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In 2006, Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), which requires states to keep registries for those convicted of sex offenses. SORNA also makes it a federal crime for an offender to fail to register with his state. But Congress did not want to wade into the messy details of what constitutes a “sex offense,” or what

At a public meeting in Joliet, residents stood up and spoke out against an apartment building that houses sex offenders in a city neighborhood — with one resident lamenting that she wouldn’t let children play outside unless she was on her lunch break, according to a video taken by an attendee. Other residents, according to accounts of some at the

This is a MUST READ and MUST SHARE article from Emily Horowitz. Much thanks to Emily for calling out many of the atrocities taking place here in Florida. . There is a growing consensus that our approach to punishment in the criminal legal system creates more harm rather than reduce it. Yet we summarily exclude those with sex offenses from

Two New Jersey registrants have filed a lawsuit seeking to declare the ban on sex offense parolees from accessing social media and adult pornography. The restrictions, they argue, violate their First Amendment rights under Supreme Court precedent in Packingham and Miller. A copy of the complaint can be read here: loniewski-v-parole-board  

The below link is a copy of a letter sent to the Bahamian Minister of National Security. After that country decided to make their registry public, a released individual was murdered. The Minister expressed his concern about publicizing the registry. FAC sent a letter encouraging him not to follow the misguided example of the US. Letter to Bahamian National Security

FAC sent a letter to the Osceola Sheriff today, invoking Marsy’s Law on behalf of registrants and their family members, in anticipation of the release of an individual who used the registry to target and attempt to kill four persons required to register. A copy of the letter can be found here: Letter re vigilante release  

How is it that sex offenders that have lived in a motel for over a year that have been approved by the registering detective have to move out because the detective left and a new one comes and takes over? It is not right for them to become homeless because one detective leaves and another replaced them. We live in

The Bahamas government says it is likely to re-examine the measures under which sex offenders are publicly released from prison after one man died in hospital a few days after his release. National Security Minister Wayne Munroe told reporters that an investigation has been launched into Scott’s death and warned that the public should refrain from issuing vigilante justice. He

Under Senate Bill 3019, a child sex offender would not be able to work at a carnival, amusement enterprise or county or state fair. During the 2021 Illinois State Fair, a convicted child sex offender was discovered to be working a children’s ride. A legal loophole in the past law left the Illinois State Fair in a state of ambiguity. Senate Bill

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the technology industry and blocked a controversial Texas law that bars large social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from removing posts based on the viewpoints they express. The law at the center of the dispute is known as H.B. 20. It prohibits social media platforms with at least 50 million active users from