween. This agreement is the result of a lawsuit filed in 2015 by California RSOL and two individual plaintiffs in San Diego and Los Angeles. “In the past, CDCR placed registrants

The following event should prove to be extremely enlightening and informative. We encourage FAC members to attend.   ****PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS ON A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. IF YOU HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON WHERE YOU CAN GO, PLEASE BE MINDFUL**** 2016_ATSA_Public_Engagement_Event

The Florida Action Committee board of directors and membership wishes to express our deepest condolences to the Wetterling family. While this past week’s events are certainly not the outcome any of us would have hoped for, we certainly hope that any resolution provides some closure to the decades of uncertainty and there is peace in that. Jacob’s death has torn

This is an important call to action. We urge members to contact the US State Department and their Legislators in response to the State Department’s notice that they will be implementing the unique identifier provision of the recently enacted International Megan’s Law. The text of the notice can be found here: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-09-02/html/2016-21087.htm In summary, it states; The final rule incorporates

I, like many people, have for a very long time been plagued by stressful dreams.  Perchance it is my affinity for science fiction that many of the dreams fall into places and situations that seem outer worldly, then at other times they are very down to earth, but not necessarily places or times that I am actually familiar with. As

Read the FDLE’s interpretation of the October 1st Changes to the Registry Laws:   http://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/10-1-16-Update-Notice-Summary.pdf    

A Minnesota man confessed Tuesday to abducting and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling nearly 27 years ago, putting to rest a mystery that had haunted the state and led to changes in national sex offender laws. Danny Heinrich made the admission as he pleaded guilty to federal child pornographycharges that could put him behind bars for decades. Asked whether he abducted,

A 10 year old girl who was abducted in Ft. Myers, Florida was found… NOT with a sex offender! The child, who was found in the woods with a homeless man, was molested, but the abductor was NOT a sex offender. That didn’t stop FOX4 news from broadcasting the number of registered citizens living near the crime scene or showing