Illinois appellate court rules park ban unconstitutional
An Illinois appellate court has ruled a public park ban unconstitutional on its face when applied to all sex offenders in all parks, at all times, in all circumstances.
The opinion, which can be read here: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Pepitone-Marc-3-14-0627-DEC.pdf states the ban is far too broad and sweeps up too much completely innocent activity to be constitutional.
Congratulations to registrants in Illinois on this significant victory.
When is something going to change in florida? I cant live in my house ive owned for 19 years not because its 800 feet from a park but because the city says I cant live within the city limits. I had no contacts, no victims and I have to live away from my wife of 19 years. The laws in my town are as bad as Miami. No sex offender can live in the city limits even if they live a mile from a school or anything. Small cities can make their own ordinances as long as it harsher than the states.
After now being a Registrant for nearly 20 years for a non violent crime and no felony conviction, I believe Florida laws are based on wanting to either see you go back to prison, creating vigilantism against me or simply a quick death. Florida has me grouped with horrible predators. And the laws make no distinction. And its very rare to find in Florida any so called Ordinance that is Constitutional in nature. That is why we must fight and fight more these insane and unhuman laws in Florida.
JEV,
I can relate i had 2 mins to decide to go to trial and face 20 years in prison if i lose or 3 years probation and 5 years on so reg. well now it is lifetime on reg. a deal is a deal and the state of florida broke their contract. went to court in 1999
now ? remains if the state really thought i did a crime that deserved 20 years why on earth would they offer me probation?
then come to find out later that had i gone to trial and lost i would not have scored enough points to go to prison; something my high priced so called lawyer never disclosed.
there all a bunch of crooks!!!!!
FLORIDA teens know to have been accused of sex crimes in FLORIDA that are in fact normal exploration with one another, teen/teen crime in FL is a felony, 15 years per charge. The law written to protect a teenager from an adult 50 or 60 years old is actively being used to prosecute teen felonies. Basically forfeit their future for something most experts say is normal. Are there any support groups for people like this? Or any that would want to start a group. I think the FL legislature should be petitioned to change these ridiculous laws that are actually hurting children. jjj