A deal is a deal in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled this week that sex offender registration requirements can’t be increased for people who entered into plea agreements before subsequent versions of the registry schemes were passed.
The opinion, which can be found here essentially says that the three plaintiffs who all plead guilty before the enactment of the State’s more stringent SORNA (in 2012) could not be held to it’s more stringent requirements.
Two of the plaintiff’s had registration periods of 10 years (which were then changed to life) and one of the plaintiffs plead to an offense that didn’t even require registration (but the offense was added to the list of offenses requiring registration).
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed that a deal is a deal and that the plea agreements constituted enforceable contracts. The government was bound by the terms that were in place at the time of the deal and not whatever they chose to add on afterwards.
A win is a win! This should now be filed in Florida for those with similar circumstances!
Score: SOs 1 Pennsylvania 0. We have quite a deficit to overcome here in Florida however. But it’s the second half and we need to come storming back!
wish Florida could be sued for breach of contract!
A Deal is a Deal.. THAT IS THE PRESIDENT HERE! So therefore whatever your Court / Sentencing Paperwork States, that’s the deal the State -Courts wherever it may be made with you. Not all this extra crazy punishment. A Deal is a Deal!
Thank you Pennsylvannia. Now it’s Florida’s turn.
Florida’s deal. Freedom as long as drag our ball and chain.