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	Comments on: Life as a Registered Sex Offender: What Is It Really Like? 	</title>
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		By: LostNDaNoose33		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7269</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2022 00:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7264&quot;&gt;Lee C&lt;/a&gt;.

See...Imma RSO and I have mental disabilities. I told the cops that I didn&#039;t and still don&#039;t remember my offense or when it even happened. But I do remember them saying to me (after I told em about how i have been molested and raped since age 7) &quot;its not your fault but it is...you was groomed to do this! Just admit it and everything will be better!&quot; But when I told my C.A. Lawyer that, she said that it was too late for that kinda info and I ended up taking a plea deal. My judge said that she doesn&#039;t believe that I committed this crime out of sanity and that my case was odd, but she told me to not come back (&quot;I know that you are not coming in here based on how much &#039;Good Behavior Time&#039; and all the recommendations from C.O.s and Sergent&#039;s&quot;

As I have been going to SO Anger Management, I realized that this happened out of rage and revenge. And because I was never taught how to express myself in any way as a child and growing up, my heavy drug and alcohol use and the rape and molestation I have dealt with over the past 20 years.  I have a 5 yr. probation and gotta register for life, for something I don&#039;t remember doing or when it happened, about to get disability and in a state that doesn&#039;t give a shit about RSO, just the therapists in the Jail I was in for 2 yrs.

But yes, this offense I committed has drastically change my life, my family&#039;s and the kid (the most). I regret it every time I hear certain songs that she/ he liked. Its funny, every time I talk to my therapist...she always asks &quot;What have your voices been saying to you recently?&quot; and &quot;How suicidal are you? Do I need to call anyone?&quot; I tell her the same thing regarding the suicidal part but the voices are annoying. They never stop talking unless I got my music or movie is on...then I have to deal with the demons and the Greyonches every so often. Sometimes with all this going on at the same time, death is the better answer for everyone&#039;s issue with me. I have always been suicidal since i was 7 and its never gonna change...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7264">Lee C</a>.</p>
<p>See&#8230;Imma RSO and I have mental disabilities. I told the cops that I didn&#8217;t and still don&#8217;t remember my offense or when it even happened. But I do remember them saying to me (after I told em about how i have been molested and raped since age 7) &#8220;its not your fault but it is&#8230;you was groomed to do this! Just admit it and everything will be better!&#8221; But when I told my C.A. Lawyer that, she said that it was too late for that kinda info and I ended up taking a plea deal. My judge said that she doesn&#8217;t believe that I committed this crime out of sanity and that my case was odd, but she told me to not come back (&#8220;I know that you are not coming in here based on how much &#8216;Good Behavior Time&#8217; and all the recommendations from C.O.s and Sergent&#8217;s&#8221;</p>
<p>As I have been going to SO Anger Management, I realized that this happened out of rage and revenge. And because I was never taught how to express myself in any way as a child and growing up, my heavy drug and alcohol use and the rape and molestation I have dealt with over the past 20 years.  I have a 5 yr. probation and gotta register for life, for something I don&#8217;t remember doing or when it happened, about to get disability and in a state that doesn&#8217;t give a shit about RSO, just the therapists in the Jail I was in for 2 yrs.</p>
<p>But yes, this offense I committed has drastically change my life, my family&#8217;s and the kid (the most). I regret it every time I hear certain songs that she/ he liked. Its funny, every time I talk to my therapist&#8230;she always asks &#8220;What have your voices been saying to you recently?&#8221; and &#8220;How suicidal are you? Do I need to call anyone?&#8221; I tell her the same thing regarding the suicidal part but the voices are annoying. They never stop talking unless I got my music or movie is on&#8230;then I have to deal with the demons and the Greyonches every so often. Sometimes with all this going on at the same time, death is the better answer for everyone&#8217;s issue with me. I have always been suicidal since i was 7 and its never gonna change&#8230;</p>
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		By: don g		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7268</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[don g]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 05:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7266&quot;&gt;Bill&lt;/a&gt;.

