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		By: FAC Contributor #3		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[FAC Contributor #3]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Dec 2021 16:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-2/#comment-46445&quot;&gt;Peter P&lt;/a&gt;.

Contact legal@floridaactioncommittee.org for a referral]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-2/#comment-46445">Peter P</a>.</p>
<p>Contact <a href="mailto:legal@floridaactioncommittee.org">legal@floridaactioncommittee.org</a> for a referral</p>
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		By: Roger Mansfield		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Mansfield]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I came home from prison in January of 2013. It took the unwavering support of family &#038; friends (which I was SOO blessed to have) for me to have a roof over my head. It took me until August to find a permanent place to live. From January to August I had 9 different addresses I had to register and I had nine different driver’s licenses. Still have all them. I had to change/get 2 licenses within a 5 day span one time. Didn’t bitch just reminded myself that the DMV office was more comfortable than prison.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I came home from prison in January of 2013. It took the unwavering support of family &amp; friends (which I was SOO blessed to have) for me to have a roof over my head. It took me until August to find a permanent place to live. From January to August I had 9 different addresses I had to register and I had nine different driver’s licenses. Still have all them. I had to change/get 2 licenses within a 5 day span one time. Didn’t bitch just reminded myself that the DMV office was more comfortable than prison.</p>
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		By: Peter P		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-2/#comment-46445</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter P]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-2/#comment-46443&quot;&gt;Facts should matter&lt;/a&gt;.

I know what LT&#039;s case is about, and it mirrors the same thing that I went through. He answered an ad for an escort, and the escort LT later found out was underage. He had no clue. My case is the same, I answered the ad for personal services on Yahoo.com. The ad claimed that the escort was a freshman attending USF and was a part time dancer in a gentleman&#039;s club. A month later I was arrested because the escort was a minor. I had no clue, even the arresting officer said that she could have fooled anyone. Long story short, I accepted a plea for 5 years, but at the sentencing hearing, the judge in my case knocked it down to 9 months in county jail because of the circumstances of the case. I&#039;m now entering my 20th year of having to register, and when I was convicted, the registration statute was 20 years. I don&#039;t know what my chances are of finding a lawyer to get me off of the registry when my 20 years end.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-2/#comment-46443">Facts should matter</a>.</p>
<p>I know what LT&#8217;s case is about, and it mirrors the same thing that I went through. He answered an ad for an escort, and the escort LT later found out was underage. He had no clue. My case is the same, I answered the ad for personal services on Yahoo.com. The ad claimed that the escort was a freshman attending USF and was a part time dancer in a gentleman&#8217;s club. A month later I was arrested because the escort was a minor. I had no clue, even the arresting officer said that she could have fooled anyone. Long story short, I accepted a plea for 5 years, but at the sentencing hearing, the judge in my case knocked it down to 9 months in county jail because of the circumstances of the case. I&#8217;m now entering my 20th year of having to register, and when I was convicted, the registration statute was 20 years. I don&#8217;t know what my chances are of finding a lawyer to get me off of the registry when my 20 years end.</p>
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		By: CherokeeJack		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CherokeeJack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 19:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-2/#comment-46443&quot;&gt;Facts should matter&lt;/a&gt;.

The difference is a lot of celebs are still liked by many. Mike Tyson has been in a lot of things over the recent years even being a bad guy in one of the IP man Martial arts movies. He does interviews all the time and has been on several reality shows.

PLUS he has enough money to live behind a gated compound, which most of us do not have the luxury of doing. Also, they have the money to hire the best lawyers, whereas I could afford some homeless guy who took a week long course at the law Library. *-)~]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-2/#comment-46443">Facts should matter</a>.</p>
<p>The difference is a lot of celebs are still liked by many. Mike Tyson has been in a lot of things over the recent years even being a bad guy in one of the IP man Martial arts movies. He does interviews all the time and has been on several reality shows.</p>
<p>PLUS he has enough money to live behind a gated compound, which most of us do not have the luxury of doing. Also, they have the money to hire the best lawyers, whereas I could afford some homeless guy who took a week long course at the law Library. *-)~</p>
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		By: Facts should matter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Facts should matter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Money doesn&#039;t insulate you from the stigma associated with the label, nor does it render you immune from public perception. I would imagine the reason people like Tyson, Taylor and Nicki Minaj&#039;s husband don&#039;t speak out and advocate against these clearly punitive laws is because they don&#039;t want to bring further shame to themselves for doing so.

Having to deal with strangers looking at them sideways knowing it&#039;s most-likely from the label and not their achievements and contributions. They would rather avoid further negative publicity and press, so they slip back into the darkness with the rest of us.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Money doesn&#8217;t insulate you from the stigma associated with the label, nor does it render you immune from public perception. I would imagine the reason people like Tyson, Taylor and Nicki Minaj&#8217;s husband don&#8217;t speak out and advocate against these clearly punitive laws is because they don&#8217;t want to bring further shame to themselves for doing so.</p>
<p>Having to deal with strangers looking at them sideways knowing it&#8217;s most-likely from the label and not their achievements and contributions. They would rather avoid further negative publicity and press, so they slip back into the darkness with the rest of us.</p>
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		By: Brandon		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-46437&quot;&gt;Anonymous&lt;/a&gt;.

