Articles

Attorneys with the Paris case (6500-foot residence restriction) have contacted us to correct misstatements that were made in our most recent post.  They let us know there is much to be optimistic about in the court’s decision as they are putting some brakes on municipal ordinances that have spiraled out of control in Wisconsin – something they have never done

How we can make a difference:   A reporter from 8 WFLA Tampa Bay said he has heard from registrants in several other areas of the state besides Pinellas Park that probationers are being “assigned” to wooded camps:  Hillsborough, Hernando, Manatee, Flagler, Brevard, and Palm Beach Counties.  Additionally, some FAC members are telling us that it is also happening in

UPDATE 9/12/2023 Open Flyer Please join the Racial Equity MCARE Zoom call  1pm Tuesday, September 12th, devoted entirely to discussing the Miami Beach City Commission’s meeting, 8:30 am Wednesday, September 13th at 1901 Convention Center Drive, and their plan (see Commission Memo and proposed ordinance here) to deport and arrest unhoused people. We’ll circulate talking points in opposition to this inhumane ordinance, and discuss constructive alternatives

This year will mark the 25th anniversary of the public Sex Offender Registry (SOR) in Connecticut. Twenty-five years has been more than sufficient for researchers to study the impact of the SOR on public safety. Since sexual harm is so damaging to the fabric of our communities, our state government needs to take a level-headed look at the research that

The people on the sex offender registry who were told by probation officers to live in a wooded area in Pinellas Park are now being told to vacate the camp by this Tuesday, August 15.  The homeless camp that they were told to live in happens to be on Florida Department of Transportation property. It turns out that Pinellas County

Recall Does v Snyder, in which registrants’ challenge to the Michigan registry lead to its being declared punishment by the Federal Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. This victory has led to registry removals in Tennessee, which belongs to the same Federal circuit, and the prospect of substantial legal fees being owed by the state.  Read more from Nashville’s

People convicted of sex crimes can’t get their names removed from the sex offender registry simply by leaving the Palmetto State, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled.   (Read the full story at the Post and Courier). In a federal lawsuit, “John Doe” and the American Civil Liberties Union alleged the State Law Enforcement Division policy unconstitutionally punishes people who no

Mississippi’s lifetime voting ban for people with disqualifying felony convictions has been struck down in a new decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The court ruled in the case of Hopkins v. Hosemann that by banning former offenders “from the body politic forever” they will be punished “beyond the term their culpability requires,” according

By Guy Hamilton-Smith THE FOLLOWING IS THE OPINION OF ONE OF OUR MEMBERS AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT OF THE FLORIDA ACTION COMMITTEE: Felony disenfranchisement had been an interest of mine ever since I received a letter in the mail from the state, telling me that my name had been removed from the rolls of eligible voters because of my conviction.

The Hernando Sun ran an article on the changes in the Hernando County SO Ordinance, all thanks to our two county coordinators there. County Commissioner John Allocco said the need for the changes was brought to his attention after he was contacted by several people who were seeking clarification so they did not run afoul of the ordinance. “They are just