Comments on: Politicians using “sex offender” barbs as ammunition

By: Just sad

Just sad — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 01:13:59 +0000

I have been on sex offender probation for (8) yrs i have a (10) yr sentence .my crime happened in 1985 i got arrested for the crime in 211 i have everything driving log, gps monitor , 10:00 curfew and registration . I did a yr locked up .went to court (5) times to try to fight for things like getting gps monitoring off stop registering things like that why? Cause my conviction was for a crime that happened in (1985). Most of the sex offender laws started after that but guess what after spending (10,000) on lawyers and waisted times in courts i still never got justice. Now i aint saying i never did the crime when i was (18) yrs old but i am now (51) never ever did that again and understand that i need to be punished for what i did but damn punish me by the laws of florida and florida needs to abide with the laws they created not make them up as they go along! O and past every polygraph the have given me. This is a very very very sad state and if given the opportunity to live i would run and never look back but i am stuck here till my probation ends. Just sad!

By: Pariah.001

Pariah.001 — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 17:49:57 +0000

In reply to Bill. It dosent matter if it was written in the constitution in Florida. They would just legislate around it. The same way they did ex-post facto.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:29:25 +0000

Is it possible that one or both of the candidates violated the law in their actions to have the man removed? They used the registry in a way that seems to be against the law. Maybe one or both need a criminal charge brought against them.

Not Punishment, Indeed!

By: Pariah.001

Pariah.001 — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:56:51 +0000

Start using lol. This garbage has been going on for years. Anything a politician can use as political capital they will use. Makes no difference if it’s legal, moral and even true.
They only care about money, elections and power.

By: John

John — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:49:42 +0000

In reply to Andrea.

And it NEVER enters their minds that these same “children”…their children…will be adults soon and heaven forbid they do something silly, naive, immature and end up on a sex registry with their lives ruined. These same pearl clutchers (I like that terminology) probably also have a gay family member or an interracial marriage somewhere and of course they HAVE to do everything to “save” everyone else from these poor “choices”….yadda yadda yadda. Taught my sons as they entered teenage years(13-14) that you could try to go against “society” but that you will lose against the weak and fragile that control just about everything. Ignorance is bliss…a worn out cliche but oh so true.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:11:04 +0000

In reply to Ben. Well said, Ben. Too bad that wasn't written in the Constitution.

By: Ed C

Ed C — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:53:51 +0000

In reply to Ben. Thanks Ben. I will plagiarize that comment in the future. Veritas.

By: James

James — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:34:26 +0000

Statements like these two are making should make it easy to show intent to banish people (punishment) wherever residency restriction legislation rears its ugly head.

By: Florida Action Committee

Florida Action Committee — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 16:21:41 +0000

In reply to Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/aventura/article246000700.html

By: Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com

Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 16:16:29 +0000

Is thi in a news article somewhere? I’d like to add them to my Shiitake Awards blog so I’d like quotes if possible.