Weekly Updates

Weekly Update #84 Dear Members and Advocates, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This famous quote comes from the opening paragraph of the Dickens’ novel, ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’. It is said to mean that on one hand it was a time of suffering and despair and on the other hand it was

Weekly Update #83 Dear Members and Advocates, We dedicate this week’s update to Alan Pollock. We don’t know Alan, he wasn’t a member, and prior to yesterday we never heard of him. He was one of us though. He was a person forced to register as a sex offender. In June of 1995 Alan was convicted in Orange County, FL

Weekly Update #81 Dear Members and Advocates, There has been a lot going on. As I take a few moments to prepare an update for you, I realize that things have been so hectic lately that we neglected to send one last week. Sorry about that. In between adjusting our personal lives to accommodate stay-in-place orders, setting up to work

Weekly Update #80 Dear Members and Advocates, Two words I’ve heard a lot this week have been “panic” and “uncertainty”. It has been interesting to watch how much chaos has emerged from this “panic” and “uncertainty”. Financial markets have collapsed, families scramble to find alternative arrangements to accommodate school closures, people are having so much difficulty finding basic amenities. There

Weekly Update #78 Dear Members and Advocates, This week’s update comes to you early because there are two points of clarification that we felt were important to make as quickly as possible. During our monthly member call last month the topic was ‘removal from the Florida registry’ and we were talking about (a) removal under the Romeo and Juliet statute

Weekly Update #76 Dear Members and Advocates: This week FAC and several other advocacy groups have and will be hosting calls with updates on pending lawsuits challenging registration conditions. Last night, the National Association for Rational Sex Offense Laws (NARSOL) and the Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) held a joint three-hour call to discuss the impact of the

Weekly Update #75 Dear Members and Advocates, I have a theory that Florida loves sex offenders. After the recent Michigan decision and similar cases from other states bringing relief for their registrants, you would think that there would be a mass exodus of registrants from Florida to these other places that are less draconian. But there hasn’t been. Aside from

Weekly Update #74 Weekly Update for 2020-02-19 Dear Members and Advocates, Persons forced to register in Michigan added another win to their column last week when a Federal District Court Judge ruled that if the Michigan Legislature did not “fix” their unconstitutional registry within 60 days, the state could not enforce its registry against anyone pre-2011 and could not enforce

Weekly Update #73 Dear Members and Advocates: I cannot stress how important it is to check our site regularly and read our weekly updates. Despite repeatedly warning of the SCAM targeting persons required to register, we unfailingly get emails and calls from too many individuals each week who “just wanted to let us know about this scam going on…” or

Weekly Update #71 Dear Members and Advocates, This week’s update comes to you a bit late because we were hoping to bring news from the State of Michigan, where a hearing took place yesterday that could impact the lives of 44,000 people on Michigan’s registry. After the hearing, Judge Robert Cleland took the matter under advisement and will issue a