Forced to get a license for a temporary address has to be the dumbest law on the books.  How many hotels would want their address on a license of a registrant and put on the Florida hit list?  Have these laws ever been challenged?  Obviously Florida’s law don’t effect me anymore except for being on the registry for life and death.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-46437">Anonymous</a>.</p>
<p>Forced to get a license for a temporary address has to be the dumbest law on the books.  How many hotels would want their address on a license of a registrant and put on the Florida hit list?  Have these laws ever been challenged?  Obviously Florida’s law don’t effect me anymore except for being on the registry for life and death.</p>
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		By: Jacob		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-46437&quot;&gt;Anonymous&lt;/a&gt;.

Agree, which is why FL registrants need orgs like FAC to keep them informed about non-intuitive laws that are not the same as those in other states.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-46437">Anonymous</a>.</p>
<p>Agree, which is why FL registrants need orgs like FAC to keep them informed about non-intuitive laws that are not the same as those in other states.</p>
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		By: MannyS.		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MannyS.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 04:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think the reason he got a bond in the first place, it is his celebrity status.  I don&#039;t think that judges would give the same latitude to any other normal Joe. To most of law enforcement folks, we are &quot; a very dangerous segment of the population that needs to be contained, corraled like cattle and then controlled to prevent further sex offenses crimes&quot; and to them, LT is &quot;Mr Taylor&quot;.  And because Mr Taylor has significant ties to the community as well as a significant personal recognizance as a celebrity, thus, the bond being given in the first place.

Yes, it would be very nice and I am sure, it would benefit all of us if Mr Taylor provides even with a nugget of support, but, do you think he is going to risk his celebrity status by providing some support to the FAC cause? He is surely not going to risk to lose his endorsements, commentary opportunities, and the many other perks that comes from being one of the greatest NFL athletes that ever touched the football.  And no, I don&#039;t believe that the NFL would ever give some sort of support to an ex-player, because in the first place, he is no longer playing and the NFL wouldn&#039;t risk a boycott from &quot;victims defenders&quot; that would cause a drop in revenues, especially during a pandemic were everyone is bleeding for money.

That is a fact of life for this man.

Now, he is facing some serious charges, even if is a technical violation, it is still a 3rd degree felony and I don&#039;t know much about his case, which means, I don&#039;t know if he is classified as a felon or not, however, being placed in the felony checklist would be very damaging to his status as well.

Whatever is the case, I pray for his wellbeing and that his charges gets dropped.  No one deserves this kind of continuing punishment, and surely not this one man who inspired and still does inspire many young folks and athletes to become a better version of themselves.

I think that our best hopes lays on continuing suing, challenging in courts, advocating and educating, and hoping that the ALI recommendations gets widely accepted and implemented.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the reason he got a bond in the first place, it is his celebrity status.  I don&#8217;t think that judges would give the same latitude to any other normal Joe. To most of law enforcement folks, we are &#8221; a very dangerous segment of the population that needs to be contained, corraled like cattle and then controlled to prevent further sex offenses crimes&#8221; and to them, LT is &#8220;Mr Taylor&#8221;.  And because Mr Taylor has significant ties to the community as well as a significant personal recognizance as a celebrity, thus, the bond being given in the first place.</p>
<p>Yes, it would be very nice and I am sure, it would benefit all of us if Mr Taylor provides even with a nugget of support, but, do you think he is going to risk his celebrity status by providing some support to the FAC cause? He is surely not going to risk to lose his endorsements, commentary opportunities, and the many other perks that comes from being one of the greatest NFL athletes that ever touched the football.  And no, I don&#8217;t believe that the NFL would ever give some sort of support to an ex-player, because in the first place, he is no longer playing and the NFL wouldn&#8217;t risk a boycott from &#8220;victims defenders&#8221; that would cause a drop in revenues, especially during a pandemic were everyone is bleeding for money.</p>
<p>That is a fact of life for this man.</p>
<p>Now, he is facing some serious charges, even if is a technical violation, it is still a 3rd degree felony and I don&#8217;t know much about his case, which means, I don&#8217;t know if he is classified as a felon or not, however, being placed in the felony checklist would be very damaging to his status as well.</p>
<p>Whatever is the case, I pray for his wellbeing and that his charges gets dropped.  No one deserves this kind of continuing punishment, and surely not this one man who inspired and still does inspire many young folks and athletes to become a better version of themselves.</p>
<p>I think that our best hopes lays on continuing suing, challenging in courts, advocating and educating, and hoping that the ALI recommendations gets widely accepted and implemented.</p>
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		By: GH		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-2/#comment-46439</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[GH]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Taylor&#039;s attorney commented: &quot;We are confident that this will be resolved favorably for Lawrence at the first court hearing&quot; In another I read &quot;we&#039;re confident these charges will be dropped&quot;.  If so, could this set a precedent?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Taylor&#8217;s attorney commented: &#8220;We are confident that this will be resolved favorably for Lawrence at the first court hearing&#8221; In another I read &#8220;we&#8217;re confident these charges will be dropped&#8221;.  If so, could this set a precedent?</p>
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		By: TruthandScience		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TruthandScience]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2021 23:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-46431&quot;&gt;Mike&lt;/a&gt;.

Poor LT...Well, Heck, Poor All Of Us!

If you Google His Net Worth, it is less than $300K...He has been dealing with the &#039;law&#039; for many years and probably knows all the lawyers, that have milked him financially dry!..HA HA HA

SeasonED Greetings To All!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/former-football-star-arrested-for-registration-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-46431">Mike</a>.</p>
<p>Poor LT&#8230;Well, Heck, Poor All Of Us!</p>
<p>If you Google His Net Worth, it is less than $300K&#8230;He has been dealing with the &#8216;law&#8217; for many years and probably knows all the lawyers, that have milked him financially dry!..HA HA HA</p>
<p>SeasonED Greetings To All!</p>
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