PARSOL: U.S. Sentencing Commission released 2025 amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
BELOW IS AN ANALYSIS FROM PARSOL:
The 2025 amendments move away from a one-size-fits-all approach for “sex offenders” and persons convicted of sex crimes. Courts now have greater discretion to tailor both the imposition and length of supervised release to the individual, based on a thorough assessment of the case, while still maintaining the ability to impose strict conditions and lengthy supervision where warranted by statute or case facts. The amendments emphasize rehabilitation, public safety, and efficient use of supervision resources, while retaining robust tools for monitoring and restricting sex offenders as needed.
Supervised Release: Shift to Individualized Assessment
The amendments eliminate the previous guideline recommendation that courts impose the statutory maximum term of supervised release for sex offenses. Instead, courts are now instructed to conduct an individualized assessment to determine both whether supervised release is warranted and, if so, its appropriate length, provided it meets any statutory minimums and does not exceed statutory maximums.
The court must state in open court the reasons for imposing or not imposing supervised release and for the length of the term imposed.
The amendments explicitly note that, while a statutory maximum term may still be warranted in certain sex offense cases, it is no longer the default recommendation; the decision is left to the court’s discretion based on the facts of the case.
Special Conditions
The guidelines continue to recommend certain “special conditions” for individuals convicted of sex offenses, including:
Mandatory participation in a treatment and monitoring program for sex offenders.
Restrictions on computer and internet use if relevant to the offense.
Consent to searches of person and property (including electronic devices) upon reasonable suspicion.
Prohibition on contacting victims, either directly or indirectly.
The definition of “sex offense” for these purposes remains unchanged: it includes offenses perpetrated against minors under specified federal statutes, attempts or conspiracies to commit such offenses, but excludes failure to register under 18 U.S.C. § 2250.This probably means that a failure to register is, as we have been saying forever, “recidivism” but not “reoffense.”
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Florida statute requires, vehicles registered to anyone residing at the offender’s permanent residence for 5 or more consecutive days. That means that spouse, children all have to register. Not to mention any guests from out of town.
hope he did
Your public website information is posted in a private Facebook group for moms and concerned neighborhood safety. because people need to be informed. We need to know what’s happening here. Can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen as they say? We want to monitor the situations and know that not everyone is a threat. But I hate to break it to ya guys and gals…..most are bad
i think your comment is funny cause i been on this hit list for 30 years, falsely arrested TWICE! i will tell you this! over the many years i seen many people like you come onto this site and others threatening, wishing we would all burn or be on an island UNTIL YOU OR A LOVED ONE is ENTRAPPED IN THESE UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS! THEN PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU WANT TO COME ON HERE ASKING FOR HELP AND ADVISE! JUST KNOW WE’LL BE HERE WHEN YOU NEED HELP! HOPE YOU HAVE AN AWESOME DAY! I KNOW I WILL AS SOME DAY YOU OR ONE OF YOUR LOVED ONES WILL BE ON THE HIT LIST AS WELL!
I’ve seen this as well. Registrants are monsters until it’s your son or daughter caught in some nonsense over sexting or a loved one in a sting looking for a date. It is appalling how far law enforcement (and I would know, I was LE) will bend the letter of the law for an arrest.
And yes, we’ll be here when it’s your turn.
You will be first to know Sarg
Why don’t they meet dates on dating sites, it’s easy just swipe right or left. Or at Bingo halls, farmers markets, etc. Why go on sex sites to meet someone. I don’t buy the excuses about looking for companionship. Just BS really. And like someone said earlier, he heard what they would say in prison about how they would do this and that different on their next victim. So if they are on those sites trying to meet up then that’s a big red flag and leads me to believe they are capable of very bad things.
It is extremely rare that someone on that list will offend. You would do more towards preventing sex crimes against children by being hyper aware around people known to you, teaching children the signs of inappropriate behavior and grooming, teaching children that it is never okay for an adult to ask them to keep a secret from their parents. This kind of education is severely lacking because of the focus on the registry and belief that it is a useful tool. “Stranger danger” isn’t really a thing (except in very rare cases) .
@FAC, why are we getting so many riff-raff trolls that spew lies here?
If folks are going to make such bogus claims, can they cite sources other than “trust me, bro?” (I mean: this is Comment Policy.)
mbgodofwar
let people express their concerns, everyone is allowed to do so. I know , they may have different opinions…..but its OK
I think it’s a positive thing that they’re here at all. It shows a genuine attempt to be informed and opens the door to a conversation.
Thank you Sgt Vito- we’re glad you’re here to help answer concerns and questions we have. The sex offenders just cry and complain all the time and play victim. How can every offender not be in the wrong and keep saying “OMG it’s not my fault I raped someone” “I said sorry and prayed to Jesus so every thing is good now”
Sooo because I was a senior in 93 dating a freshman, you don’t want me living next to you? I’ll have to tell my neighbors! Whose property values have soared because of all the additions and work I have done to their houses. They really don’t care about some bs that happened when I was 18
Maybe not you, that’s okay I suppose!!! But I know there are a few who raped living in my 5 mile radius! Absolutely horrible to know that!!!!!!!!!
So now it’s some people are ok Trin, but not others? Please.
