Comments on: Department of Juvenile Justice refuses to accept 15-year-old charged with possession of child pornography https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/ Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN Ret https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30916 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:51:10 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30916 The commission of a sex crime is deplorable regardless of the age it is committed. The question in relation is “Should punishment be a lifetime experience?” Sin is an atrocity. We have to realize how monstrous and scandalous it is and how desperately we need God’s forgiveness…yes, even those who don’t believe, need it. We understand and hunger for His grace only at the point of deep and depressing failure. Fantasy softens us up, and our convictions erode. Even good people can do bad things. We can get into a frame of mind to listen to our passions…past experiences, present distractions, disappointments, lost futures. Having listened to those passions, we have no will to resist. There are moments when our wills soften and we long to set things right. If we do not listen to our consciences, there is a metallic hardening and then corruption. Sooner or later we face the horrible experience of being found out. Inevitably our dishonor is shouted from the housetops. There is no place to hide from the shame. We experience the force of sin and as long as that past sin has control of our life we will not prosper. The one who truly knows us is God. God lets us fall not to shame us, but to assure us that though we are guilty, vile, and helpless, we are deeply loved by God. God’s love in the face of our wickedness is what awakens us to humility and contrition; and this does not apply only to registered citizens. God stays with us despite our ‘ruin’. God has never yet despised a broken and contrite heart. God knows our possibilities even in our defilement. God can cancel our guilt and we can once again hold up our heads high. It is self-forgiveness that is most difficult for many of us…it was for me. God’s love can let us be who He meant us to be and not what some men want to make us. Knowing that God has high expectations of us can help us survive until freedom is attained. No one, especially a youth, should have life permanently disabled ‘by a registry around the neck’. Life and potential are far too valuable.

]]> By: Will Allen https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30915 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 03:26:21 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30915 In reply to joseph.

Why do so many people get confused about freedom of speech? You don’t have any freedom of speech at all on private websites. F.A.C. may disallow anything they like and they haven’t affected your freedom of speech at all.

I do think there is some legal concept about a “public square” and freedom of speech but I’m certain it doesn’t apply to private group’s websites. So let’s stop whining about supposed freedom of speech violations. You can complain that F.A.C. is not allowing your speech, but you’ve got no right to speech here.

I haven’t read anything about this 15 year old or commented about it. But maybe you are a little confused about why people are giving their opinions about it? What would it possibly have to do with “justification for their crimes”? They are talking about the kid, not themselves.

One thing I will say is that the concept of “charged as an adult” seems completely idiotic and immoral. A person can’t be a child when it is convenient for government but an adult when not. That is nothing more than government being criminals.

I don’t know what the 15 year old did but let’s assume he deserves to be punished. Whatever that is, it should not be as harsh as the punishment given a 25 year old that did the same thing. We know that 15 year old brains are not fully developed so their punishment must be less. If we don’t follow that, we’re immoral.

Lastly, the kid shouldn’t be placed on a Registry because Registries shouldn’t exist. So nope, the kid should not be placed on a Registry.

]]> By: joseph https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30914 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 13:57:07 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30914 In reply to Maestro.

F.A.C Sure in the hell crying about freedom of speech but sure loves to censor others’ freedom of speech! A brunch of babies looking for justification for their crimes The kid broke the law he needs to go to prison and be placed on the life time registry too

