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		By: CherokeeJack		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CherokeeJack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 20:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49575&quot;&gt;Jm&lt;/a&gt;.

JM

Just wait, the more they get away with (Which is a LOT) the more they will take. On the path we are on, we will have to make daily reports of &quot;Where&quot; we have been, &quot;Who&quot; we have been with or around, &quot;Why&quot; we were at those places, &quot;How&quot; did we travel, and &quot;What&quot; were our intentions.

Daily reports perhaps online with probation like conditions. We will have to notify each place we will be there and when we arrive have to ask for the manager that you are in their store and again when you are leaving.

Think it can&#039;t happen? Who thought people who had done their time go retroactively put on a registry that gets more and more restrictive every year since 1997. They slowly sneak  in clauses, addendums, updates and changes to each new registry year. And each time a judge basically says &quot;Yeah, not punitive so get out of my court room and stop whining&quot;.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49575">Jm</a>.</p>
<p>JM</p>
<p>Just wait, the more they get away with (Which is a LOT) the more they will take. On the path we are on, we will have to make daily reports of &#8220;Where&#8221; we have been, &#8220;Who&#8221; we have been with or around, &#8220;Why&#8221; we were at those places, &#8220;How&#8221; did we travel, and &#8220;What&#8221; were our intentions.</p>
<p>Daily reports perhaps online with probation like conditions. We will have to notify each place we will be there and when we arrive have to ask for the manager that you are in their store and again when you are leaving.</p>
<p>Think it can&#8217;t happen? Who thought people who had done their time go retroactively put on a registry that gets more and more restrictive every year since 1997. They slowly sneak  in clauses, addendums, updates and changes to each new registry year. And each time a judge basically says &#8220;Yeah, not punitive so get out of my court room and stop whining&#8221;.</p>
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		By: Jm		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49575</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 15:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49574&quot;&gt;CherokeeJack&lt;/a&gt;.

Thought the travel thing was ok u til now. Now its open ended and i go back to reregister the day i come back in person. Im really lost this is new and just dontnunderstand what i can do. Ive never had a travel issue: sometimes they tell me i dont need to but now its for even a day if i leave florida they say. At any time i leave florida i need to register it. Im not on probation or anything it was federal 28 years ago. My home state released me from any reporting and i was never on a public list u til here]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49574">CherokeeJack</a>.</p>
<p>Thought the travel thing was ok u til now. Now its open ended and i go back to reregister the day i come back in person. Im really lost this is new and just dontnunderstand what i can do. Ive never had a travel issue: sometimes they tell me i dont need to but now its for even a day if i leave florida they say. At any time i leave florida i need to register it. Im not on probation or anything it was federal 28 years ago. My home state released me from any reporting and i was never on a public list u til here</p>
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		By: CherokeeJack		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49574</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CherokeeJack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 14:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49569&quot;&gt;Jm&lt;/a&gt;.

JM
Yeah when I lived in the city limits I got visits 5 to 6 times a week. City cops, sheriff&#039;s office and even the FDLE agents. I did what they wanted and moved. I found moving into NON city limits of a county was a lot better. But in Florida sometimes the sheriff&#039;s departments can be even worse depending on who the sheriff is.

We have an entire list of sheriff&#039;s in Florida who love the tv spotlight for being tough on crime and they love to make &quot;Sex offenders&quot; their prime focus. Like I said I only get two visits a year but if I am not home, they put a Yellow flyer on my front door that states &quot;Sex Offender&quot; and a bunch of compliance stuff  in smaller letters.

Why put that so big or on my door at all if I am NOT on probation and have ALWAYS registered? I asked the deputy if that was a law and he said no. I asked him if I had ever given him a hard time, he said no. So why put that on my door, can&#039;t you just call with a blocked # and ask when I am going to be home and again, NO.

Not going to complain because if you piss one of them off, Hell hath no fury like a pissed off cop. I know I use to work with them back in the day. Plus once he finally catches me home, I know I won&#039;t get another visit for at least 6 more months. What is said, if I am not home but my parents are, they get the 20 questions about where I am at etc., which is NONE of the cops damn business, I am not on probation. He has my phone # if he wants to know where I am so badly.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49569">Jm</a>.</p>
<p>JM<br />
Yeah when I lived in the city limits I got visits 5 to 6 times a week. City cops, sheriff&#8217;s office and even the FDLE agents. I did what they wanted and moved. I found moving into NON city limits of a county was a lot better. But in Florida sometimes the sheriff&#8217;s departments can be even worse depending on who the sheriff is.</p>
<p>We have an entire list of sheriff&#8217;s in Florida who love the tv spotlight for being tough on crime and they love to make &#8220;Sex offenders&#8221; their prime focus. Like I said I only get two visits a year but if I am not home, they put a Yellow flyer on my front door that states &#8220;Sex Offender&#8221; and a bunch of compliance stuff  in smaller letters.</p>
<p>Why put that so big or on my door at all if I am NOT on probation and have ALWAYS registered? I asked the deputy if that was a law and he said no. I asked him if I had ever given him a hard time, he said no. So why put that on my door, can&#8217;t you just call with a blocked # and ask when I am going to be home and again, NO.</p>
<p>Not going to complain because if you piss one of them off, Hell hath no fury like a pissed off cop. I know I use to work with them back in the day. Plus once he finally catches me home, I know I won&#8217;t get another visit for at least 6 more months. What is said, if I am not home but my parents are, they get the 20 questions about where I am at etc., which is NONE of the cops damn business, I am not on probation. He has my phone # if he wants to know where I am so badly.</p>
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		By: CherokeeJack		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-2/#comment-49573</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CherokeeJack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 13:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-2/#comment-49570&quot;&gt;Tereto&lt;/a&gt;.