I made my time with my therapist so dry and uninteresting that she cut me loose about a year in. (of what could have been 3 years)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7266">Bill</a>.</p>
<p>I made my time with my therapist so dry and uninteresting that she cut me loose about a year in. (of what could have been 3 years)</p>
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		By: don g		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7267</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[don g]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 23:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Image this. You can only hold a job as long as nobody finds out you are a RSO and you have to pay child support. Every few years (around 3-5 usually for me) someone discovers I&#039;m a RSO and I get &quot;forced out&quot;. Now here&#039;s the cute part. You still owe child support. If you fall behind you are arrested and ordered to pay under threat of jail. You can&#039;t hold work. So you are going to jkail one way or another.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Image this. You can only hold a job as long as nobody finds out you are a RSO and you have to pay child support. Every few years (around 3-5 usually for me) someone discovers I&#8217;m a RSO and I get &#8220;forced out&#8221;. Now here&#8217;s the cute part. You still owe child support. If you fall behind you are arrested and ordered to pay under threat of jail. You can&#8217;t hold work. So you are going to jkail one way or another.</p>
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		By: Bill		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7266</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One thing that many overlook is the mandatory therapy that you have to pay for and goes on and on at the whim of the therapist sometimes ending only at the death of the &quot;patient&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One thing that many overlook is the mandatory therapy that you have to pay for and goes on and on at the whim of the therapist sometimes ending only at the death of the &#8220;patient&#8221;</p>
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		By: Advocate		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7265</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think one of the most distressing things I have seen with my son is that in certain instances one&#039;s life is so altered from the &quot;norm.&quot;  What I mean is that everything in life is based around being an RSO.  When he was on paper he got ill - staying in the bathroom clutching the &quot;john&quot; kind of ill. At the same time his monitor was either battery dead or the connection somehow messed up and they were trying to contact him.  Anyone that has been that sick knows that during that time it is all you are concerned with.  They gave him a hard time about it (luckily nothing bad came from it) but it was stress added to what should have been a normal part of life.  Also, the having to go outside and walk around (sometimes in the dead of night) while at home just to get a signal back!  Or having a nice outing (shopping or the movie etc) and having to go outside because of the signal.  It is not just about being on a list - it pervades every part of your life.  We know about the big things - housing, jobs, etc. but in many ways it is the little things that make an impact.  It does not stop even after being on paper.  Every planned outing is shadowed by the label.  People will say &quot;Let&#039;s do this...&quot; and then we realize my son cannot be included.  Luckily we have a supportive family that would rather have him there than not.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think one of the most distressing things I have seen with my son is that in certain instances one&#8217;s life is so altered from the &#8220;norm.&#8221;  What I mean is that everything in life is based around being an RSO.  When he was on paper he got ill &#8211; staying in the bathroom clutching the &#8220;john&#8221; kind of ill. At the same time his monitor was either battery dead or the connection somehow messed up and they were trying to contact him.  Anyone that has been that sick knows that during that time it is all you are concerned with.  They gave him a hard time about it (luckily nothing bad came from it) but it was stress added to what should have been a normal part of life.  Also, the having to go outside and walk around (sometimes in the dead of night) while at home just to get a signal back!  Or having a nice outing (shopping or the movie etc) and having to go outside because of the signal.  It is not just about being on a list &#8211; it pervades every part of your life.  We know about the big things &#8211; housing, jobs, etc. but in many ways it is the little things that make an impact.  It does not stop even after being on paper.  Every planned outing is shadowed by the label.  People will say &#8220;Let&#8217;s do this&#8230;&#8221; and then we realize my son cannot be included.  Luckily we have a supportive family that would rather have him there than not.</p>
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		By: Lee C		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7264</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee C]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article clearly illustrates that when the label &quot;sex offender&quot; is applied to an individual it removes their individuality and lumps them into a vastly misunderstood one-size-fits-all group.

Well, one size does NOT fit all and the label of sex offender is designed precisely to do that. Remove the individual and create another number to be processed. This is done to make it easier to get away with the continuing mistreatment and ongoing punishment of those label and lumped together as &quot;sex offenders.&quot;

Most listed got there as a result of a one time mistake, bad legal advice, plea bargain, or other simply intimidated into not fighting against a system that is rigged for them to fail. May were convicted of victimless crimes so what danger to the present to the public - none at all. Yet they are lumped together with dangerous indiducla as if they themselves are dangerous which they are not.

What is worse is that even after doing their time and paying their debt to society they are NOT allowed the second chance that everyone else is given to heal and move on with the only life they have. No they are monitored and publicly shunned with housing restrictions, denied jobs, and generally treated as outcasts with no possibility of ever being welcomed back into the community. 

