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SORNA Case Advances in Federal Court; PLF Files Motion for Summary Judgment
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FL:What’s behind the recent uptick in local child predator arrests?
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — This week, we have seen an alarming number of child predators arrested....
Florida lawmakers want their addresses and phone numbers hidden from the public — but they’re more than willing to put OUR information on the internet ….. and never ever take it down since you can never leave the Florida registry. They want all privacy and we get none?
https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2020/01/22/florida-lawmakers-want-same-privacy-as-cops-and-judges-but-why/
🤣🤣🤣 Hahaha!! I knew it was just a matter of time! And if it saves one car from a collision, it’s well worth it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ten-Oh-See!! 🤣
https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/proposed-tn-bill-would-create-tbi-registry-for-repeat-dui-offenders/
Wait, no specially marked License Plates?? No Driver’s Licenses emblazed with “DUI Driver”?? What gives, 10-O-C??
“”Sullivan County Assistant District Attorney Blake Watson said if the bill passed, the online registry could be enormous.
“This list could grow astronomically, potentially,” he said.
Watson said the Tennessee Highway Patrol arrested more than 7,000 individuals for DUI in 2017 alone, and the number of offenders could make the registry difficult to maintain.
“You’ve got a large, large number of individuals. The other complicated factor, unfortunately, is recidivists, so you’re just going to be going back and adding these same people,” said Watson.
The bill calls for offender’s names to be on the list for two years after a second DUI offense. After a third offense, a name would be on the list for five years.
Watson said the list wouldn’t be useful to him from a prosecution standpoint because he already obtains offender recidivist statuses from the Department of Safety.
Sullivan County Public Defender Andrew Gibbons also questioned the list’s purpose.
“Is there a legitimate interest to have this list out there beyond just embarrassing the people involved? Beyond just adding additional punishment on the defendants, I don’t see any purpose in this,” said Gibbons.”
There is no legitimate interest in any list/registry, including the sex offense list/registry. What, say you Gibbons… additional punishment????
I say a list for everything from unpaid bills to full on murder make everything retroactive. That way we are all under one umbrella. I would love to see this. Cuz stuff would change fast and people would then understand how much harm it dose. Hey if they do make a list for DUI some politicians will be on there most likely lol
I’m thinking someone who routinely puts the lives of others in danger by knowingly driving while intoxicated is significantly more dangerous than a guy who peed in public, but hey, that’s just me.
CA is a prime SB destination every so often.
Super Bowl Sex-Trafficking Myths Return
And they’re just as wrong and dangerous this time around.
https://reason.com/2020/01/10/super-bowl-sex-trafficking-myths-return/
In Defense of White Vans: They are Not Coming to Kidnap Our Kids, No Matter What it Says in Your Facebook Feed
https://letgrow.org/in-defense-of-white-vans/
There could a an Urban Legend section related to topics we discuss here that are myths….
More negative publicity for Ring…
https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2020/01/28/amazon-engineer-ring-should-be-shut-down-immediately-and-not-brought-back/
There’s also a link to an older story that details the broad, uncontrolled access Ring gives TBLs…
https://thenextweb.com/politics/2019/11/20/us-senator-amazon-rings-policies-are-an-open-door-for-privacy-and-civil-liberty-violations/
Just read an article (that I won’t provide here for reading by the masses, but in Iowa (only in Iowa…)) a man who molested numerous children is released from incarceration because he was deemed to be not a threat after identifying as a woman (you can research it yourself if you’d like to read it).
We can discuss assessments for being identified as non-threats, but to identify as another gender is a new way (to get out of incarceration no less) and one I’m not sure will be seen in the long run as viable.
Update on being removed from the obligation to register.
Nearly 2 months ago I successfully earned my CoR. About a month ago I posted on here because I noticed my paperwork said I was no longer obligated to register. Per advice I received I expected the CA DoJ to object and that I would have to continue registering until implementation of the tiered registry.
Today I received a phone call from my local sheriffs office, and they informed me that the DoJ had notified them that I no longer was required to register. My wife checked Megan’s Law webpage and my information has been removed.
The sheriffs office said I should expect the paperwork to follow, and if I do not receive anything in the next few months to contact them and they will provide me with it.
I am stunned and shocked to have reached this point now. Joy is an inadequate word.
My prayers and actions will remain with you all as we continue to push to have relief for everyone experiencing this hellish existence
I am wondering what the “Therapy” portion of my probation was supposed to achieve.
I was unvolved in a group program, but the other 4 individuals were more or less sex addicts( cheating on wife, solicitation, hanging out at rub n tugs) mine was a misdomeanor cp charge stemming from a “good guys” reporting when I had my hard drive cleaned. Since They didn’t prove I had downloaded the photos (12 img) they gave me a felony possession with reduction to misdomeanor upon successful probation. I was not participating in mandated group therapy to the proctor’s satisfaction( I simply couldn’t relate to these idiots) so I was recommended to private therapy.
The next therapist felt that since I was having trouble with employment, finding some would be my cure to my depression. It couldn’t be that this entire fiasco that had turned my world on end was somehow the cause. This person spent 1 hr a week suggesting I take part time work at a taco bell or something. When I told them I had been turned down for a $27.50/ hr warehouse job, I was told, “You’re too good for that anyway”. Wait, I am too good for that but P/T at a drive up is ok?
Absolute ZERO time was spent discussing ANYTHING about me as a person. In fact they reduced my time to 1/2 hr a month and said they would basically lie to the probation dept. about my weekly attendance. I was told that any issues I might have are not related to my conviction. GREAT! But since I was mandated to attend, why not allow me the opportunity to discuss and resolve other possible issues. NOPE! They were only interested in me as it applied to the county’s mandated S.O. program. Bottom line, phsyco therapists seem to create more problems than they address. They think in terms of societal norms rather than the individual patient needs. I long ago ( 4 yrs) recieved my reduction and haven’t heard a word from them, even though they promised to continue and follow up as to, in their words, my success.
I hope to run into them one day so that I can tell them what a waste of space their profession is.
@Waste of my time, I think you’d find varying degrees from people who have been to therapy as far as what it has done for them. I found treatment / therapy to be a useful exercise, at least for me. At the same time I don’t believe that it reduced my likelyhood to reoffend either because I can guarantee a reoffense would never have happened therapy or no therapy. So in that regard it was unnecessary, expensive and time consuming. I don’t think thats the same for everyone. I knew people in it was very useful for and probably had a big impact on their recidivism as well. That said, there are good programs and bad programs as well. I know people put into programs that were purposefully designed to make them fail and that’s definitely not how it should work. I can definitely say that I’m not against good therapy programs as much as am against the entire concept of a registry.