“Registered Family”
In a comment on another post someone used the term “Registered Family” and I thought it was very appropriate.
We are not just persons required to register, we are families required to register!
If you share a home with someone on the registry, the police regularly show up at your doorstep, the car you drive is registered, you cannot decorate your home on the holidays, you clean up the vandalism and the neighbors give you the same dirty looks.
If you are the child of someone on the registry, you are the one that gets bullied and shamed in school, you are the one that doesn’t have birthday parties or sleep overs, you are the one whose father (or mother) can never come to your games, plays or graduations.
If you are the spouse of a person required to register you need to carry the finances because your partner will be chronically unemployed or under-employed, you need to cover most if the parenting because your spouse can’t go to schools, parks, theme parks or other places your children will want to go, you will be banned from living in most areas on your city, you can’t travel to the places you want (or you will need to go alone) and you need to worry about aging because most assisted living facilities won’t take your husband.
If you are the employer, clergy or even just a friend of a person required to register you will suffer the scorn of merely associating with them or allowing them into your business, congregation or life. The registry does not only punish the registrant, it punishes everyone in their life.
We are not just persons required to register, we are families required to register!
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I have stumbled upon this organization while trying to help a dear friend get removed from the registry. This has been a wealth of information and quite the education for me.
I have read the threads on the Ex Post Facto case and am trying to figure out if this applies to my friends situation. In a nutshell his offense was in 1995 in a state other than FL. He relocated to FL in 2001 and has been a full-time resident since that time. In 2016 he was notified by the original state that he was no longer required to register. A couple of months later FL sent a letter to him which stated he would be required to registered for life. The original state the charge was a 2nd degree misdemeanor and Florida says it is a Felony and he would be required to now report 4 times a year instead of twice a year and the police check on him monthly even though on the registry is status is Released – Subject to Registration . It seems to me that he has been given an additional sentence without any type of legal proceeding. Prior to and after this conviction he has had no legal issues…not even a parking ticket! Can someone help understand why this has happened.
Thank you
DQ,
Appreciate that you’ve found our site helpful. I’ll answer your questions/comments in the order presented.
– YES, your friend would benefit from a favorable decision in the Ex Post Facto case.
– We have many people removed from the registry in the jurisdiction of conviction yet still required to register FOR LIFE in Florida.
– In Florida it’s lifetime FOR ALL. The frequency of registration is offense based.
– The address verification is done on everyone, including those no longer on probation.
If it has been 20 years since he’s completed his sentence (including probation) he MIGHT qualify for some relief, but he should speak with an attorney about that and other potential individual challenges he has. If you don’t have an attorney, contact [email protected] for a referral.
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Thank you so much for your quick response. I have contacted a couple of law offices and have been told that his case is to old and that it is impossible to get off the registry and to not even bother trying to fight this. I will email the address you provided and go down that path.
Thank you again
His case is too old to challenge, but that is NOT necessarily the same as removal the registry!
In fact, the only cases I have heard of in which Floridians were removed from the registry without having to reverse their convictions, happened precisely BECAUSE they were old!
It is for that same reason that removals are only now starting to happen, albeit slowly, and I think via FAC-associated attorney(s).
While I feel your friend’s discouragement, don’t give up til you’ve gone through the referral process.
Why has this happened to your friend, you ask?
Because almost every year since your friend broke the law, states have continued to pile laws onto persons with such a background, without regard to recidivism data (including, data demonstrating that risk of recidivism declines over time!).
While these laws constitute punishment after the fact, it’s only recently that courts have begun recognizing this. Until recently, states could always successfully argue in court that any new registration laws were not punishment so much as part of “a non-punitive civil administrative regulatory scheme”! And that is still the case in Florida, but FAC’s Ex Post Facto Plus challenge is intended to reverse that.
Your friend has done nothing wrong!
Thank you Jacob. I appreciate your response and will be contacting the referral service tomorrow. It is sad that so many people are treated with such disregard for their human and civil rights. I am thankful that I have found this site and the work that is being done by FAC. Maybe someday there will truly be relief for those who have paid their debts to society and will be free to live their best lives.
