GREAT DECISION: Nassau County (FL) SORR violated Ex Post Facto provisions.
An excellent decision came out of Florida’s Fourth Judicial Circuit (Nassau County) Friday afternoon finding their Sex Offender Residency Restriction (SORR) Unconstitutional as applied to the Defendant (who was charged with violating the County SORR) whose offense date was before the enactment of the SORR.
You can read the decision here: State v Wright – Nassau County SORR Case
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I don’t think Ex Post Facto wins are that great. These idiotic laws need to be struck down across the board, not just for Ex Post Facto. They are idiotic laws if applied to anyone. Ruling Ex Post Facto somewhat legitimizes the laws. And they aren’t legitimate ever.
This will be binding on Duval, Clay. And persuasive authority statewide!
…if upheld on appeal I mean, duh.
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Hope it reflects on all of south Florida, RSO RULES…..
These restrictions and ordinances might be of some value if they were put in place by politicians who had a lick of common sense and just a bit of knowledge about the subject that they are trying to control. Unfortunately that is not the case in either circumstance. Safety is the least of their concerns; trolling for votes from the uneducated public is their goal. They are willing to destroy lives and families if it will make the uneducated public believe that they are safer…which of course they are not, at least not because of the SORR. The public would be safer if law enforcement was used to get ‘real’ criminals off the street.
Is this as amazing as i think it is? Im assuming its just the residency restrcition thats unconstitutional or the basis of the timeframe? My offense was 1996 fed in new york. Accidentally exposed myself to this florida registration thing in 2016. Im assuming its the dates that are in question here: we cannot be held to a law that was written after our offense dates?
Is this as huge as i hope it is?
It’s huge
Given the Hell that is Florida and it’s criminal and civil systems from all of the corruption, bad politicians and pressures on the Judges to ignore very important human rights issues, I find it difficult to believe there are still impartial Judges left in the state. A win is a win, especially when it comes from the State of Florida.