Comments on: MI: Great Decision: Defendants Convicted of 2011 Registry Amendments May Be Entitled to Relief! https://floridaactioncommittee.org/mi-great-decision-defendants-convicted-of-2011-registry-amendments-may-be-entitled-to-relief/ Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:57:26 +0000 hourly 1 By: FAC-3 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/mi-great-decision-defendants-convicted-of-2011-registry-amendments-may-be-entitled-to-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-73885 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:57:26 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27407#comment-73885 In reply to CherokeeJack.

Our Attorney General is always hot on this topic.

]]> By: FAC-3 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/mi-great-decision-defendants-convicted-of-2011-registry-amendments-may-be-entitled-to-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-73882 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:55:34 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27407#comment-73882 In reply to Connie.

Connie, you might not be getting our weekly updates. Contact info@floridaactioncommittee.org to make sure you are on the distribution list.

]]> By: Connie https://floridaactioncommittee.org/mi-great-decision-defendants-convicted-of-2011-registry-amendments-may-be-entitled-to-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-73876 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:37:38 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27407#comment-73876 I just copied this from above. In 2021, the Michigan Supreme Court decided People v. Betts, holding that the 2011 version of SORA was so punitive that applying it to people whose offenses occurred before 2011 violated the constitutional prohibition on ex post facto punishment. In other words, the state could not retroactively impose those harsher registration requirements on people convicted before the law changed.
MY QUESTION IS:
Why has this not already happened in Florida? Is it not the same ex post facto punishment?
I asked this before. Is anyone challenging this? Is this going to take years? Why is Michigan so ahead of Florida in these cases? I just do not get it.

]]> By: CherokeeJack https://floridaactioncommittee.org/mi-great-decision-defendants-convicted-of-2011-registry-amendments-may-be-entitled-to-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-73872 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:02:00 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27407#comment-73872 In reply to Jacob.

Jacob

Even with Desantis, I never once really heard him on the news talk about sex offenders. He may have signed a lot of the Bills etc, but I rarely hear him talk about us, like he has other issues to deal with. No politician wants to end their career by being soft on Sexual offenders.

Where are the law enforcement officers checking in on murderers? Where are they registering?
Other than being in a data base, once their sentences are over, they seem to get a pass unless they get arrested again. What about the 10 time DUI offenders who keep getting out of jail and going to counseling, until they end up killing another driver.

Seems all the focus is on us and so is the billions of funding for Registry officers around the country.
How many parks, schools and shelters they could build with those funds. And I always like to end these by asking “Why doesn’t the supreme court care about justice, when it comes to us?”.

]]> By: Jacob https://floridaactioncommittee.org/mi-great-decision-defendants-convicted-of-2011-registry-amendments-may-be-entitled-to-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-73871 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:45:38 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27407#comment-73871 In reply to CherokeeJack.

It’s true that several candidates are running to be our next governor. Congressman Donalds, for example.

But it’s rare for us to see governors get very involved in registration issues.

Plus you have to keep in mind that Florida remains a conservative law-and-order state, and sex offender registration remains popular among voters here.

]]> By: CherokeeJack https://floridaactioncommittee.org/mi-great-decision-defendants-convicted-of-2011-registry-amendments-may-be-entitled-to-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-73867 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:29:36 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27407#comment-73867 In related news for us, Ron Desantis is ineligible to run again in the 2026 Florida gubernatorial election and will leave office in January 2027. I wonder what the next Governor we get will be like towards us? Florida has not been given us too many wins other than Halloween and a few other minor wins.

Getting off the registry in Florida is harder than winning the lottery in my opinion.

]]> By: C T https://floridaactioncommittee.org/mi-great-decision-defendants-convicted-of-2011-registry-amendments-may-be-entitled-to-relief/comment-page-1/#comment-73850 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:15:28 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27407#comment-73850 However, if someone was on Michigan’s registry, visited Florida, and registered in Florida, then if their registry requirements in Michigan were unconstitutional, then doesn’t that affect Florida registry?

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