Comments on: Preferential treatment? Former Seminole County judicial candidate admits sex with teen, gets house arrest

By: Concerned

Concerned — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 18:27:01 +0000

In reply to CherokeeJack. Yes Jack we need to keep on this and get some real answers. But who do we complain too?. Everyone is on this guy's side!!. We probably won't even get his name because he is special. BS,BS,BS!!!. This kind of s_ _ t keeps pilling up. It is maddening, and so on and so forth something has to break and changes are way past due!!!!...….

By: Failed System

Failed System — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 14:44:22 +0000

In reply to JZ. JZ, I totally agree. Got busted for purported CP even tho the prosecutor brought no evidence of actual minors and no experts testified as to ages of models in images. It was all speculation but jury convicted anyway. Now I have lifetime punishment after prison. Yet, this is worse than real sex with a real minor?

By: CherokeeJack

CherokeeJack — Sat, 05 Jun 2021 00:07:22 +0000

In reply to GL.

I knew a registry was in the works but it was NEVER mentioned in my sentencing. If I had been released just a month ealier, I wouldn’t have had to register. And yet, I shouldn’t (As many others) have to register at all due to ex post facto application.

Law are meant to be broken , bended, twisted, turned, negotiated, and other nefarious actions judges take to interpret the law as They want it to mean. To Hell with justice.

By: JZ

JZ — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:41:16 +0000

The modus operandi of the Floriduh “justice system” allows persons guilty of statutory rape of a teenager to plead down to “child abuse,” yet if guilty of simple possession of CP, you are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I use the term rape because anyone under the age of 18 cannot give consent. There is no rationale to this practice. I personally know of several men who were allowed to plead down even though the rapes went on for months.

Who in their right mind can believe that just looking at CP, without the victims knowledge, can do more harm to a child than physically assaulting that child repeatedly? Their is no common sense in the so-called justice system.

By: Sailtime

Sailtime — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:31:24 +0000

So we all agree that this is totally unacceptable! Will it is Seminole County, recent news from there points out how corrupt things are. Oh and what happened to the name of a certain Senator he seems to have disappeared. Oh well power and connection has it’s way. Seems that there should be an out cry from FAC, over this.

Don’t even know this guys name.

By: Mp

Mp — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:14:58 +0000

I wish we could have a class action lawsuit for those of equal crime vs this guy. If for nothing else for the media attention.

By: GL

GL — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 02:10:28 +0000

In reply to CherokeeJack. You are not alone. Mine was in '93. Pleading down to a non-registerable offense has been common since Oct 97. Not fair we did not get that chance.

By: Michael A Pierce

Michael A Pierce — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 02:02:20 +0000

So, what does (Mr. X) do for a living?

He gets to go to work.

What field of endeavor is so important by doing it one can leverage this sweetheart deal?

By: Tereto

Tereto — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 01:27:57 +0000

Someone should sabotage his probation, than we’ll see just how a man who sat at the head of the strong arm of the law, likes those cookies!

By: Candy

Candy — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 01:16:59 +0000

I’ve known for years that law enforcement (cops, judges, prosecutors) absolutely get preferential treatment when they violate a law, because they feel they ARE the law. I do agree with CherokeeJack, this is typical… the law enforcement guy gets a slap on the hand while people forced to register for life are being punished by laws that didn’t exist the day they were arrested! SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, PEUGH v. UNITED STATES, CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT concluded that the Ex Post Facto Clause is violated when a defendant is sentenced under Guidelines promulgated after he committed his criminal acts and the new version provides a higher sentencing range than the version in place at the time of the offense. The Registry is nothing but a cash cow for law enforcement – they are getting paid money each year from the federal government for each and every SO they have under their jurisdiction.