Sex Offender Registry Requirements Leave Some Facing Stark Choices As Coronavirus Risks Grow
A patchwork approach to the nation’s sex offense registry laws is leaving many of the 900,000 people on the country’s registries with a stark choice as COVID-19 sweeps the country: risk their lives or risk their freedom.
The situation is similar in Florida. A spokesperson for the Florida Action Committee, which advocates for changes to the state’s registry laws, said his organization is getting “dozens of calls a day” from registrants who are both confused and afraid of being penalized because of a situation far outside their control.
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FCK it at this point if they want to treat us as lepers lets act like lepers
lets register in person and cough all over everyone
if we contract the disease immediately start a lawsuit or if enough of us get it a class action lawsuit and lets get down to the only level they understand “Money”
I agree with that sentiment. However, knowing the spiteful and retaliatory nature of any government entity within the U.S.A, they’d charge you with attempted murder for doing that, especially if you were showing symptoms.
That’s stupid I know your venting but that shit could get back to our family’s baby’s and parents and anyone else. Went to taco bell tonight…no gloves no mask no shield like they don’t even know what’s going on. In stores you have workers wearing gloves like that’s not on the gloves the proper way would be 1 pair of gloves each sale run the money through ultra violet lights or something another carrying the food another making it with mask I mean it’s bs virus don’t enter your hands what a joke no one knows what todo. Now instead of diapers in the parking lot there are gloves those people know but they should have garbage can available. My advice if you get take out if you really have to hear that crap in the microwave before you eat it. Does it work who knows but America’s open for business. Stores should have call in and internet orders only exposing their workers but then those workers go home baby’s and old people. I don’t think this shit is going away like this were buying time. And next year if this is seasonal then what? maybe life changes we all take off a couple months a year but what we’re doing in my small mind I think is buying time. We’ll see but the comment above is stupid and doesn’t reflect everyone on here opinion.
Ron DeSantis still has not even acknowledged the communication from FAC and the Florida ACLU, right?
Correct – there has been no response or acknowledgement. We are not holding our breath.
I live in Orange county Orlando Florida and April is my registration month. the sheriff deputy came at 5 a.m. to verify my address .. he just stayed in the car and told me to come to front door which I did. I then called the sheriff’s office to see if registration was still open for in-person they said yes. I went down there about 11 a.m. there were five people waiting outside each of us standing of course 6 feet apart, they called us in one at a time , took about an hour or so and I was done. much better than risking a felony … Though I would have rather just stay inside and done it on the phone.
Hopefully we won’t be dealing with the virus come my next time in October.
Lake County informed all registrants that their registrations would be via call-in to the registration office and provided the phone number. I called to verify and that is correct. No in-person registrations in Lake County until this virus is all clear.
Unfortunately as far as I understand it, and if anyone knows different please correct me, in Florida, the requirement to report in person is a state statute that can only be overridden by an executive order from the governor
I can share my personal experience up here in Michigan. Went to update in person on April 1st at the local sheriff department. I was informed that they aren’t doing updating now because of the state’s lockdown. Also that since the courts are closed, the federal case ordering changes in Michigan’s registry law are on hold. They did give me a memo stating that there will be no enforcement actions taken against those whose crimes were prior to 2011, and it advised to call them May 1st to see what to do. State Police were ordered by the federal judge to draft a letter to registrants, but I haven’t received that either. Sadly, that means I have no real proof that I showed up in person as required. A truly rotten situation on top of this health crisis.
@Gerald…if you need something on paper, there is a copy of the state’s memo over on the NARSOL website under one of their articles about Michigan. It states that there is to be no enforcement against pre 2011 persons forced to register. You will not receive a letter from the state police until the final order of judgement is entered….which from all accounts might not be until 6 months from now give or take…
FAC
Thank You so much for this update!
I had to check in 2days ago . I’m 20 miles from the police station where I have to check in. They gave me no notice as to what I was to do even though I’m the easiest person in the world for them to get ahold of . They have my phone # e-mail address ,home address ,text # all contact information. They made no attempt to contact me ,just put a sign on the door of the police station for registries to do there check ins by e-mail or by phone. Every department just makes up there own rules and handles it as they please. As if it was just a hamburger discount coupon. (This is Missouri)
NO ONE should have to risk their lives because of this BULLSHIT!