]]> By: Donald Slaton https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30913 Sun, 01 Mar 2020 04:37:47 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30913 Well see what I said work you see how United you all stood up and defended this young boy. Now if we all could just do that for the registry for all states then we could get something done.
But none of you who are in my age group 35-55 can say that at 15 you didn’t know what you were doing , if not then you all lived a pampered life, now it’s strange that when we or I will say I committed my crime which was 18 years ago how not one person was their to say oh he is still a child a juvenile, no time has not changed that much in the judicial system so why are you all who are on this joke of a registry wanting to care for a person who knew what he was doing who manipulated the other individual “ grooming “ if I’m not badly mistaken and made money off of this. He is the reason why the laws are the way they are. Cus he knew how to cheat the system. Now to all of you who jumped my ace for the statement I made. Go to prison and thinking that you got a fair deal then get out and get released to probation then have the probation officer tell you that you are done with the sex crime you committed, then have the parole board contact you for a other charge that was not related to the sex crime tell you that you have to be on parole for aggravated battery, but all they do is focus on the Sex crime that was done and over with then they violate you 6 -8 times cus it’s the era when they were just getting started on harsh rules for sex offenders – like getting violated for a Harley hog hanging in your rear view mirror, saying that was a object to entice children with. Then only then will you all know how I feel about the laws of this so called United States we live in. I have more of those violations also , like how I could not do my career that I was doing my entire life. Now if America would get striker on the parents about how they let their young teenagers dress and how they practically wear no clothes at all then maybe people would not do what they have been doing to commit these sex acts. But hey I just venting, no I’m stating my opinion, but some of you are saying oh yeah let’s live in pioneer days , well back then you could have sex with someone that was younger than you you might had to marry them but you could do that, so again I don’t give a damm what you all say about me we all have opinions and buttholes so there I am finished.

]]> By: Maestro https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30912 Sat, 29 Feb 2020 17:49:52 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30912 In reply to joseph.

Joseph and Donald,

If he “knew what he was doing” (I’m not saying he didn’t), then why would an older woman be arrested and charged with sexual “assault” if she let him screw her brains out?
This situation is a double edged sword; “They can’t consent because they aren’t developed yet” vs “They knew what they were doing” when they (the younger person) is the perpetrator.

Astounding!

]]> By: Bill Shier https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30911 Sat, 29 Feb 2020 16:44:22 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30911 In reply to Donald Slaton.

He may have well known it was wrong, but the brain is not fully mature until age 24 or so. At 15 he was not capable of recognizing the consequences of his actions. Not just the criminal justice consequences, but those of his victims either!

]]> By: Jacob https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30910 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:04:19 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30910 In reply to Donald Should Read More Closely.

Let Donald vent. He’s highlighting the unfairness of the system and being more than a little ironic.

No one here wants a child to register.

The kid’s brain is still developing. Now that he’s been stopped, he will overcome this, given the right resources. Not that I trust the state of Florida to help him with that. But kudos to the Department of Juvenile Justice for sending him home where he needs to be.

]]> By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN Ret https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30909 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:31:01 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30909 In reply to Anon.

We tend to forget that in our youth we are curious about life going on around us. I remember the first time I saw a “Playboy” magazine. I thought how neat it was to see naked women. Over the years I have come to pity women who feel a calling to pose for such pictures. Our thoughts and habits change as we age and experience life. It is a shame when anyone feels he/she must ‘prostitute’ themselves to make it in life. I don’t honor or look up to those who do; I feel sorry for them and hope that one day they wake up. To destroy a young boy’s life over what is a natural curiosity is a crime unto itself. We have far too many in the United States today that make a living by destroying the lives of many.

]]> By: Concerned https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30908 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:26:45 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30908 In reply to Donald Slaton.

He is 15 years old, not a legal adult by any measure, and you want to lock him up and throw away the key. Got it. It’s not just a matter of knowing “right from wrong,” it’s a matter of an immature mind not being able to fully understand the effects and consequences of what he’s doing and how negatively he is impacting someone else’s life, along with his own. Should he be given punishment? Yes, but only if it also involves counseling and/or treatment. Otherwise we are just wasting another life to no good end. Try to see past the end of your nose here.

]]> By: Andrew Frederick Wilks https://floridaactioncommittee.org/department-of-juvenile-justice-refuses-to-accept-15-year-old-charged-with-possession-of-child-pornography/comment-page-2/#comment-30907 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:23:41 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=12715#comment-30907 In reply to JZ.

I feel sorry for the boy to.

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