First Miami-Dade Inmate to Die of Coronavirus was in Jail for Failure to Register as Sex Offender
Charles R Hobbs Jr. is the first Miami-Dade jail inmate to die from the virus. He was in jail awaiting trial after being arrested for failure to register as a sex offender. The underlying conviction for which he was registered was from 1998. He committed no other sexual offenses in the more than 20 years since.
According to his failure to register case docket, he was indigent and could not afford the $20,000 Bond. He had been sitting in Jail since January.
According to his underlying conviction for the crime that took place in 1997 (before the registry even existed), he was given a withhold adjudication and 5 years probation.
A failure to register for an offense that took place more than 20 years ago and for which he didn’t even receive jail time should not have resulted in the death penalty for Mr. Hobbs. And they say registration is not punishment!
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When you have stories like this:
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/7-sex-offenders-released-early-due-to-covid-19-in-orange-county-despite-parole-violations/2353911/
it’s difficult to make a case that “it’s not ALL people with sex offenses”.
In the article, I’m concerned with the use of the words “has a history of…” because even 1 incident is part of your “history”. As for violating parole/probation, that’s a no-brainer because it’s about the literal DICTATORSHIP from parole/probation officers that get the person fed up and they get a case of the “fuck it”s and just don’t comply with rules of their release.
So, when the governors, mayors and LE get a chance to look good in the public eye, of course they’re going to allow a journalist to use terminology that sounds scary; “Has a history of”. And LE has a history of lumping everyone into one basket. I wonder how they feel about those REALLY scary sex offenders who may be adults NOW but were teenagers at one time sending nudes to each other via texts.
I didn’t want to move to this state in the first place. My brother lives here, and my mom and I were about to be homeless. After moving in with my nephew because my brother lived too close to something, I got arrested for visiting him. First and last arrest since original crime in August of 96!the first guy that registered me said I could visit, I just can’t live there. Wtf?
The question is why was he still being punished for a 20 year old case. Why? How the fuck has this even happened? Why does a man that finishes his sentence still ordered to report to jail for life to register? No doubt he was broke cause the registry. Probably lost his mind due to the cruel and in usual sentence that is outta control the harshness and strife he are punished by daily looking over our shoulder living in the shadows trying to hide our identity just to feed ourselves because if we don’t lie, manipulate and deceive we will never make it. Fuckkkkk this!
On May 25 2018 I had a wipple procedure to remove a tumor from the head of my pancreas. On June 7th 2018 I was “REQUIRED BY LAW” to appear for my monthly transient rereg. My wife had to work that day and I could drive so I paid an Uber $55.00 dollars round trip to the registration office. I had to request the officer come down because i just couldn’t make the stairs. He asked so I lifted my shirt to reveal the 32 freshly installed vertical staples along my stomach. I explained what happened.
So, this very well could have been me had I not had the way or means or physical strength to appear. “I would crawl if I had to to avoid a new felony”. But I shouldn’t have too. I shouldn’t be a transient I have a home. That’s another story.
the psychopaths that work in the jail have no remorse or care about anybody in jail. why should they? they don’t hire them to care, they are the bottom of the food chain…
There has to be a sharp attorney out there that takes a civil case with the payment based on the outcome of suing the prison system/legal system that put him in jail.
I hope a shark gets a hold of this case and rips the city a new one
get out of this state if you can as soon as you can
FYI, I don’t know what the rest of the state is doing, but in palm beach county they are letting you register via phone or internet. You don’t have to go to the sheriffs station.
That’s not accurate. You still need to go to show your ID through the window.
Yes, you must go in person and show your ID. Further, the F.S. does say “in person”, unless of course there was an executive order by the “El heffe” Governor, which there was not. Unless these laws change, this will always be a problem. Not just the COVID-19 situation, but other ones as well, natural disasters, illness, family issues, etc.. Unfortunately, there is a “no mercy” attitude here in Florida and I’m sure elsewhere as well.