Comments on: PA: Lifetime requirements for Sexually Violent Predators not punishment

By: CherokeeJack

CherokeeJack — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 20:45:58 +0000

In reply to Vincent.

Vincent,
i do the opposite, i go in wearing torn up clothes, not having taken a shower and no deoderant. They want me out of there so bad most people let me go ahead of them LOL maybe just for fun, next visit I will roll around in some doggie doo doo before going in.
I hate suits. I do not even wear one to church. Jeans and a clean shirt

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 17:47:55 +0000

Registration isn’t punishment as long as your not on it. I live in fear every day and especially when I go in to physically register quarterly. Which by the way, I do in a suit and tie. The one time I showed up in work dungarees, I was treated like dirt. The suit throws them off a bit. I hate the fear of not if, but when.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 07:22:13 +0000

All this legal mumbo jumbo just to say it’s not punishment in order to keep it from being unconstitutional. What a bunch baloney just to keep the Registry going…

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:09:20 +0000

I’m a little lost on how it is punishment for one but not another. To say, for example, residence restrictions are punishment for a tier one registrant but not SVPs is like saying a bullet is less deadly when fired at a wolf than at a deer. To me at least.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:31:50 +0000

Still on probation

By: Maestro

Maestro — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 20:09:59 +0000

In reply to Josh. Prosecutors and judges as well as legislators shouldn’t be classifying anyone as anything unless they also double as psychologists in their spare time. Period.

By: Maestro

Maestro — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 20:05:50 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. Well when I tried to fight the draconian conditions of my former probation, I was told by attorneys as well as a civil liberties attorney that probation was part of the sentence (i.e. part of the punishment). So how is it not punishment to be on probation and when you’re off probation, how is it not still punishment to have to adhere to all these sex offense rules?

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 19:54:20 +0000

In reply to Media.

Every state has it’s own definitions.
Some have TIER 1, 2, 3 and SVP.

In Florida, the SVP designation is used for civil commitment and is found in Chapter 394 of the Florida Statutes.
“Sexually violent predator” means any person who: (a) Has been convicted of a sexually violent offense; and (b) Suffers from a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in acts of sexual violence if not confined in a secure facility for long-term control, care, and treatment.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 19:47:59 +0000

In reply to Media. I think that’s correct.

By: Media

Media — Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:41:53 +0000

An attorney recently told me that regular probation in Florida is not that bad: don’t break the law, obey a few other rules, and you are going to be okay.

He said that sex offender probation is a whole different ball game, being much more difficult to follow. This might not apply to those who were on sex offender probation years ago, but with “strict liability”, it is now easier to get violated.