Weekly Updates

Weekly Update #132 Dear Members and Advocates: When something is vague, it’s imprecise. It has no clear definition or meaning. It can be understood by different people in different ways. Criminal laws are required to state explicitly and definitely what conduct is punishable. Otherwise, the laws are said to be “void for vagueness” under the due process clauses of the

Weekly Update #131 Dear Members and Advocates: Happy New Year!!! So much has changed between this time last year and today that I’m more surprised by what didn’t change because of COVID than what did. I’m shocked that despite the spread of a global pandemic, the State of Florida did not suspend IN PERSON registration. Things like vehicle changes or

Weekly Update #127 Dear Members and Advocates, As the holidays are upon us, we wish all of you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year. It’s hard to envision a year more messed up than 2020. Hopefully 2021 will bring a cure to the pandemic that has plagued the world, relief to stores, businesses and individuals who have been impacted

Weekly Update #126 Dear Members and Advocates, When I started fielding some FAC member calls a number of years back, I remember the first call I received from someone caught in an online sting. The person was on Craigslist’s personals when he met someone who said she was in her twenties, they communicated back and forth, conversations became sexual, she

Weekly Update #125 Dear Members and Advocates, I’m worried about my memory. I’m starting to forget things and I imagine it will get worse as I get older. I’m not talking about the momentary lapses like calling my kid by my dog’s name or the innocent oversights, like forgetting to pick up my in-laws at the airport. Those are harmless.

Weekly Update #123 Dear Members and Advocates, I have been writing a similar Thanksgiving week update every year since I’ve become involved in FAC. The general theme being; there are those among us who are living on street corners, isolated from their families because of residency restrictions, curfew or simply abandonment. We need to keep these individuals in mind and

Weekly Update #121 Dear Members and Advocates, A few days ago I had a conversation with a friend and fellow advocate that made me completely re-think my identity. For the longest time I’ve always considered myself an advocate for “reform” and our movement as the “registry reform movement”. Truth is, I’m not advocating to reform the registry. Unless the “reform”

Weekly Update #120 Dear Members and Advocates, You probably noticed there wasn’t a weekly update last week. That was because the election was consuming the world’s attention and the news media had plenty of content to keep their readers engaged. There may have been very few “stings”, “operations” or “crackdowns” to report on, but behind the scenes there was still

Weekly Update #118 Dear Members and Advocates, Yesterday a new Justice was sworn in to the Supreme Court of the United States. Amy Coney Barrett has joined the nation’s top court and with a lifetime appointment, at the age of 48 she will probably be around for many of our lifetimes. So the question many of you are probably asking

Weekly Update #117 Dear Members and Advocates, Last week we wrote about a few hotels in New York that are the subject of protests. Since the outbreak of Coronavirus, the city’s homeless shelters have struggled to keep their residents socially distanced to avoid outbreaks of the disease that can quickly spread in communal living situations. The ideal solution was to