It is proven time and time again that the data used to &quot;justify&quot; this mistreatment of a small (but growing) segment of American citizens is false and yet it is to the benefit of politicians and law enforcement to prepectuate these stereotypes and to use the associated fear to manipulate the public at the expense of the constitutionally protected &quot;rights&quot; of those labelled as Registered Sex Offenders.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article clearly illustrates that when the label &#8220;sex offender&#8221; is applied to an individual it removes their individuality and lumps them into a vastly misunderstood one-size-fits-all group.</p>
<p>Well, one size does NOT fit all and the label of sex offender is designed precisely to do that. Remove the individual and create another number to be processed. This is done to make it easier to get away with the continuing mistreatment and ongoing punishment of those label and lumped together as &#8220;sex offenders.&#8221;</p>
<p>Most listed got there as a result of a one time mistake, bad legal advice, plea bargain, or other simply intimidated into not fighting against a system that is rigged for them to fail. May were convicted of victimless crimes so what danger to the present to the public &#8211; none at all. Yet they are lumped together with dangerous indiducla as if they themselves are dangerous which they are not.</p>
<p>What is worse is that even after doing their time and paying their debt to society they are NOT allowed the second chance that everyone else is given to heal and move on with the only life they have. No they are monitored and publicly shunned with housing restrictions, denied jobs, and generally treated as outcasts with no possibility of ever being welcomed back into the community. </p>
<p>It is proven time and time again that the data used to &#8220;justify&#8221; this mistreatment of a small (but growing) segment of American citizens is false and yet it is to the benefit of politicians and law enforcement to prepectuate these stereotypes and to use the associated fear to manipulate the public at the expense of the constitutionally protected &#8220;rights&#8221; of those labelled as Registered Sex Offenders.</p>
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		By: pj		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7263</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think our governor or mayor needs to speed a day or two in the shoes as an offender. Put a monitoring bracelet on them and let them apply for jobs. Make them announce straight forward their an offender when applying for job and see the reaction of employers etc and how their treated. Let a probation officer call them asking why their in certain places.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think our governor or mayor needs to speed a day or two in the shoes as an offender. Put a monitoring bracelet on them and let them apply for jobs. Make them announce straight forward their an offender when applying for job and see the reaction of employers etc and how their treated. Let a probation officer call them asking why their in certain places.</p>
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		By: Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/life-registered-sex-offender-really-like/comment-page-1/#comment-7262</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Capt Charles Munsey Jr. USN (Ret)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2017 13:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wonderful article.  My daughter, the victim, and I have resolved the past and she with her daughter are now living close by.  She just got a new job and I&#039;m helping her find a home and managing her finances.  We have a wonderful relationship after years of &#039;forced separation&#039; and are looking forward to the future.  Unfortunately until I am off of probation...and in Florida that is not even easy for a &#039;saint&#039; to do as they do like to protect the monthly income they get from probationers...I still have a difficult time helping her as well as I could because to distance and travel restrictions.  It is frustrating for both of us.  My lawyer with my daughter&#039;s support is working with Virginia to get my release...with or without Florida&#039;s recommendation.  Florida has a difficult time with forgiveness and family reunion.  They obviously do not trust their &#039;corrective actions&#039; and therefore I give their organization so tasked with the title &quot;Department of Collections&quot; as they seem to have that down to a science.  Nonetheless, I am still blessed and look forward to time with my children and grandchildren and friends.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wonderful article.  My daughter, the victim, and I have resolved the past and she with her daughter are now living close by.  She just got a new job and I&#8217;m helping her find a home and managing her finances.  We have a wonderful relationship after years of &#8216;forced separation&#8217; and are looking forward to the future.  Unfortunately until I am off of probation&#8230;and in Florida that is not even easy for a &#8216;saint&#8217; to do as they do like to protect the monthly income they get from probationers&#8230;I still have a difficult time helping her as well as I could because to distance and travel restrictions.  It is frustrating for both of us.  My lawyer with my daughter&#8217;s support is working with Virginia to get my release&#8230;with or without Florida&#8217;s recommendation.  Florida has a difficult time with forgiveness and family reunion.  They obviously do not trust their &#8216;corrective actions&#8217; and therefore I give their organization so tasked with the title &#8220;Department of Collections&#8221; as they seem to have that down to a science.  Nonetheless, I am still blessed and look forward to time with my children and grandchildren and friends.</p>
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