Weekly Updates

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

  Weekly Update #70 Dear Members and Advocates, This past Monday, the Florida Action Committee hosted the first of what we hope will be many public events. Our event was called “A Courageous Conversation About Sex Offenders In Our Communities” and that is precisely what we were looking to give the attendees. Those who were there included university professors, reentry

Weekly Update #69 Dear Members and Advocates, I don’t get it! What’s the harm in voting? There are a lot of restrictions when it comes to consequences of a felony conviction, some make more sense than others. No possession of firearms? Seems a bit harsh to pass a blanket ban on a constitutional right for those whose crimes had nothing

Weekly Update #68 Dear Members and Advocates, The Washington Post, today, reports that the House Oversight and Reform Committee is convening for a third hearing on the topic of facial recognition technology. While some legislators are gung ho about the use of the artificial intelligence software, others are very skeptical. We are scared! According to the Post article, “Just this

Weekly Update #66 Dear Members and Advocates, Happy New Year! 2020 started out great as we closed the year meeting a funding goal in the “Non-Registrant Collateral Consequences Challenge”! Because of a super-generous matching pledge from one of our members, the first five thousand dollars of donations towards that challenge were matched, dollar for dollar. That meant the $5,125 we

Weekly Update #65 Dear Members and Advocates, We hope that you have been able to find time to relax and reflect with a positive outlook on the past year and year ahead of us. On the next Monthly Membership call, Gail will be providing updates on all of our accomplishments in 2019, and our new goals for 2020.  Due to