The whole family suffers. My son is severely disabled and on the registry because he was taken advantage of. He has no idea what the registry is. Both my husband and I are the ones living the registry. We lost a grandson last year and my husband and son could not leave the state to say goodbye. It’s just heartbreaking what it’s done to our family.
Don’t just be a victim. Take action against this. Join the boycott of all American products. The US belongs to the World Trade Organization. That means foreign products have to be offered for sale in the US.
Here is a list of American products to stop buying and foreign products from non-registry countries you can buy instead:
CARS:
DON’T BUY Ford, Fiat-Chrysler, General Motors, Tesla, Toyoto Camry or Sienna, Honda Odyssey (made in USA)
INSTEAD BUY: Nissan, Toyoto (Japan) except Camry (made in Registry UK), GAC (China).
Air travel –
DO NOT FLY American Airlines, United, Northwest, Continental, Alaska.
INSTEAD FLY: Air China,(China), Japan Airlines (Japan), Seychelles, Aeromexico, Mexicana. Seychelles, Mexicana, AeroMexico, InterJet, Finnair
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Check the company website or wiki.
Read the back labels of products. American companies have bought up many foreign companies.
It does not matter if you use American products now, as long as you avoid buying from them again.
No boycott is perfect, but it is better to try.
DO NOT BUY Microsoft, Apple, HP, Dell or other American computer products or software.
SUBSTITUTE Toshiba, Sony (Japan), Lenovo (China).
SUBSTITUTE free Linux based applications word processing, video editing, free Ubuntu, Knoppix operating systems, RealOS.
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COFFEE:
DO NOT BUY: Starbucks, Peets, Maxwell House coffee, Green Mountain, Keurig, Medaglia Doro, Bustamante…
SUBSTITUTE
Lavazza, Illy (Italian),
Guatemalan coffee,
Vietnamese coffee,
Nacha brand, Doi Chaang brand, Black Ivory, more brands (Thailand)
Maktoub (Lebanon)
BEVERAGE:
ALCOHOL: WHISKEY AND BEER:
Don’t buy Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, Wild Turkey, Four Roses, Samuel Adams, Anchor Steam, Anheuser Busch, Michelob
INSTEAD:
Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo, Suntory beers (Japan)
Tsing Tao beer (China)
WHISKIES: Drink instead Yamazaki, Hibiki, Nikka, Yoichi, Suntory (Japan)
DO NOT BUY
Coca Cola, Fuze tea, Nestea, Minute Maid, Fanta, Mirinda, Sprite, Odwalla, Powerade, Dasani, VitaminWater, del Valle, Simply Orange, Fresca, Smart Water, Mello Yello, Burn, Honest Tea, NOS Energy Drink, Ciel (Coca Cola), Snapple, Hansen
INSTEAD DRINK
Oishi, Kikuru, Pokka tea drinks,(Japan),
Sangria (Mexico)
FOOD:
BOYCOTT: KRAFT, KELLOGGS, MONDELEZ, Nabisco, General Mills, Cadbury (owned by Kraft), Kraft, Kelloggs, Heinz, Lays potato chips (Pepsico)
Dole, Ruffles, Tostitos and Fritos brands.Tropicana, TAZO juice/tea brand, Quaker, Mother’s cereal and puffed wheat.
INSTEAD DRINK: Japanese, Mexican snacks.
ENERGY DRINKS:
BOYCOTT MONSTER (Hansen, Coca_Cola, USA), Samurai, Sting, Vive
INSTEAD: Lipovitan (Japan), Red Bull (Austria, not the Thailand version)
CIGARETTES:
DO NOT SMOKE Marlboro, Lucky Strike, Camel, Pall Mall; Boston, Caribe, Green, Derby, Pielroja, American Gold, L&M (Philip Morris)
INSTEAD:
Aromas de San Andres, (Mexico).(boycott DELICADOS – owned by Philip Morris, USA.)
MS, Nazionali (Italy).
