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https://www.theamericanreporter.com/ronald-l-book-named-among-six-attorneys-defending-constitutional-freedoms/
Constitutional freedoms lawyer, what a crock.
Wow they mention all that but not one word about the fact he is partially responsible for homelessness in Miami dade. Nor his DUI and wreck or any other thing he’s done wrong. But if one of us saved someone’s life they would lead with joe blow a CONVICTED REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER saved a life his CONVICTION was from charges filed against him in 1925 blah blah blah .
https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/09/florida-man-subject-to-lifetime-sex-offender-registration-requirements-argues-that-he-is-in-custody-for-purposes-of-federal-post-conviction-laws/
Not only is the article from the Supreme Court blog, they actually did along article about the case. maybe this case they think about hearing?
this case has been brought back to my attention https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/clements-v-florida/ I Supreme Court, gave them an extension until October 23 to file. Fingers crossed
any thoughts on it?
I really wished he raised the residency restriction argument, but apparently our side wrote 25 page paper to the supreme court 11th circuit had no comment and as you see on the link it went before a conference and now the Supreme Court wants to hear from the 11th. So apparently the Supreme Court is at least curious of the details. He filed federal so I believe a ruling here will effect everyone. I truly believe we are in custody if there is no end to this. And the Alaskan case we were free to live and work where we wanted now it’s almost to the point of just listing the things we can do. I believe Ketanji Brown Jackson will want to hear the case and chief justice, as far as internal politics of the Supreme Court I have no idea how they will gain from hearing this case but I do know they need to hear this case. Roberts will have to excuse himself, since he was original prosecutor I believe.
Maybe FAC will write a Amici in support of the hearing since the Supreme Court could potentially hear this case effecting everybody on lifetime registry.
On ACSOL site under this month general comments there a good summary someone wrote regarding this case.
Just saw this https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/09/19/st-johns-county-commission-to-discuss-beach-renourishment-new-restrictions-for-sex-offenders/
Current Law
• St. Johns County Ordinance No. 2009-36 makes it unlawful for Sex Offenders to be on or within a Safety Zone (300 feet) of a St. Johns County park and recreation center, school, daycare center, arcade, school bus stop (when children are present), YMCA/Y WCA, designated Public Library Areas, public or private playgrounds, Boys and Girls Club’s facilities, youth camp grounds, or another other similar location or facility that is designed for or primarily used by children.
Proposed Amendments
• Update the existing ordinance to provide clarification to the notice requirement.
• Strengthen the ordinance by eliminating provisions that are ambiguous.
• Provide new and revised definitions.
• Extend the Safety Zone distance from 300 feet to 1,000 feet.
“Amenity center shall mean a recreational facility, including, and not limited to, clubhouse, swimming pool(s), playground, and open space, operated primarily for the use of residents or neighborhood groups and their guests. For the purposes of this Ordinance, amenity center shall only be enforceable when children are present.”
It passed 5-0
Anyone know whether St John’s new ordinance preserves the exceptions of the old ordinance (such as transporting one’s own kids, just passing through, attending a religious service, etc)?
Or did they strip those out?
Seems they left the exemptions in place from what I remember hearing about the meeting but expanded the ordinance from 300 feet 1000 feet
Update https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/09/19/st-johns-county-commission-to-discuss-beach-renourishment-new-restrictions-for-sex-offenders/
Watching that Clearview video was a bit much. Hey I’m an offender but who did I offend. Sure in many ways we all offend and that came straight from the bible. This registry is nothing but abuse of fellow man for some gain glory by man over man in this sexual coy.
Sure its an honor for FAC to be invited to this HUMAN RIGHTS event but have not all human rights been abused since the dawn of time.
This expo-facto thing effort is baseless as is much of this sex registry. So who is watching over who. Is this registry some space race to see who gets the victory or the just understanding or cannot government count their mistakes and errors in judgement. On the human conditions man is just as sinful as the other person.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iobsAf-pwXw
Since this is a public meeting will you or can you please share this clip with the civil rights council that practically sums up what were against with residency restrictions? They have the evidence, but emotion takes over. They admit they want to banish us. They admit they pass the laws to get as many as they can arrested but yet it’s a civil scheme, so it’s not punishment.