Funny that part of the article states

&quot;The decision suggests that states cannot require sex-offender registration based on convictions under outdated and now unconstitutional &#039;crimes against nature&#039; laws,&quot; University of Montana law professor Anthony Johnstone told the Times.&quot;

What about those of us who were &quot;ADDED&quot; retroactively, when there was NO registry when our offenses took place, or when arrested and or when sentenced such as myself. It wasn&#039;t until a week before I was set to be released that the registry took effect.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-2/#comment-49570">Tereto</a>.</p>
<p>Funny that part of the article states</p>
<p>&#8220;The decision suggests that states cannot require sex-offender registration based on convictions under outdated and now unconstitutional &#8216;crimes against nature&#8217; laws,&#8221; University of Montana law professor Anthony Johnstone told the Times.&#8221;</p>
<p>What about those of us who were &#8220;ADDED&#8221; retroactively, when there was NO registry when our offenses took place, or when arrested and or when sentenced such as myself. It wasn&#8217;t until a week before I was set to be released that the registry took effect.</p>
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		By: Ede Reagan		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49572</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ede Reagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 13:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49561&quot;&gt;Pariah.001&lt;/a&gt;.

Agree]]></description>
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<p>Agree</p>
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		By: Ede Reagan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ede Reagan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 13:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49564&quot;&gt;CherokeeJack&lt;/a&gt;.

Every month at the end of the month
No probation]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49564">CherokeeJack</a>.</p>
<p>Every month at the end of the month<br />
No probation</p>
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		By: Tereto		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-2/#comment-49570</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tereto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 23:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://reason.com/2021/05/17/hes-on-montanas-sex-offender-registry-for-consensual-gay-sex-and-the-state-wants-to-keep-him-there/?itm_source=parsely-api

Thought I would share this]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://reason.com/2021/05/17/hes-on-montanas-sex-offender-registry-for-consensual-gay-sex-and-the-state-wants-to-keep-him-there/?itm_source=parsely-api" rel="nofollow ugc">https://reason.com/2021/05/17/hes-on-montanas-sex-offender-registry-for-consensual-gay-sex-and-the-state-wants-to-keep-him-there/?itm_source=parsely-api</a></p>
<p>Thought I would share this</p>
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		By: Jm		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49569</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jm]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 22:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49564&quot;&gt;CherokeeJack&lt;/a&gt;.

I get every thee months from local pd. Not on paper for over 25 years. They tell me if im not home they can get a warrant. I only go to sheriff twice a year but really every month as i travel and now they tell me i can get a warrant if my flight is delayed. Thats a new one. Used to be id call and then let them know. Again im not on probation or anything. Wish theyd let me know whats what.....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/opinion-proposed-sex-offender-registry-legislation-doesnt-make-communities-safer/comment-page-1/#comment-49564">CherokeeJack</a>.</p>
<p>I get every thee months from local pd. Not on paper for over 25 years. They tell me if im not home they can get a warrant. I only go to sheriff twice a year but really every month as i travel and now they tell me i can get a warrant if my flight is delayed. Thats a new one. Used to be id call and then let them know. Again im not on probation or anything. Wish theyd let me know whats what&#8230;..</p>
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		By: Alan		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 13:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the dangers of marginalizing a segment of society is the continual introduction of bills and passing of laws which serve no purpose other than elevating a politician&#039;s position and power.  It does not matter if it further marginalizes them, they are insignificant.  Lauren Book&#039;s rise in the Florida legislature is a prime example.

Delaware house bill 306 has been introduced for no other reason than political grandstanding (look what I have done to protect you) and like residency restrictions and other SORNA adders, will do absolutely nothing to increase safety or reduce recidivism.

How the farce of SORNA continues to be seen as &quot;civil law&quot; instead of &quot;criminal law&quot; when it is nothing but layers of punishment, thereby exposing it to the EX POST FACTO clause in the US Constitution, is beyond understanding.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the dangers of marginalizing a segment of society is the continual introduction of bills and passing of laws which serve no purpose other than elevating a politician&#8217;s position and power.  It does not matter if it further marginalizes them, they are insignificant.  Lauren Book&#8217;s rise in the Florida legislature is a prime example.</p>
<p>Delaware house bill 306 has been introduced for no other reason than political grandstanding (look what I have done to protect you) and like residency restrictions and other SORNA adders, will do absolutely nothing to increase safety or reduce recidivism.</p>
<p>How the farce of SORNA continues to be seen as &#8220;civil law&#8221; instead of &#8220;criminal law&#8221; when it is nothing but layers of punishment, thereby exposing it to the EX POST FACTO clause in the US Constitution, is beyond understanding.</p>
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		By: JJJJ		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JJJJ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2022 03:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Excellent article from a voice of reason.

It is my opinion that the momentum in favor of curtailment of registry laws will continue to grow ONLY if the laws become more and more byzantine. - This pustule of governor sponsored hatred; this government sponsored blacklist will only continue to be challenged if it is seen, publicly, to be highly unreasonable.
Like a pus-filled boil, it must come to a head before being lanced.
Half measures are anathema to our anti-registry cause!!!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent article from a voice of reason.</p>
<p>It is my opinion that the momentum in favor of curtailment of registry laws will continue to grow ONLY if the laws become more and more byzantine. &#8211; This pustule of governor sponsored hatred; this government sponsored blacklist will only continue to be challenged if it is seen, publicly, to be highly unreasonable.<br />
Like a pus-filled boil, it must come to a head before being lanced.<br />
Half measures are anathema to our anti-registry cause!!!</p>
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