Exactly what they want. Half my fines are for trust or grants. Other is real fines. Probation is paid out of pocket too so fully money entrapment scheme allowed by them saying its not a punitive measure the registry than using the registry in florida to get this.

DVC

Or, trying to catch in a trap and send us all back to prison, or back on probation. The law states in Florida, one violation could end your chances of ever being removed from the registry. In fact I know that someone here on FAC who tried to hire a lawyer to be removed but was told they could not help them due to a registry violation that bans them from ever being removed from the registry.
And for some, the registry leads to probation, jail, prison, or maybe being deported if Trump has anything to do with it.

It’s almost never unconstitutional for the state to “seem to be trying” anything.

That’s one of the things that makes movements like this such a challenge.

That includes registrants, whether they like it or not.

Bravo! Well said.

@Bo

Very well-articulated. Godspeed.

Again, INALIENABLE RIGHTS! Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. Only allowed to be removed by ‘Due Process’. So, unless they drag every one of us into court and gives us a chance to be heard, there’s no ‘Due Process’.

Registry life is probation. The only difference is that the supervision is done by the sheriff’s department instead of the probation office.

It just seems to me that the legislature in Florida seems uninformed with this tirade of bills making draconian laws more draconian. Where is the common sense? Where is the push-back from level headed men and women, the public, the media? Are “boogyman” prejudices so thick that common sense minded people cannot show wisdom in their effort? How is it justified that a traveler cannot rent a hotel room that includes a swimming pool or that they may not be employed in the mainstream workforce. Do Floridians imagine these inhuman beings are lurking around every corner to commit sex crimes, because they are not. Most are just trying to survive.

Can we not consider our Constitution and governance where we pledge that citizens shall not be deprived of life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness, expanded to include equality and dignity? And then relook at collateral restrictions after punishment that interfere with reentry back into society, punishment after punishment. The registry as excessive punishment violates due process prohibited by the Eighth, Fifth, and Fourteen Amendments, and double jeopardy is prohibited by the Fifth Amendment. Then examine even marginally, academia to see the ample evidence that sex offenders who have been punished and released have the lowest recidivism of all offenders except murders; that distances from schools, parks, or other areas children gather have no bearing on recidivism; that signs and public shaming or public websites only serve to push former offenders further into isolation and tend to create homelessness, joblessness, and increase criminality.

The management of sex offenders is an abomination in America, worse in Florida. The registry is overpopulated from minor offenders to violent ones, all managed as one huge ever-growing list. It includes on one end, those sexting, nudity on beaches or in the woods, urination in the woods or construction sites, streaking, prostitution, possession of illegal images, underage teen consensual petting and sex, and at the other extreme, violent rapists, sexual kidnappers, and sexual assault. The registry needs cleansing to include only the latter at best. Once on that registry, a former offender’s life and that of his family are ruined for the rest of their lives. It becomes near impossible to find employment equal to his or her experience or education; transnational and intranational travel becomes fraught with complexities that make that travel difficult or impossible. I sold my time share in Deerfield Beach, and no longer visit Pensacola or relatives living near Daytona Beach as I have done for the last 39 years.

Politicians have no clue what degradation they are enforcing on their fellow Americans. Most are not “scum bags,” but fathers, sons, brothers, grandfathers, and veterans. This is a crime that needs an end game; non-violent offenders do not warrant a life-time penance; and castration or capital punishment is ridiculous. Politicians seem to have free time to stack more punishment upon punishment to further erode the lives of these people merely trying to regain their footing in life. They seem to do this not for justice, but to appear tough on crime. The assumption is that all are pedophiles, all cannot change their condition, and all do not deserve a life after their misstep. Law enforcement maintains records of violators for life, so public registries serve no purpose. Public disclosure of low-level, non-violent offenders only feed vigilantism. One might make a parallel to negroes in the 1940s who were pushed to the back of the bus or to separate restrooms and water fountains because some in our society labeled these boogymen as marginalized, mentally deficient, or simply feared. We are building an entire subculture of mismanagement that is restricting these Americans to lives we shame, denounce, and violate with judicial and physical dehumanization and isolation.

I urge you to reconsider your position on this bill. Let us legislate with reason, not fear. With justice, not vengeance. And with the courage to see every citizen as worthy of dignity, redemption, and a second chance.
Respectfully,