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Alabama news https://all4consolaws.org/2024/05/alabama-court-rules-residency-restrictions-violate-constitution/
This is in regards to Alabama finding living restrictions unconstitutional. Also it is the McGuire case.
If you have a pacer account https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/27407560/McGuire_et_al_v_Marshall_et_al
Too bad that the Alabama Federal Court decision prohibiting restrictions of where registrants could live was not from the 11th District Court because that could have applied to Florida as well.
I am joking a little here, but would be an interesting argument. As a person forced to register, but you are also a victim of a violent crime. Lets say some uses the registry to do you harm. Under Marsy’s Law
The constitutional amendment, approved by voters in 2018, enumerated specific rights to victims of crimes, including the right to “prevent the disclosure of information or records that could be used to locate or harass the victim or the victim’s family.” Fla. Const. Art. I, 15(b)(5).
I think it is section 16 but…
Does not the registry violate that.
I’m not an attorney, but it seems to me that if there is a conflict between a provision of the State Constitution and a regular statute, the provision of the State Constitution must prevail. It will be an interesting Florida Supreme Court case when the time comes, as eventually the two laws will conflict.
If the state of Florida is conducting home searches on probationers. If they live with family members ? aren’t those family members subjected to those searches ? There is something very unconstitutional about this ?
They have never searched my family members rooms. Just make it clear you never enter that room. Can they legally, maybe. But in the 12+ searches, they never have. One stated to another they were not “suppose to”. Just dont let them catch you in there on a visit, lol. Has anyone had their PO try and install monitoring software on their computer??
Yes, They harassed me enough and violated my probation for absolutely nothing. I spent 4 months in jail so they can get a court order to have the monitoring software on all my computers and devices. This occurred 4 years after the start of my probation and when I was just being eligible for early termination of my probation. PLease note: monitoring software was not part of my probation nor is it sanctioned by the state legislature but they used the court system to force me to have it.
I’ve seen a lot of PFRs complaining about the way Volusia County’s Sex Offense Unit treats them. Well, it appears that agency has its own problems with (alleged) sex offenders within its ranks. TWO separate stories by TWO separate news stations about TWO different incidents show Volusia County Sheriff’s Office and Volusia County Jail have major problems with alleged rapists in their ranks.
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/05/16/volusia-county-corrections-officer-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-with-inmate-sheriffs-office-says/
https://www.wesh.com/article/volusia-county-deputy-arrested-sexual-assault/60810460
I saw that. It’s infuriating what happened. I dealt with VCSO for three years before moving away. I struggle with the feeling that they should be punished accordingly and have to live the remainder of their lives on the registry and my feeling that no one else should be subject to this torture. What I fear is that they’ll suffer their moment of shame and end up somewhere else doing the same job.
Ok now the case is back on track.
May22nd “Parties shall file a schedule that lists the remaining Plaintiffs and claims in this action and that explains how they wish to proceed with respect to each remaining claim, including an explanation of how they wish to handle the claim(s) they believe were resolved by Judge Hinkle.”
https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/25861536/Does,_15_v_SwearingenMeet
I was looking to move to the Cherokee Nation reservation. I have been being considered for a long time. I finally got this response.
Sex Offender Registry
Pursuant the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 and the 2008 Cherokee Nation Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, any convicted sex offender who lives, works, or attends school within the Cherokee Nation reservation must register as a Sex Offender with Cherokee Nation, in addition to any other state, territory, or tribal registration.
Well guess I can just stay where I am as nothing would change by moving there.
Sorry to read the news about moving to the Nation. We are caught between a rock and a hard place.
@Mac
Thank you for the encouragement 🙂
You know what is between that rock and a hard place? Purgatory, at least for us. Many of us live in virtual Hell on a daily basis, wondering when someone knocks on the door if it is someone trying to sell you something or when you peek out the window, you see 3 uniformed officers.
Even if they DID allow you onto their “sacred” grounds, you’d be more easily known and scrutinized as it would be a smaller fish bowl.
I’ve noticed in the past that you mentioned that we’re treated like leapers. Well, I’d argue that we’re actually treated WORSE. Lepers are not demonized, hated and subjected to an arbitrary “compliance or prison” ultimatum. Their misery is not monetized and politicized . We are intentionally made a spectacle out of for fear fodder and political furtherance, they are not. They are also not made out to be pseudo public safety liabilities. The only similarity is both chose to hide in order to avoid public ridicule and shame.
@Facts
Probably for the best, my parents are elderly and I have to look out for them anyway. I would probably have been bored on the reservation anyway. I visited several reservations many decades ago and most of the people seemed depressed, oppressed or both.