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Maybe if we all regularly contributed money to FAC, and FAC made regular campaign contributions to Florida’s Republican legislators and donations to stuff like Lauren’s Kids, the legislature might ease up on us some. As stupid as that sounds, they might become more interested in us keeping our jobs and income. JK?????
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Yeah, I was just being silly. But when I thought about how, ironically, it might actually make a difference, paying cash for our god-given and constitutionally secured freedoms, I started laughing to myself, kind of dreadfully. Thanks to FAC for accommodating our occasional rants! I’m making another $100 donation today.
Going to throw this out there for comments. On probation, they can search your person,residence and vehicle. OK, You are required to stay within your residence during curfew. What I am getting at is residence and property are 2 different things. So, they search non attached sheds? Do you think that is a no no? What if you put up no trespassing signs. They will say it is implied that they can access your property. But it would be a funny argument. Was watching a Steve Letho YouTube video got me to thinking about it.
So all this is ones government in ACTION. How oppressing can it get. Power goes to many heads in government circles. Sure many can come up with a conclusion to all this abuse after ones debt is paid but the old phase is you can’t fight city hall but you can take the bull by the horn.
Many of you all on here as well as other Advocacy sites seem to post of current events of some police authority getting his or herself in a sexual type situation but the fact still is the same. Sure we are all disgruntled about this registry. Maybe we all should go back to Egypt and see how they oppressed them back in that time. or understand the book of Daniel a bit more before we make a conclusion about this government branding.
Seems like man wants to solve his or her own dilemma with his or her own understanding. Is it governments own design to instill evil and entice another in this carnal battle, ask questions latter.or who is bowing down to who.
If you plead guilty I’m talk to the judge and DA and everything will be alright. Sound familiar Talk about undercover authority abuse before and after the process is overs. I’m sure government plays this ruse all over the nation because we can. Authority was not set up to promote evil with enticements of some sting operations so in many ways they are yielding up their God gifted authority in this abuse in many ways.
Remember truth matters.
https://www.pnj.com/story/news/crime/2023/04/21/pensacola-sex-offender-richard-heighton-gets-20-year-sentence/70138979007/ 20 years for failure to register granted it’s not is first volition but 20 years for a civil statute and the original charge was from ‘84. When does it end?
I admit that I haven’t read his court documents, but 20 years in state prison is not possible for two counts of failure to register in Florida. Even if sentenced consecutively, the maximum punishment would be ten years (5 years for each third-degree felony). The only time failure to register is a second-degree felony (punishable by up to 15 years in state prison) involves failing to correct reported out-of-state travel plans that change once initially reported, so there must have been more charges other than just failure to register. It would take four counts of failure to register, sentenced consecutively, to add up to 20 years.
The 5th amendment and sex offender “reporting”. Has anyone tried to challenge having to give information to the police as a 5th amendment civil rights violation?
https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/what-do-when-encountering-law-enforcement-questioning
I suppose this could be part of the ex post facto challenge. If a judge ordered the registration then maybe it would be required. But if the offense was before 1997 how are registrants required to provide information that may be used against themselves?
Excuse the sarcasm.
Shot a 6 year old girl in the face for retrieving a ball that rolled onto his lawn. He had recently moved there.
None of the neighbors needed to know what this guy was charged with and that he illegally had firearms… only 4 months out from being charged with a violent crime. At least the community unnecessarily
knows where non-violent sex criminals whose offenses were committed many years ago live.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/20/us/neighbor-child-shooting-basketball-singletary/index.html
“Singletary was charged in December with assault and kidnapping for allegedly attacking his girlfriend with a mini-sledgehammer and keeping her inside his apartment for over two hours, police said in a statement.”