Comments on: Florida man freed from prison early — underage romance led to ‘sex offender’ tag, harsh sentence

By: shane

shane — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:30:21 +0000

In reply to fac-admin. I agree with MJ for us who was caught in sting and never touched anyone. With what the governor is doing for this guy may there can be a petition that can be made up to send before him to help with changing the rule. Like you said he is the governor he can do what he wants so lets make our issues known to him. Im not very smart with all that but if somone starts it I will gladly sign and share

By: fac-admin

fac-admin — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:35:30 +0000

In reply to Jerry. you are not reading it incorrectly. The governor's office and clemency board can do what they want.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 22:02:56 +0000

In reply to fac-admin. Okay, I'm no legal expert or even jailhouse lawyer, but the way I read the Clemency application, you have to be off probation for 10 years before you can even apply for a pardon. As for restoration of civil rights, as long as you are on the registry, you have no civil rights.

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 16:14:31 +0000

In reply to JR. Yeah, you can also apply for commutation of your sentence and the probation part of your sentence once you've done 1/3 of the time. So that means, this time next year, I'll be sending that form straight in! I don't care who the governor is.

By: fac-admin

fac-admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:21:01 +0000

In reply to MJ. The governor can do whatever they want.

By: I can't wait to die

I can't wait to die — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 06:04:48 +0000

“I would support an immediate pardon so he can move on with his life without the stigma of a sex offender and count on his family to keep him out of trouble,” Putnam said.

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 02:11:01 +0000

In reply to fac-admin. I don't understand how he got pardoned. It says you have to be 10 yrs removed from your sentence to get a full pardon. I guess his time in prison exceeded that amount of time ?

By: JR

JR — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:19:42 +0000

In reply to fac-admin.

I’m back… that was intense.

FAC ADMIN Rocks

Personally, I’m going to wait til Scott is gone (I’ve got 2 more years anyway) but I’m starting this summer building my case.

By: fac-admin

fac-admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:16:12 +0000

In reply to MJ. Here you go... https://www.fcor.state.fl.us/docs/clemency/ClemencyApplication.pdf

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:54:10 +0000

OK, what all of us SO’s need to do now is flood the clemency board with petitions for our cases. They just opened up a huge precedence!! All of us who were arrested in these scam sex sting operations should be mad as hell right now about this (not that someone got their freedom, but that the board granted clemency for this person who actually DID have sex with a minor and is now getting pardoned from EVERYTHING!) …..all the while, those of us who got caught in these ridiculous stings took plea deals to avoid trial and are still suffering under ridiculous amounts of 5-10+ years of probation and will still deal with the SO tag for the rest of our lives for not even f**king touching anyone or even talking to a real minor!!!! This makes me mad as hell the more I think about it. I’m glad the guy got his freedom, but where’s mine??!! I want to know if I can file for clemency from my sentence. How do I do that? Can I do it while still on probation? (I was told “No”). Seriously, those of us that have these “phantom” sex charges should get together and flood the board with our clemency papers citing precedence of this event right here. Will someone help us do this and help us get the process started?? I’m happy for Carlos, but Pam Blondie and the board just opened a major can of worms here and I think we should nail them to the wall with it. How do we do this??