Are you on the Florida Sex Offenders Registry but no longer in Florida?
If you are listed on the Florida Sex Offender Registry but no longer living in Florida, we are organizing a lawsuit to challenge your continued placement on the public registry.
The intent of the public notification component of the Sex Offender Registry is to notify the public of “potentially dangerous” people in their communities. People who are no longer in the state do not present a danger to people in the community and therefore serve no purpose on the public registry.
Florida’s registry is diluted with people who moved to another state, were deported, even people do die remain on the public registry! There are people who never lived in Florida but visited here, who are on the list!
If you fall into this category and would like to participate in a lawsuit to remove your name from the Florida Sex Offender Registry, please contact [email protected].
Note: Since the majority of FAC members are still in Florida and would not benefit from this lawsuit, we are not able to use funds from FAC’s legal reserves for this suit. If we can find a group of 10-15 individuals to pool resources, we can make this happen.
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It is disappointing to not only hear that the New York removal for care ones was 20 years after completion of sanctions instead of from date of conviction which I think is hired was originally was but also that they’re screwing around with their classifications with out-of-state registrants . My understanding is that for level one offenders someone else to specifically ask about a person or a specific address but as we know those lovely people in Suffolk County have taken it upon themselves to publish the names of level one offenders. At this point Vermont is about the only state or someone who is 10 years out from end of sanctions could walk right in and not even have to register and less you are classified by Vermont as a predator. I talked to the poor lady who has to run the entire Vermont registry and she told me I would be a level one and even though I was charged with seven different offenses that they would be considered a cluster of fence and only count as one conviction. The new laws in places like Colorado and Oregon that or just coming online or are scheduled to be in effect in the next year or so appear to be of the same type so that’s some good news. I think both of those states exclude level one and possibly level to offenders in some cases from the public registry. But you were still on the registry and there was a situation in Washington state or some crazy Lauren Book wannabe Sued to get access and authority to publish the information about level one offenders which is not permitted under Washington law. It should come as no surprise to any of us that being off the registry it’s always better than being hidden somewhere in it.
This is a VERY important issue to NOT only those who are listed and have moved from the state but also those WHO LIVE THERE.
Just think if this case is favorable and THOUSANDS are removed from the registry. Not only will that be the first major blow to the Florida registry but it will also give a potential out for everyone who had enough of the “sunshine state” and want to move.
You will eventually be able to get OFF the Florida registry because of THIS case…But only if it is funded enough to fight for us!
SO EVERYONE DONATE AND LETS GET THIS THING GOING FOR EVERYONE!
I lived in Florida, moved to NY for 8 months, moved back to Florida and now I’m on both registries. I also have to fill out a yearly form for NY every under the threat of arrest.
Youre on in ny for 20 years from completion of sentence if youre a level 1. Did you advise ny that you moved?
Yes, I informed them but they put me at a level 3 which I qualify for level2. I just had surgery on my lung and missed the hearing and couldn’t fill out their pre hearing form. I meet all that qualifies me as a 2. That was in 2012 and I don’t have the money to appeal but I would win that. I’m not sure if I can file appeal in absentee.
New York is doing the same thing to its registrants!
But are they on the PUBLIC registry?
What about people who visit Florida a few times a year?
Who are your ideal plaintiffs? Someone who permanently left Florida but is still registered there verses someone who registers in Florida intermittently during the year due to travel but who is a resident of another state?
Anyone who appears on the public registry when they are not in the state. If you visit and appear after you have left, you are a candidate.
moving away in a year to VT but that doesn’t help you now. I think this should have been done a while ago. The number on the registrant is what the oppressors use to pass laws and acquire more funds. if the public knew what the actual number was i don’t think there would be so much legislation towards oppressing us.
I agree that this should have been done a while ago, but we were unable to raise funds.
If you are moving away next year, you will be a potential beneficiary of this lawsuit in a year. Would you contribute to it now?
i don’t know the law so i am just spit-balling here hoping someone knows the answer to this. If the opposition gains federal funds off of false statistics of how many RSO’s are in Florida isn’t that fraud? i mean thousands have moved away and i’m sure thousands have passed away still on the Florida registry so if those people are taken off or brought to the attention of the attorney general wouldn’t the people that get money based of those inflated statistics be charged with obtaining federal funds illegally by lying about the statistics??
I think everyone knows why it’s happening. It’s no secret. But that money likely goes into a lot of pockets that enable this to happen.