Some definitely belong on a list. I was housed in prison with some that should not ever leave prison. Guys talking bout their next victim and how they would do it differently so as not to get caught. But the net cast in Florida covers all and puts all in the same category…. Also where is the murder offender list? Or the methhead offender list? That’s some stuff I need to know
BwJ has a point,
If some people are okay and others are not, why is the registry a blanket policy in perpetuity for life? Why is there no individual case over-view after x number of years to evaluate those that pose a lesser threat from those that pose a significant threat. Thereby allowing law enforcement to focus their resources on those deemed a real threat?
Maybe it’s because a % of the Florida registry is registrants that have been deceased for years, a % is registrants that don’t reside in Florida and came here for a quick vacation, or maybe it’s because if evaluated they would find a considerable % that had not committed any crimes prior or after the registry and would be obliged to thin down the state registry so significantly it would hurt department budgets so much so it would cause the elimination of certain departments. Think about it all the $$ they would lose. Lets take a look at just 2024 from Floridapolicy.org you can see the same numbers at FLsenate.gov:
“The Florida 2024 budget includes $48.6 billion in General Revenue Fund dollars, $30 billion from state trust funds, and $37.9 billion in federal funds1. The total appropriations are $29.5 billion, with $22.1 billion from the General Revenue Fund and $7.4 billion from state and federal funds2. The total funding, including local revenues, is $45.1 billion2.”
L.E. funding and politicians’ votes need big scary numbers to keep their crusade going. Doesn’t anyone stop to consider… “well the registry has been going on for decades and crime statics are still about the same?” Sounds like a scam to me, but whatever lets voters sleep at night.
For clarification. ICAC is the 48.6Billion$ again that’s yearly estimate for 2024, in 2023 it was 40billion$, in 2022 it was 34Billion. Are we seeing a pattern yet? It seems to cost more and more every year.
Sounds like an incentive to keep the registry going, inflame fear in voters and sheer the sheeple of tax dollars.
Some on the registry are okay, some are not? Well, your money is going to everyone in blanket policies. Again, whatever lets your sleep at night.
Failure to register should absolutely be a re-offense because they are hiding something! I don’t want these people in my neighborhood OR ANYONE’S NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THAT MATTER!!!
Trin,
Then go buy yourself a private island as we are everywhere and more everyday i’m sure your family member if not you very soon as well!
Actually i don’t want your kind of people in my neighbor either as you lower housing value!
Have a great day i know i will!
How can somebody who is not a sex offender lower housing value???? Only sex offenders do so!!! Look it up ma’am!!
Cause in my neighborhood IGNORANT people lower housing value and if you were in my neighborhood the house value would be “0” “ZERO”
Neglecting repairs, unkempt landscaping, or damage to the exterior can negatively impact curb appeal and overall value. All those factors and more can lower housing prices.
Do your neighbors live in the trashy house next to you and your wife?
T,
I see that you have nothing constructive to share with me or anyone else. I’ve had good neighbors. Everything is one day at a time.
Please quit feeding the trolls 😪
be nice
My family is well educated and properly raised.
Just an FYI
Your ignorance is evident in your statement. Failure to register doesn’t means solely that “they are hiding something”. There is always the possibility that the person may be sick and can’t make it to registration, the person could be at the hospital, heck! Even the person could have died and he/she was homeless and no one was notified! So think with your brain about possible scenarios before shooting from hip which will make look like a oxymoronic person.
Don’t believe these excuses because what about the ones who re-offend?????
I don’t drink alcohol or any drugs!!!!! Are you okay?
The majority of sex crimes are committed by people not on the registry. The registry is incapable of preventing a sex crime from happening. It’s not a deterrent.
Only if these trolls knew how many pfr’s they walk pass in a Walmart or home depot 🤣 if they knew, they’d hide inside their homes with the doors locked lol.
Yes and I always have my guard up
Really? So you’re gonna memorize every pfr in your county in the rare chance you recognize one? 🤣🤣🤣 you’re really making a fool of yourself on here. Where’s the facts in all of your arguments?
Oh yes I definitely have pictures of all of the bad offenders in my area. I need to know who they are and I do memorize and cross reference when I think I see one!
That’s one paranoid life lol but ok, whatever sets your sail i guess lol
What is your problem, No End??? I don’t think it’s wrong to want to know who the bad felon sex offenders AND ALL BAD CRIMINALS are in my area. Are you saying we should not care?? Do you not care either?? WOW!
Trin,
A sexual re-offense by someone on the registry is as likely as it is for the general population to offend. Failure to register has o sexual component to it.
How so? Not registering a spouse’s car is not hiding something. NIMBYism doesn’t serve anyone.
bwj, whats . NIMBYism
NIMBY is an acronym for Not in my Backyard.
Bwj How do you know that your spouses car want registered? Maybe she didnt tell you or forgot
You said ‘Failure to register should absolutely be a re-offense because they are hiding something!’
That is an argument from silence of which you have NO proof of.
How do you feel about a murderer living in your neighborhood? A repeat drunk-driver? A bank robber?
A crack or heroin dealer?
1out of 3 americans have a criminal record!
People on the registry have less than a 5% recidivsim rate and half of that 5% are non-sexual technical violations like failing to register or going to a park with a family member or friend, etc.
The only lower recidivism rate is murder.
Do the research yourself.
The so-called ‘frightening and high’ recidivism should be actually and factually be called ‘ a myth and a lie’.
Yeahhhh 😊 thank goodness