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Women Against the Registry (WAR) has published an article describing a successful legal challenge to a proximity ordinance in Windsor Locks, CT.     A person forced to register (PFR) filed a civil rights challenge to the town’s ordinance prohibiting him and others from being within the proximity of public services.  His suit claimed he had a constitutional right to access

The Sentencing Project has released a report indicating that when it comes to crimes of a sexual nature, the criminal justice system has the wrong focus.  The research shows efforts are focused on increasing punishment and dedicating more resources to managing offenders of a crime of a sexual nature, while the prevention of new crimes remains a desert of attention,

In State v Croce, the defendant successfully argued in a lower court that FS (Florida Statutes) 943.0435(4)(h) and (9) did not require the individual to register as a sex offender until the completion of their probation.  And, the 2nd District Court of Appeals agreed.     Mr. Croce failed to register an instant messaging device which is an obligation in 943.0435(4)(e).

Data4Change, Inc has completed a recidivism study of first time offenders in Florida.  Using Florida Department of Corrections data (current to 12/31/23), major offenses are broken out by re-offense; those not re-offending; by technical probation violations and new offenses un-related to original crimes.   In Florida, first time offenders since 2020 only report a 1% recidivism rate for a new

For the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (SB 1230) and the House Judiciary Committee (HB 1235)   WE LEARNED THIS MORNING (JANUARY 30) THAT HB 1235 WAS MOVED OUT OF THE HOUSE JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE (NOT BEING VOTED ON) AND HAS GONE STRAIGHT TO THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.  THIS CALL TO ACTION HAS BEEN AMENDED TO INCLUDE

For the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (SB 1230) and the House Justice Appropriations Subcommittee (HB 1235)   Even though SB 1230 and HB 1235 have passed favorably in each of their first committees, we learned from last year that now is not the time to give up.  Our FAC legislative chair has been spending days in

The Legislative Committee has posted two lists of legislative bills working their way through various subcommittees of the Florida Senate and House on the FAC website.  A link is provided below.  The matrices are located in the Legislative Committee section under the header “Committees” on the menu bar found above and just below the FAC logo.     One matrix highlights

The survey provided successful insight into use of the FDLE Cyber Communication System.  Even with a glitch in the setting of multiple choice answers for two questions in the survey, many wrote in answers that have been added to the results here.   The results demonstrate that most respondents familiar with and approved to use the online system do use

Florida Legislators are trying to make changes to statutes 775.21 and 943.0435, some of which would make the statutes more punitive.   Besides a campaign with hundreds of people contacting legislators to oppose certain parts of the bill, a press release has been sent out.  You can read the press release here.

The Criminal Justice Committee passed unanimously SB 1230, entitled “Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders.” See the video here OR See the video here starting at 13:00.