Comments on: Mental Illness and the Sex Offender Registry

By: Roger

Roger — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:53:57 +0000

In reply to Maestro. Maestro, The same policy states that a minor who sends a nude picture of herself is making a victim of an innocent, naive, child (herself). Yet as naive as she is as the victim, she is mature enough as the perpetrator to be tried as an adult. Therefore she should be punished as the perpetrator to bring justice to the victim (herself). Will 10 years on the registry be enough? With new mandated reporting laws, parents can send their teenager who may have a development disorder to a child psychologists who will be obliged to place the sexting teen on the registry. Parents may then have to move to a new home if they live near a school. If they can't afford this then the developmentally disabled teen might be homeless. Without assistance he may not be in compliance with the registry and may be in and out of incarceration. When the railroads were completed, and we no longer needed the Chinese we made opium laws to lock them away. When robotics replaced the black men working on the assembly line, we created the "war on drugs" (war on black unskilled labor really). Our government has a plan for your developmentally challenged child. When he grows up, he can be in prison just like the black men the 1% see no value in!

By: Tereto

Tereto — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 04:26:58 +0000

In reply to Maestro. Typical catch 22, good old USofA for you.

By: Ren a Gade

Ren a Gade — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:08:31 +0000

I know we all want to hope change comes but I think it’s time we all peacefully band together nationwide. Civil rights didn’t come in a day but there was a man who became the face of a movement and the people stood behind him, we need to protest to March to make noise in unison not as individuals and not only through the court systems but we have to move in unity. It’s time we make some noise. How can we bring this together

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 22:25:28 +0000

In reply to Maestro. I will edit the comment so that it's not offensive.

By: Maestro

Maestro — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:21:23 +0000

I guess something I said wasn’t in line with political correctness here on FAC’s comments? I see that my comment was not published and I made a damn good point. Thanks

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:15:44 +0000

Every member of FAC and their families should watch the Dr. Phil show aired today, Dec. 11th, about the movement by sex offender hunters to harm and even kill registered citizens…regardless of mental issues that may have caused someone to be placed on the registries.

By: Media

Media — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 18:27:27 +0000

I just mailed letters to my two legislators yesterday concerning the proposed “compassionate release” bill. They might get tired of hearing from me, but because of our legislature’s lack of knowledge in this area, I am going to be emailing them again concerning this new issue, pushing again for risk assessments and a Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB). Some of you have probably already sent an email to them. We all thank you. For those of who have not, FAC makes it so easy for us — just click on the Senator or Representative link above and easily click on the email link for your legislators. All of us can write three or four sentences to them on the travesty of this situation and others similar to them.

There is no stamp, no envelope, just write several sentences but make them count. Remember, they know that there will 100 other people out there who feel as you do.

We see it all the time in the news — a small but vocal group who eventually make a big change. FAC leadership does so much for us, but only we can send these emails.

By: Sc

Sc — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:04:20 +0000

My sincerest apologie. Any of the above suggestions is tantamount to political suicide in Florida. Until either the voter base in Florida demand that those in office address this issue or the Federal government mandates a solution to this there will be no change in Florida.

I do my best to stick with facts and leave personal opinion to myself. So I’ll leave off with this. May I suggest bringing this information to the voter base somehow?

By: A Concerned Member and Dad

A Concerned Member and Dad — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:59:49 +0000

My son is intellectually and developmentally disabled. He exhibits a variety of delays. But one area in which he won’t experience delays is adolescence, which is about to begin for him. He won’t know what to do, and I don’t know what to do. I don’t even know where to start. A single instance of indecent exposure or inappropriate touching during adolescence would subject him to a life sentence on Florida’s registry, with which he will never be equipped to comply. He depends on me, but I’m not going to live forever.

By: Maestro

Maestro — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:56:27 +0000

But what is “an appropriate number of years?” The better years of a person’s life? When they’re too old to enjoy anything anymore such as travel, family outings, a new relationship, etc? Who determines what “an appropriate number of years” even is? Also, if we’re going to put mentally disabled people on the registry, we may as well arrest them at birth for daring to be born with a disability.
Isn’t it funny how some treat those with mental disabilities as inferiors who are incapable of doing more than menial tasks such as bagging groceries, but the moment they do something they don’t even realize is a crime, we’re quick to punish them as if they should have known better.