Convicted of Sex Crimes, but With No Victims

August 26, 2020, 11:31 am Since 2015, nearly 300 men in cities and towns across Washington State have been arrested in online-predator stings, most of them run by the State Patrol and code-named Operation Net Nanny. The men

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Member Submission: Don’t allow yourself to be shut out of public meetings. The Law Allows All Citizens The Right To Be Present

August 26, 2020, 9:03 am August 25 2020   County Commissioners are not permitted to ban any citizen of Florida from all open meeting when the General Public is notified of Govt issues , and business .  Sunshine Laws

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LABELED FOR LIFE: A Review of Youth Sex Offender Registration Laws

August 25, 2020, 12:58 pm Over 200,000 individuals are on sex offender registries for offenses committed when they were children. Registration can be life-long and can be imposed without any inquiry into the child’s individual circumstances or progress

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“I will chase you till I die, that I assure you.”

August 25, 2020, 9:54 am “I will chase you till I die, that I assure you.” is the closing line of a letter from Lobbyist Ron Book to an individual in a complaint he filed against a pet

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FAC Initiates Complaint Against Brevard Commissioners to Florida Attorney General

August 25, 2020, 6:28 am After our three letters to Brevard County Commissioners and numerous letters from members went ignored, FAC has now written to Florida’s Attorney General requesting she enforce Florida’s Governing in the Sunshine Law against

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Wellington, FL council looking to pass new rules for vacation rentals and those on the registry.

August 24, 2020, 9:43 am Wellington, Florida is considering creating a rule that would require vacation rental owners to check to see if potential renters are on the sex offender registry. The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow and

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UPDATED with Public Hearing Date: Some Brevard County Talking Points

August 21, 2020, 10:00 am The Public Hearing on the Amendment to the Brevard County Ordinance is scheduled on the Agenda for Tuesday August 25th at 9am.  Location is Brevard County Government Complex at 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson

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How to win arguments and actually change someone’s mind

August 21, 2020, 9:50 am Typically, when we come up against something or someone we want to change, we approach it with force. But often, this aggressive technique makes people defensive and causes them to dig into their

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Weekly Update 2020-08-18 Ref#105

August 20, 2020, 7:29 pm Dear Members and Advocates, Before modern technology existed we had the public square. It was an open area, generally in the heart of a city, where people would gather to exchange information. If

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Bad news out of the 10th Circuit: Millard v. Rankin reversed and remanded.

August 20, 2020, 11:14 am The order from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Millard v. Rankin was issued today and it’s not good news. The relief offered by the Colorado District Court was reversed. A copy

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Inside the Endless Nightmare of Indefinite Detention Under “Civil Commitment

August 19, 2020, 3:54 pm After serving their criminal sentence, these men discover their punishment may never be over. Under this legal mech­a­nism, which exists in at least 20 states and the Dis­trict of Colum­bia, indi­vid­u­als con­vict­ed of

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ACSOL Conference will be virtual this year – Oct. 10 and Oct. 11

August 19, 2020, 10:11 am For those who could not afford the airfare and hotel accommodations to California, you have an incredible opportunity this year. The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) will be conducting their conference

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FAC launches new YouTube Channel

August 18, 2020, 12:09 pm The Florida Action Committee has launched a new YouTube Channel where we will archive and share relevant videos. If you come across video content you think should be added to our channel, please

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Eleventh Circuit reminds us that what we say can be used against us.

August 18, 2020, 11:58 am We recently posted a video from a law professor and law enforcement officer reminding us of why it’s never a good thing to speak to the police without an attorney present. Remember the

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Vigilantes suspected as child porn man’s car torched in attack

August 17, 2020, 6:43 pm Gardaí are closely monitoring the situation after a 59-year-old convicted child porn offender was targeted by vigilantes twice within the space of a week. It is understood that officers have given David Sharpe

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Blanket Exclusions, Animus, and the False Policies They Promote

Abstract: Saying something is true does not make it so.  And saying it louder does not make it truer.  But such is the legislative posture behind modern day sex offense registration laws that punish those who commit sex

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TAKE Notice! ACT Immediately!

For those unaware, when the Adam Walsh Act was passed by Congress in 2006, they delegated the implementation to the Department of Justice (DOJ) who then formed the Sex Offense Sentencing Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART) office. The SMART office then

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Sex offender registration reform effort prompts death threats

August 14, 2020, 8:35 am An effort by state Sen. Scott Wiener to reform sex offender registration laws and ensure equality for the LGBTQ community has drawn harassment from conspiracy theorists. Wiener, who represents San Francisco, said at

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New Study by Catherine Carpenter: BLANKET EXCLUSIONS,ANIMUS,AND THE FALSE POLICIES THEY PROMOTE

August 14, 2020, 8:26 am Saying something is true does not make it so. And saying it louder does not make it truer. But such is the legislative posture behind modern day sex offense registration laws that punish

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Video: Don’t Talk to the Police

August 14, 2020, 8:09 am Regent Law Professor James Duane gives viewers startling reasons why they should always exercise their 5th Amendment rights when questioned by government officials. The post Video: Don’t Talk to the Police appeared first

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