Although I try to remain optimistic, I am forced to agree. Counting no new punishments as a victory is NOT a victory. A victory would be getting them eliminated or at least rolled back, i.e. 5 days instead of 3 days. I have seen enough televised legislative sessions to know they have their opinions already formed before any “public” hearings. Nothing we could say will sway their bloodlust to see us all dead or locked away until we die.

In my heart, I believe the Ex Post Facto challenge will fail. Unless the Supreme Court finds the registry unconstitutional, nothing will change for the better in Floriduh.

A committee chair recognized that the FL registry wasn’t working and requested information from an FAC legislative volunteer earlier this year. To my recollection, anyway. It might have been a private conversation since Florida politically is several years behind Nebraska on this issue.

That won’t stop us from moving forward on the ex post facto plus challenge, of course, but ideally we need to both litigate AND legislate.

I too have been contemplating a move out of Florida. The only thing holding me back is the fact that I will still be on Floriduh’s registry for life.

Why would you assume that Florida will EVER do the moral and right thing? If anything I would say Florida is decades behind. By the time they do anything (they won’t) Florida will be underwater.

So don’t hold your breath. I have seen nothing but more punishment added to SO rules. Unreasonable rules at that – lifetime probation is the reality.

Florida is never going to let you go. It’s just not part of the business plan.

Um, I think the Expo facto suit Florida action committee filed is currently active so that is not a few years off. That is the reason this site exist, not just to spread our frustrations but to do something about it.
If the FDLE does not violate all of our life time probation like registry requirements that set us all up to fail. Every time I get a knock at my door my heart skips a beat wondering if the Gestapo has arrived to haul me away for wearing a green shirt on blue shirt day.

Can’t Florida start working on it now, though? I would think that the most difficult part would be getting permission from the representative or senator who heads up the committee that oversees this sort of thing, and that probably would be quite a challenge.