Thanks Michael!!! Know that 100% of donations go straight to the organization (absent paypal and stripe fees), and 100% of all donations to the General Fund are going straight to the forthcoming legal challenge. All the commenters on here that you want to rate (including those labeled “FAC-XX” are volunteers) all content posters, writers of our weekly updates, researchers that are behind the scenes daily searching for news and legal decisions around the country are unpaid volunteers fighting for all of us.

It would be nice if we could Rate some commenters 5 stars or less. I live in Ga. and have been told by my attorney to stay away from Fla.. Furthermore more I contribute to FAC. and Narsol on a monthly basis. People should support FAC. because they are the point of the spear. Justice can only be obtained by LOTS of MONEY.

This Is great news. Do know when or how soon this case will be heard and decided. I know Does I was almost 8 years.

If the case is won, we would likely not have to comply with the provisions of the registry that are deemed unconstitutional as of the date of the order. The Defendants can appeal and can even seek a stay pending appeal, but if a court deems a provision unconstitutional and enjoins it’s enforcement, it can’t be enforced.

FAC if the case is won do we stop complying or do we have wait for the exhaustion of all the appeals

Before my Failure to Register conviction last year, if I had moved to Colorado as a Tier I registrant, I could have petitioned to be removed from the registry after meeting the state’s requirements. However, because Florida classifies an administrative Failure to Register as a felony related to my registration status, Colorado treats that conviction as an additional sex offense. As a result, I am no longer eligible to petition for removal.

The frustrating part is that Colorado does not even have the same type of “paper felony” for Failure to Register. In Colorado, these cases generally involve someone who absconds, leaves the state, and is later returned by law enforcement after months or even years of intentionally avoiding registration. My situation was not like that. I was attempting to comply with the registry requirements, yet my administrative offense is treated the same as someone who deliberately fled.

To make matters worse, if I had received a DUI or another unrelated offense, Colorado would not treat that as affecting my eligibility for removal from the registry. But because Florida considers an administrative Failure to Register to be an additional sex-related offense, I am permanently barred from seeking removal as a Tier I registrant.

This creates what feels like a lifetime punishment with no opportunity for rehabilitation or relief. A single administrative offense has eliminated any chance I once had to earn my way off the registry, regardless of years of compliance or positive conduct afterward.

I hope that one day the law will recognize the difference between an administrative paperwork violation and someone who intentionally evades registration. Until then, I will continue to fight for a fair opportunity to petition for removal from the registry and for laws that distinguish between technical violations and truly dangerous conduct.

FAC is working on a case to challenge that. It’ll be after we complete the mega one.

Illinois and Maryland are the primary states identified by the courts as having analogous “recapture” provisions that can force a person back onto a sex offender registry for committing an unrelated, nonsexual felony.