Comments on: Registrants’ children matter too

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:58:05 +0000

I wish there was a place that Florida registrants with children could go to meet online and discuss their individual struggles and how they have overcome them.

I often need that compassion and understanding from another registered person. My child has friends now, but i fear for him in the future.

By: tim

tim — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:24:55 +0000

In reply to Dan. Well written! Have u ever thought about being a speaker for the rest of us?

By: Abolish AWA

Abolish AWA — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:12:06 +0000

Just one small piece in the fight against AWA, SORNA, and registries nationwide….

By: Kati

Kati — Sun, 24 May 2015 03:56:23 +0000

People don’t understand what this ridiculous registry does to the families, young men forced to plead guilty because their so called public defenders dont want to help. These registered offenders have kids of their own who it follows, families are seperated and these offenders seem to pay the price over and over, maybe there are some that are truly a threat but far too many Im sure are bs laws, a 20 yr old man and alleged sexual misconduct charge with a 16 or 17 yr old, who has reported 3 others in the same year but yet recanted is now being basically tried again because he is brought up in family court issues come on.Intead of rushing to prove their guilt try proving their innocence.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 04:38:25 +0000

I have first hand experience with Florida polices. I have returned from incarceration in another state after losing 4 1/2 years with my wife and children. All my family now wants is to be together and be left alone. I served my time and my family paid the price too, even though my crime occurred before we were together. According to the State of Florida I can live anywhere since my crime occurred before the law was in effect. However the city like many other cities in Florida says I cannot live inside their limits with my family. Even though we have owned this house and lived in it prior to my incarceration, Now I am not on probation, parole or any supervision but I am treated like a 2nd class citizen in my own country. When I was in the military 40 some years ago we said we were fighting for freedom. Where a person could speak there mind in the streets of America and protest what the government did or did not do. A country that also believed in 2nd chances, rehabilitation not retribution. A country where once you served your time, you moved on with your life and had at least a chance of being a productive citizen. Somewhere in these past 40 + years we have seemed to have lost our way.. It seems now like we have become more like the people who we were against then. The America whose rights I defended no longer protects my rights,nor my families rights. If this Republican controlled state actually believed in “family values and the constitution” as they say they do, then they could not permit this travesty to continue. Unfortunately they do not recognize the difference between the hypocrisy of their actions and the public pontificates they express to us all.

By: John W.

John W. — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 04:10:19 +0000

It literally makes me heartsick when an organization wants only their own demands met and never consider the collateral damage they’ll cause to an equal or greater amount of innocent people. I don’t understand how any group can say they care for the children who were sexually abused, but at the same time have a cold heart toward these same children who didn’t grow up to become “the well adjusted citizen”. Sometimes I wonder if we can hate so much, that we become blinded to the innocent lives we destroy, or blinded to the fact that we aren’t solving a human problem, but, that we only get to stand before other men like ourselves, who have done no wrong and we praise each other for our fine work in protecting the children. Because we really don’t care about human suffering as much as we care about having a law named after our efforts, or we get votes for our pet politician, or get to be interviewed by the 5 o’clock news to proclaim how smart and great we are, {all for the children, of course). Where is my proof? It’s in the story of Laurens Kids disparaging any other group that might have a slightly different solution than theirs. I’m surprised they didn’t just call the members of ARM, “child abusers”, because that accusation would normally make the opposition shut up and go home.