Mevius (Japan)
Gold Flake (India)
Davidoff (Switzerland)
SOAP:
BOYCOTT DOVE, CAMAY
SUBSTITUTE:
Kirei-Kirei (Japan)
TRUCKS, BUSES:
BOYCOTT MACK TRUCKS & BUSES
Buy Hino (Japan)
FARM EQUIPMENT:
AVOID John Deere, Caterpillar (USA)
INSTEAD: Belarus tractors (Belarus), Kubota, Komatsu ISEKI, YANMAR, MITSUBISHI, HINOMOTO, SHIBAURA (Japan)
TIRES:
BOYCOTT: Cooper, Titan, Denman, Goodyear, Kelly Springfield.
INSTEAD Buy Yokohama, Bridgestone (Japan), Pirelli (Italy)
CLOTHING/FASHION:
BOYCOTT: American Rag Cie, Esprit, Jessica McClintock, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, Nautica, Lee/wrangler jeans, Levis, Guess, Polo Ralph Lauren, DSquared2, Marc Jacobs,GAP, Camel Outdoors
INSTEAD BUY:
UNIQLO, KENZO (Japan)
Fendi, Benetton (Italy)
VARIETY:
BOYCOTT:
WALLGREENS
INSTEAD SHOP:
MINISO (China-Japan)
EYEGLASSES:
BOYCOTT LENSCRAFTERS
INSTEAD: SUNGLASS HUT INTERNATIONAL OR PEARL VISION, LUXOTTICA (Italy)
SHOES:
BOYCOTT: Red Wing, Dockers, Florsheim, L.L.Bean, Steve Madden, Cole-Haan, Timberlake, Caterpillar.
SUBSTITUTE: Bata (Czech), PIKOLINOS, (SPAIN), ECCO (Denmark)
Body CARE, hair color:
DO NOT BUY CLAIROL, COLGATE, Proctor & Gamble, Revlon, Wella, Paul Mitchell, Pantene, Neutrogena, Head & Shoulders
SUBSTITUTE: Hoyu, Shiseido (Japan)
TOOTHPASTE
BOYCOTT: COLGATE, CREST
SUBSTITUTE:
Natura House (Italy)
Trisa (Switzerland)
Systema toothpaste & mouthwash (Lion Corporation, Japan)
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TV screens: BUY Sony, Sharp (Japan).
MOBILE/TABLET:
DO NOT BUY: Surface (Microsoft), iPad, iPhone, Motorola (made in USA)
SUBSTITUTE
Sharp, Fujitsu (Japan);
Xiaomi, Huawei, Meizu, Honor (China).
APPLIANCES:
Buy Hitachi (Japan)
ELEVATORS:
BOYCOTT OTIS, SCHINDLER
SUBSTITUTE
FUJITEC (Japan)
Astarlifts (Spain)
Kone (Finland)
BOYCOTT CATERPILLAR, JOHN DEERE
USE INSTEAD: KOMATSU, KUBOTA
INSURANCE:
Boycott AIG
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WATCHES:
DO NOT BUY FOSSIL, GUESS, TIMEX, Nixon
INSTEAD BUY:
SUPERDRY, CITIZEN, SEIKO, ALBA, G-SHOCK, QQ (JAPAN)
Swatch, Mido (Switzerland)
Police (Italy)
Do you really want to hold Japan out as a good example? Try getting a visitor’s visa to there when you have a felony record.
https://ccresourcecenter.org/2016/04/11/japan-bars-all-drug-offenders-from-entry/
I have been truly blessed. I have 4 daughters . Two from a previous marriage (18 and 16), 1 step daughter 19 and a 5 year old that was conceived though a IVF procedure. We all live together as a registered family. Also i help raise 2 knuckle heads, 29 and 31 (Men) which are still in my life today. I say to myself at times, god please forgive me for my trespasses, for i have also brought shame to my family as well… What does God do, he giveth to me to add to my list is 1 Rottweiler, 2 chihuahuas, 2 cats and some gold fish. I know that sometimes we say to ourselves that we don’t deserve these beautiful things, but the lord is great! keep believing with faith that tomorrow will be better for all of us and for yourselves, my extended registered family. Thank you FAC…