New traffic court program excludes sex offenders
Duval County State Attorney Melissa Nelson and Sheriff Mike Williams unveiled a new program to streamline the process for those caught driving with an invalid or suspended driver’s license. The fee for such an offense is $322, but because many people can’t afford to pay it all at once, they wind up jailed. Also, until they can pay, they can’t get their drivers license back, which makes getting to and from work (or even working) another challenge.
To avoid this snowball effect and to help those who want to correct their license issues, Duval launched the “KEYS2Drive” program, intended to offer help to those in this position and avoid the costly and time consuming prosecution and collection process.
According to Jacksonville.com, to be eligible, a defendant must be a Florida resident and be looking for relief from fines linked to them not having valid driver’s licenses. The defendant can’t be a registered sex offender.
Why registered sex offenders are ineligible for this program is completely beyond comprehension!
To request an explanation, you can contact:
State Attorney Melissa Nelson, Office of the State Attorney, 311 W Monroe St, Jacksonville, FL 32202
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I’m getting old now and I don’t see making it as a senior citizen
so much for = protection under the law
Right there is more harm caused by the registry.
They ban sex offenders from the program because it has become perfectly legal to discriminate against them (us). Unless the courts ever step in and declare registered sex offenders to be a protected class, discrimination will persist, and even worsen.
Because, they want rso in jail. What other reasons could it be.
How much more will they think of to take away.