Weekly Updates

Weekly Update #238 Dear Members and Advocates, Last week, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that mandatory sex offender registration and lifetime sex offender registration were unconstitutional. Basically, removing a Judge’s discretion to determine whether someone warrants this label and all the restrictions that come with it, or mandating that someone be on it for life, violates Canada’s Charter of Rights

( Weekly Update #236) Dear Members and Advocates, This week we write to share very exciting news! The appeal to the 11th Circuit in the “Ex Post Facto Plus I” case was successful! The order came out on Friday and it was not only great for our case, but we suspect it will be precedent setting for others. It was

(Weekly Update #235) Dear Members and Advocates, One month ago, we made an announcement that we thought was radical. We announced that the Florida Action Committee was modifying our position to clearly and unambiguously state that we seek to abolish the registry. No more “advocates for reform” no suggestion of “baby steps” or “chipping away”, no coddling the audience. Only:

(Weekly Update #234 ) Dear Members and Advocates: This past week, the [President of the United States], recognizing the massive failure of a long standing policy and the draconian unintended collateral consequences it has caused, took measures to roll back [marijuana possession laws]. This move comes in the wake of years of research proving that the original policies were largely

(Weekly Update #232) Dear Members and Advocates, This weekly update is dedicated to Matthew. I know you already received a weekly update this week, but that topic and the response to it was so important that I feel compelled to write another – because the message can be lifesaving.  I wrote about rejection and the chronic social rejection people on

Dear Members and Advocates, Our first order of business is a post Hurricane Ian check in. We know that many of our members live along the west coast of Florida and our thoughts and prayers are with all of you who are still suffering the after-effects of the storm. If you are in one of the effected areas, please try

  (Weekly Update #230) Dear Members and Advocates, The most important thing to convey to our members this week is to STAY SAFE! As I write this message, Hurricane Ian is passing over Cuba. It is forecasted to strengthen into a category 4 Hurricane as it passes over the Gulf of Mexico before once again making landfall somewhere near Tampa

(Weekly Update #229) Dear Members and Advocates, Over the last couple of weeks we’ve posted about several teachers, coaches and law enforcement personnel who have gotten arrested for a sexual offense. We don’t share these stories to shame the perpetrators – the justice system is here to punish them appropriately. We certainly don’t share the stories to normalize the crimes

(Weekly Update #228) Dear Members and Advocates, Last week FAC made a significant announcement. We modified our position to clearly and unambiguously state that we seek to abolish the registry. The decision was one that our Board debated extensively prior to adopting, but in the end it did not take much thought to arrive at the conclusion. (1) We support

(Weekly Update #227) Dear Members and Advocates, Sometimes it is important to be direct. We start this week’s update with a clear and candid statement of our goal and a commitment to keep fighting until our goal is accomplished.  Florida Action Committee’s position is that the Sex Offender Registry must be abolished. Over the coming weeks we will be working