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    • July 26, 2023

      60 years for failing to register is way above federal guidelines. This will get over tuned in the appellate court but it will take a few years to do. In some ways it’s a good thing to show how far of an over reach they have gone.

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      • July 26, 2023

        I think he was convicted in a Texas state court, not a federal one. In Texas, the maximum punishment for failure to register is based on the level of the underlying offense. If his Texas offense was a first-degree felony, a sentence of up to 99 years is legal. As far as whether that’s constitutional, that’s up to the appellate courts to decide. However, if it’s true that they gave him the chance to register before charging him and he refused, I don’t think the courts will have much pity for him.

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        • July 26, 2023

          I’m not sure what Texas laws are. But they seem pretty extreme. I’d tell anyone don’t refuse to register but say your registering under protest. Oh they hate that but there is nothing they can do. I’ve been told “GET OUT” when I did but they can’t enforce it. When they ask why tell them your Constitutional rights are being violated. Nothing more nothing less. It’s coming. The proof is going to be there soon enough. No, I’m not gonna take one for the team an be quieted down as we have a long way to go. I will fight for reform an sensible laws not abolish them. Megan a 7 year old gave her life for these laws I will not fight against that. I am going to give them one hell of a shiner an I have a bad feeling it’s gonna become big national news cause they gonna have a lot of questions. When it comes out where I’m from at the time in 1992-1993 who my Judge and Prosecutor were OMG are they gonna have a cow.

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    • July 11, 2023

      https://meaww.com/larry-nassar-stabbing-security-at-coleman-ii-prison-with-over-1-200-inmates-under-scrutiny-after-attack-on-disgraced-doctor

      “The prison’s security has come under scrutiny after it was revealed that the attack occured after an altercation with another inmate broke in the cell.” So it was not a fight like previous reported but a pre plan attempted murder charge.

      “one of the officers in Nassar’s unit was working a third straight shift, 16-hour a day while another officer was on a second straight shift during the attack. “”The staff are pretty much exhausted. They’re beat down. You cannot run a prison with that many vacancies and expect us to protect and secure those inmates,”
      If you can’t provide basic services to the ones in custody, the officers should be in custody then. So the inmate just broke into the man cell, I guess he used a spoon and fork to tunnel into his cell or was the more likely reasoning the guard buzz open the door.

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      • July 12, 2023

        I have to believe that there is more to this story than what’s been reported. The union that represents the COs at Coleman have been complaining about the working conditions for awhile.

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  • July 8, 2023

    If you “forget” your child in a hot car, you are not a “loving, responsible parent.” If the child dies, as five already have in Floriduh this year, you are a murderer. Gravy Jugg got it right this one time:

    18-month-old is fifth Florida child to die in a hot car this year

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADRWq9uXnqg

    Can you imagine the outrage if registered citizens had killed or assaulted five children halfway through the year? There would be a special session of the legislature with calls for mass arrest, detention, and castration!

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  • July 7, 2023

    https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/national_news/editorial-desantis-has-yet-to-explain-why-just-20-ex-felons-were-singled-out-on/article_d819ffdb-0183-5a08-8c0e-9ee1146f5eca.html

    I still can’t wrap my head around how you can offer voting rights for most felons but not all felons, how is this legal? I’m barred from voting based on being on a civil regulatory scheme which is not punishment according to lawsuits, however it’s the only thing preventing us from voting.
    You can’t vote if you’re on the registry how is that not proof that the registry is not used as a form of punishment. They are using something that is supposed to be used for a guise as public safety as the sole blanket exclusion criteria. So how can they possibly correlate public safety with voting rights? People who commit a sex offense and murders lose their voting rights but all other felons get a pass?

    AMENDMENT XIV

    “nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
    It says “nor deny equal protection under the law” so how is it legal to discriminate against two categories.

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    • July 9, 2023

      When Amendment 4 was being supported by the ACLU there was a telephone / online conference where the ACLU was touting how great this bill would be once passed into law. I asked the person leading the conference call why specifically were two specific groups being excluded from the amendment. I was told for two specific reasons. 1. The chances of getting the amendment passed were much higher with the two groups excluded. 2. Once the amendment was passed into law, the ACLU would then sue the State of FL to have the remaining two groups included into the fold so that ALL felons would have an equal chance to vote. I tried to introduce some facts into the conversation and i was disconnected from the conversation. So much for the ACLU stand of representing the unrepresented. To my knowledge, the ACLU has not attempted to address the two groups excluded from getting voting rights restored… oh thats right, the State of FL changed the rules one the majority of FL voters said YES, Reinstate the Vote. Go figure, FL change the rules? I will step off my soap box.

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