Comments on: Florida proposes another law named after a child victim

By: pat

pat — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:00:39 +0000

Oh great! Now politicians will get more taxpayer dollars, punishing everyone else for what Missy’s stepfather did! Ridiculousness!

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:43:06 +0000

First off, the judge allowing the accused to remain free pending sentencing is not an abuse of discretion. The law allows it and I’m sure it’s rarely used, especially in Florida.

Second, the guy’s conviction for “travelling to meet a minor” sounds like he got suckered into one of those stupid stings. Those that get sucked into that are seldom raging homicidal pedophiles, despite popular opinion. They’re just idiots.

Third, earlier press releases said that the victim in this case was repeatedly abused by her mother (also arrested and charged). The man was also charged with failure to report the abuse, making it possible that he had nothing to do with abusing the victim other than being in the same house. If the victim was actually killed by her mother, then the man’s pre-sentence release is irrelevant. Regarding the victim’s death, he is only guilty of failing to stop it (perhaps he tried, perhaps not).

Judges, especially in Florida, very rarely use discretion in favor of those accused of sex crime, let alone convicted for them. I’d bet you could count on one hand the number of times a defendant convicted for a sex crime was allowed to remain free pending sentencing on one hand. And if it turns out that the victim was killed by her mother, than this proposal, should it become law, will be just one more in a sea of laws named after victims that would have done absolutely nothing to prevent the tragedy that inspired it had it been in effect.

By: FAC-3

FAC-3 — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:09:46 +0000

In reply to Jim. That might be a browser issue. It's not a feature of our site.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:24:08 +0000

Moderator.

Every time I try to reply to a post, it kicks me back saying to verify I’m human. Even though this time I made sure to beforehand. Once I’m kicked back, I’m verified but my reply is just another post and not a reply to another’s post.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 06:21:02 +0000

I believe the statistics on how many children are a victim of sexual abuse of some sort before they turn 18 shows that there is a problem. I believe this was a topic on this site a few years ago. I believe that the legislature tries to act like they’re doing something by passing these laws. The goal is to incarcerate as many people as they can for a long as they can to feed the prison machine they have built. We all know that if some of the money that was spent on incarceration were spent on treatment upon release and the rest on education of families to stop abuse BEFORE it happens, the rate of sex offenses would plummet.
To address this issue on hand, I say, “Can anyone honestly say that he murdered that girl because of his previous crime ?” Really. What if he’d been convicted of larceny and was out on bond when he committed the murder? After reading an article, it appears as if the man has anger control issues, to say the least. In my opinion, the mom bears even more responsibility in the child’s death as she knew the physical abuse was happening.

Unfortunately, any law that is against PFRs is probably gonna pass. I mean, crap, if I get arrested for not having a current tag, I can’t bond out immediately like everyone else. No, I have to wait to see the judge in the morning. Does the judge in the morning ponder whether you are a danger because you are on the registry before he sets bond? No. He just gives you the damn bond you could’ve paid the day before. It’s all about continued harassment and punishment. Which, as you can see by comments from some on this site, a lot of people are for because they simply believe what they’ve read or seen in the news rather than being educated in the truth. This is the true battle we fight, public perception. If we could change that, then the laws would change very quickly afterward.

By: tearfuleagle

tearfuleagle — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:27:45 +0000

So don’t hate me. I agree with the attorney general in this case. When the judge, yes no jury on advice of council, found me guilty base on the word “intent” in the statute there was no “out on bond” I traded the 3-piece suit for a two-piece jail suit and then like a dope. I took a plea at sentencing. My offense like so many on here predate the death sentence er ah the Registry.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 19:19:48 +0000

The registry fails again and is still winless in preventing crime. In this situation the perpetrator being on the registry or not wouid not have saved that poor little girl. And in this case we are legislating to the exception and not the rule. More emotion driven law making that has been destroying the justice system from the inside out for decades. May the victim here rest in peace.

By: mbgodofwar

mbgodofwar — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:32:53 +0000

If they named the laws/bills after child victims of drugs, maybe the law would have some teeth. Yet, it’s another insane lie to convince the public that (child) sex abuse is rampant.

By: Grown folks talking here

Grown folks talking here — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:18:27 +0000

Same ol S#!t. Different politician. It will never end. He must need some votes.. The judge just usuess the laws available to them. And who makes the lawS? The legislature. So he blames the judge. Then it starts over. Now wash and repeat.
Soon it will be so locked down it will be where you pick a crime from menue. The judge picks a sentence and thats it.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:07:31 +0000

Amen