I watched the video. This is not unbelievable, so wrong and it has to be illegal. These people are exactly what is wrong with our country. Florida is out of control.
True true true
https://amp.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article279387854.html
Perhaps someone who’s eloquent with words should write in, what about the registrant who are not on drugs who will simply be arrested stemming from a civil registry scheme. And Ron Book believes housing is the issue, but only housing for some that would be us.
Here is a report to the human watch group from 2007 https://www.hrw.org/reports/2007/us0907/us0907webwcover.pdf don’t know if it will be any use at the Geneva conference.
It’s been saying what he have been yelling over 16 years ago and still is being ignored.
https://crestviewbulletin.com/crestview-toughens-restrictions-on-sexual-offenders-predators/
Missouri Alliance for Family Restoration
Next course of action? https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article279297349.html
Another town in Florida increases there residency restrictions https://crestviewbulletin.com/crestview-toughens-restrictions-on-sexual-offenders-predators/
One of the men behind the so called “predator patrols” was Florida cop who has recently been arrested on child porn charges.
https://news.yahoo.com/retired-cop-teacher-predator-patrol-013500440.html
https://ctmirror.org/2023/09/10/ct-sex-offender-registry-law-advocates/
Good article
Wow, I had to make sure that I heard correctly. F.A.C a chance to go to Geneva, and not Geneva Florida but Switzerland! This is a real huge deal that could put a lot of external pressure on the US by finally acknowledge that the human rights is trampled on us by the Florida government. Should we have a comment page suggestion post so we might summit ideas that need to be addressed to the Geneva meeting?
To this man being put on the registry was worse than the 12 months he did when wrongly convicted. I hope this goes to court you can get money for wrongly, been convicted and going to prison, but you cannot receive money for being placed on the sex offender registry, and that’s what this man is fighting for and if we get that we can prove at the registry as punishment hopefully
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/09/06/montgomery-co-man-gets-55k-after-being-wrongfully-convicted-of-crime-but-for-him-its-not-enough/
https://thecrimereport.org/2023/09/07/judicial-clemency-does-not-forgive-sex-offender-registration/
Somehow they do legalese gymnastics in order to get the ruling that they want. If there’s three branches of government executive legislative and judicial, and they’re all equal, and they’re saying, only a executive pardon can be used not a judicial pardon what is the judicial process for? Just have a legislative and an executive branch just skip over the judicial branch altogether seems like that is what is happening to registrants rights.
https://www.wengradio.com/news/two-north-port-men-rob-man-they-suspect-of-being-sex-offender
Seems the state should be on the hook for a lawsuit . Knowing keeping an easy to use guide to rob the registrants
https://www.masslive.com/politics/2023/09/mass-ag-campbell-urges-congress-to-study-ais-harmful-effects-on-kids.html
I don’t even know how you would stop it unless you just go after people who have it.
And of course it’s a “race against the clock” to pass more laws to “protect” fabricated children in the digital sphere.
Anything lazy, low=effort and easy, lawmakers will swoop in and “save the day” for easy political points and news cycles.
Attorneys like to win cases. Especially those cases whose fees are paid by the state when you win.
So when 39 attorneys turn down your case against the state, that might be taken as an indicator of that case’s perceived winnability.
The good news is that, as I understand it, one of our ex post facto challenges is scheduled for trial in just three months.
Jacob >>> I’m well aware of them liking to win but some of them I can’t even get through the door as it is about a sex offender an the people I do get to talk with jump on the oh well you had to register in another state is how they got you. Have a nice day…. I’ve been kicked out of an attorney office being slapped with the May 17th amendment saying this is why. They just don’t want to be named in the suit that takes it all down. The Ex post facto challenge I don’t put much faith into it as I know how they work. I’d love to show these Attorney’s my case an see what they say. I’m 100% sure no state can deny a court judgement making it an extension of punishment.