You are correct – we all know (as any logical rational person does) that the registry is useless and is nothing to protect children as claimed and that the facts clearly refute – that is a bold faced lie!

It is unconstitutional punishment. WHY – besides it does nothing to protect children because it actually diverts attention from the real potential danger to children which as we all know is NOT someone on a registry or even a stranger – NO – the REAL danger is someone the child knows (teacher – relative – trust family friend)!

That’s right – their precious registry actually makes it easier and more likely that a child will be abused!

“Lawmakers” such as Florida Senator Lauren Book know this perfectly and yet she does nothing to change the situation! Why – because she and her father have a cash cow that they milk for all it is worth!

Without a path off of this ineffective, illegal, and unconstitutional list it simply is life-time probation – PERIOD!

Well, the registry is the REAL prison sentence!!!

There is No second chance.

It’s ONE and DONE.

I’m down all I had todo was register on a phone service people could call into now I’m on what’s worse than probation and would be technical on probation instead I’m facing prison time should I fall asleep.

Under proposed laws, minors would not get felony convictions for sending sexual pictures of themselves yet under another proposed law could collect damages for each person who has the image. Any 17 3/4 year old can purchase mailing lists and create a nest egg for retirement 3 months before becoming a porn star.

The government did not change the terms of the contract, nor was the judge required to explain all “collateral consequences” of a guilty plea. The judge must explain criminal penalty implications associated with a plea. However, the registry is considered a civil regulatory measure, and not part of your sentence or punishment any more than is the public despising you.

Like it or not, fair or not, that is how they get away with it. We all know this is BS. Nothing will change until we get the Supreme Court to acknowledge that registration is punishment and is not rationally related to public safety. Case by case, bit by bit, this will eventually happen, but not soon enough for any of our liking.

@Dustin, you are 100% correct! After prison and probation, there should be no fu¢king registry!

Im saying a plea agreement is a contract. We signed the contract with stipulations that we’d get a certain consequence for not going to trial. Now the other party is changing the contract repeatedly. How is this even legal? The contract should either be enforceable as it was originally or void.

I also was told by my public defender that if they put my supposed victim on the stand in a dress, I would get convicted. The rest didn’t matter. Even though I told my p.d. that the “victims” brother was a witness to the dad teaching/ coercing her on multiple occasions to say I molested her. The p.d. never interviewed the brother because she said he would just change his testimony by the time for trial. So, I can relate to this story.