Comments on: The McGuire decision sucks

By: FAC Contributor #3

FAC Contributor #3 — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:08:34 +0000

In reply to JZ. We do not.

By: JZ

JZ — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 19:34:50 +0000

Does FAC have a committee that researches how judges voted on causes that affect our community? The Floriduh Supreme Court and the First District Court of Appeal has five judges each on the November 2022 ballot in Duval. Their voting records would surely help us to influence our families, friends, and supporters on which judges should be retained.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:21:04 +0000

In reply to Douglas In Jacksonville. How did you make the registry without a conviction? Asking because my spouse is in the same boat, and we want to travel. Is there a list, other than national information available, where i should check for his name.

By: Hppp

Hppp — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 20:35:21 +0000

In reply to Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com.

As bad as the Smith v Doe decision was, the state at issue (Alaska) did not have residency restrictions at the time of that ruling, and SCOTUS actually went to some length to distinguish Alaska’s registry scheme from anything restricting a person’s movements.

Apparently even that lame distinction might be gone now. Unbelievable.

By: Mr3p

Mr3p — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:27:53 +0000

In reply to Eugene V. Debs. The court seemed to intentionally give the Alabama legislature seven years to repeal the worst portions of the law so they could then upheld the slightly less bad portions of the law.

By: Douglas In Jacksonville

Douglas In Jacksonville — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:38:20 +0000

Let me get this straight……
I’ve been on the sex offender registry now for over 25 years after having never been convicted of anything. In that time, I have found it extremely difficult to maintain consistent and gainful work opportunities. Achieving and maintaining a normal career at times has felt almost impossible. This constant financial jeopardy led me to conclude years ago that I should never try to have children or a family. I used to be a regular attendee of church services but my registry status was used against me when I accidentally uncovered corruption with the leadership. I’ll never go to another church again. I’ve been self-employed now for over 20 years and the writing is on the wall. I’ll never have a normal retirement. It’s almost impossible for me to maintain savings. I will never have a pension or a 401k or anything like that. I’m doing good just keep myself fed and housed. Then there is the psychological stress of having the full faith and credit of the state government character assassinate me at every turn it can. Everyone has a smartphone in their pocket now and it never ceases to amaze me how often this issue comes in to sabotage something I’m doing. This state-sponsored character assassination campaign is pretty much part of my daily life at this point. It took several years of panic attacks and anxiety for me to realize that I have some type of PTSD now. Sometimes I am extremely angry and paranoid over things that simply aren’t real. My personal favorite is waking up at 3:00 in the morning with my mind racing with about 20 million different things flying through it at one time. So glad to know that none of this has been the punishment. It’s just a administrative process and nothing more.

By: Sc

Sc — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:24:49 +0000

In reply to Capt Charles 'Bob' Munsey Jr. USN Ret. History is written (and rewritten and rewritten and rewritten, etc.) by the Victor. Facts are irrelevant, afterall, if you tell a lie enough and others repeat said lie it eventually becomes a (frightening and high) truth. It's been a go to tool for politicians for a very long time.

By: Capt Charles 'Bob' Munsey Jr. USN Ret

Capt Charles 'Bob' Munsey Jr. USN Ret — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 22:37:46 +0000

It is a sad state of affairs when ‘right’ and ‘left’ are given to determining justice and not ‘right’ and ‘wrong’. With my faith in God, ‘right’ is always right, and ‘wrong’ is always wrong. While the laws found in the Bible have changed from the Old Testament to the New Testament, to make adjustment to current events, the principles have stayed consistent. With man, the principles change with whoever is in power…or the weather. I hope and pray that one day Americans will wake up to the founding principles of our nation. Until they do, our society will only continue to deteriorate until we have gone beyond the point of no return. And then only the ‘second coming’ will save us.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 14:11:21 +0000

In reply to Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com. It's not absolutely a liberal/conservative issue. Kennedy was socially liberal and we all know what he did. Scalia was as right-wing as they get but came up with a pretty decent ruling and a sixth amendment case that favored some SOs. Still, it's true that if I were playing roulette I would put my money on the liberal side.

By: Eugene V. Debs

Eugene V. Debs — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:58:06 +0000

In reply to Jacob. From the comments section quite a few mention they believe the judges were stalling since they knew the plaintiff was right. Unfortunately we live in a pos world where these judges just toyed with this man for 7 years only to tell him the law has good intentions. This just seems so shady of a court decision. It’s like they realized the registry is punishment, but instead of issuing such they weighed their decision for seven years; if they rule this Alabama Registry unconstitutional what damage would it cause versus keeping the status quo? Then sat on it as long as possible. Then said, wait what if we give a BS ruling the defendant only hope will be to appeal this decision and if on the slight chance they agree to hear the defendant might just yet die and we keep the status quo. I just wish a media person would ask the Judges why does it take you 7 years to come to a decision? But we would never get the truth out of them. Even with this decision I hope it brings attention to the media how bad Registrants have it in the 11th. 7 years to get a decision even our waiting times are punishment.