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	Comments on: Nature, nurture, or numbers?: 19 Kids and Counting is Now at 2 Kids and Counting	</title>
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	<description>Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws</description>
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		By: Kurtis Roberts		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurtis Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72310&quot;&gt;James&lt;/a&gt;.

I know your right that is the case]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72310">James</a>.</p>
<p>I know your right that is the case</p>
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		By: James		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72294&quot;&gt;Kurtis Roberts&lt;/a&gt;.

You&#039;re lucky they didn&#039;t believe the accuser in your case.  There are those of us suffering with the burden that were in fact falsely accused and are paying the penalty for it.  The system is broken and the penalties increase ex post facto every year.  
The inconsistencies are so proliferate in the so called justice system that there ay be no fixing it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72294">Kurtis Roberts</a>.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re lucky they didn&#8217;t believe the accuser in your case.  There are those of us suffering with the burden that were in fact falsely accused and are paying the penalty for it.  The system is broken and the penalties increase ex post facto every year.<br />
The inconsistencies are so proliferate in the so called justice system that there ay be no fixing it.</p>
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		By: Bo		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The line that struck me most was this: “Anyone can be one misstep away from becoming a sex offender.” That reality alone should make us rethink the idea that longer sentences or harsher restrictions somehow make the public safer. They don’t. As the article said, the most effective way to reduce sexual offending isn’t piling on punishment after the fact — it’s investing in awareness, education, and prevention for people who have not offended and not been victimized yet. Prevention protects society; endless punishment only destroys lives.

Once you enter the justice system, your life — and your family’s life — is over as you knew it. My family fell apart. The annual camping trips died. The closeness died. My retirement and travel died. My freedom died. Shaming emerged.  And depending on your state, it all dies for a lifetime. The punishment either keeps being added or simply never ends. That is not what I was taught America stands for. We claim to believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, yet we’ve built a system where certain citizens are permanently stripped of all three.  And the courts, police, lawmakers, and public servants all remain silent.

When something in society breaks, the media and the public often respond by demonizing a group of people. Half a century ago, that demonization took the form of lynchings, segregated drinking fountains, and seats in the back of the bus. Today, it takes the form of lifetime registries, public shaming, housing bans, employment bans, and restrictions that have nothing to do with safety and everything to do with fear.  Wake up - there is no difference.

We say that “time served” is the punishment. But in reality, the punishment never ends. Restrictions, degradation, and discrimination are piled endlessly onto people who have already paid their debt. That isn’t justice. It isn’t safety. And it isn’t the America we claim to be.

If we truly want a safer society, we need to stop pretending that destroying people forever somehow protects the public. Prevention, education, and early intervention do. Endless punishment does not.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The line that struck me most was this: “Anyone can be one misstep away from becoming a sex offender.” That reality alone should make us rethink the idea that longer sentences or harsher restrictions somehow make the public safer. They don’t. As the article said, the most effective way to reduce sexual offending isn’t piling on punishment after the fact — it’s investing in awareness, education, and prevention for people who have not offended and not been victimized yet. Prevention protects society; endless punishment only destroys lives.</p>
<p>Once you enter the justice system, your life — and your family’s life — is over as you knew it. My family fell apart. The annual camping trips died. The closeness died. My retirement and travel died. My freedom died. Shaming emerged.  And depending on your state, it all dies for a lifetime. The punishment either keeps being added or simply never ends. That is not what I was taught America stands for. We claim to believe in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, yet we’ve built a system where certain citizens are permanently stripped of all three.  And the courts, police, lawmakers, and public servants all remain silent.</p>
<p>When something in society breaks, the media and the public often respond by demonizing a group of people. Half a century ago, that demonization took the form of lynchings, segregated drinking fountains, and seats in the back of the bus. Today, it takes the form of lifetime registries, public shaming, housing bans, employment bans, and restrictions that have nothing to do with safety and everything to do with fear.  Wake up &#8211; there is no difference.</p>
<p>We say that “time served” is the punishment. But in reality, the punishment never ends. Restrictions, degradation, and discrimination are piled endlessly onto people who have already paid their debt. That isn’t justice. It isn’t safety. And it isn’t the America we claim to be.</p>
<p>If we truly want a safer society, we need to stop pretending that destroying people forever somehow protects the public. Prevention, education, and early intervention do. Endless punishment does not.</p>
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		By: Metallics		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72305</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Metallics]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[FAC, 

What are these prevention and education programs as well as other tools you speak of in this piece? Cite specific examples if you would, please, and not blanketly state education and prevention programs are needed without mentioning these programs and tools.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FAC, </p>
<p>What are these prevention and education programs as well as other tools you speak of in this piece? Cite specific examples if you would, please, and not blanketly state education and prevention programs are needed without mentioning these programs and tools.</p>
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		By: No end		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72299</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[No end]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72296&quot;&gt;Just Sayin&lt;/a&gt;.

Or this one, &quot;Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law&quot;
Written by Neil Gorsuch (with Janie Nitze)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72296">Just Sayin</a>.</p>
<p>Or this one, &#8220;Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law&#8221;<br />
Written by Neil Gorsuch (with Janie Nitze)</p>
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		<title>
		By: Just Sayin		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72296</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Just Sayin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Everyone should read the book titled Three Felonies a Day...it exposes how anyone can be accused and prosecuted for a crime in the US because there are so many laws.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone should read the book titled Three Felonies a Day&#8230;it exposes how anyone can be accused and prosecuted for a crime in the US because there are so many laws.</p>
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		By: Kurtis Roberts		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/nature-nurture-or-numbers-19-kids-and-counting-is-now-at-2-kids-and-counting/comment-page-1/#comment-72294</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurtis Roberts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One must remember that people get falsely accused of something that they didn&#039;t do. I had that happen once. Good thing they didn&#039;t believe the accuser]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One must remember that people get falsely accused of something that they didn&#8217;t do. I had that happen once. Good thing they didn&#8217;t believe the accuser</p>
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		By: A L		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[A L]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How awful this has happened again. I guess it was happening simultaneously when the other Duggar was committing his crimes too. It&#039;s rarely a stranger who abuses children.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How awful this has happened again. I guess it was happening simultaneously when the other Duggar was committing his crimes too. It&#8217;s rarely a stranger who abuses children.</p>
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