NARSOL is proud to stand alongside its affiliate, the Florida Action Committee (FAC), as it undertakes a comprehensive legal challenge to Florida’s sex offender registration laws and related local ordinances. On August 11, 2026, FAC filed Florida Action Committee, Inc. v. Glass et
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By Savannah . . . Question: During a polygraph, can I still avoid self-incrimination by saying, “I request that my attorney respond to that particular question”? Answer: The instinct is correct, but those words ask for the wrong protection. Two different rights are
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By Larry . . . The Minnesota Supreme Court recently issued a decision in Siegel v. Evans. Chad Loran Siegel was charged with two counts of kidnapping, a predatory offense under the predatory-offender-registration statute, as well as attempted second-degree murder and first-degree
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By Robert . . . At what point does a law described as “civil” or “regulatory” become punishment in everything but name? It is a question about constitutional limits and whether government may continue to add serious restraints to a person’s liberty
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By John . . . Oklahoma lawmakers spent most of an afternoon on a question the state has dodged for years: does the sex offender registry still do the job it was built for? The joint interim study hearing ran roughly three
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By Sandy , , , In 2000, in a case named Troxel v. Granville, the Supreme Court of the United States described the interest of parents in caring for their children to be, “. . . perhaps the oldest of the fundamental
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By Matt . . . Houses of worship seem to be this place where many go to escape the world. Of course they are! For many of us, maybe it is a was a place we gathered for Christmas, Easter, Diwali, Eid,
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(Source: MIRS.news, Published 09/09/2026) The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that Michigan’s current sex offender registry law cannot be applied to people whose registration-triggering crimes occurred before July 1, 2011, finding that doing so amounts to unconstitutional punishment imposed after the
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Brandon James Furlough In 2007 I was convicted of a crime of a sexual nature. I immediately accepted responsibility, served a prison sentence, and completed supervision, What remained—and remains–is lifetime sex offender registration and everything that comes with it. I did not
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Boynton Beach, Florida — August 11, 2026 — The Florida Action Committee (FAC), a statewide nonprofit organization advocating for evidence-based criminal justice policies, today announced the filing of a sweeping federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s sex offender registration and restriction scheme as unconstitutional. Filed
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