No longer in FL but on the FL registry?
If you are on the Florida Sex Offender Registry but no longer living in Florida, FAC is organizing a potential legal action to seek removal of those no longer in our state.
There are currently over seventy thousand (70,000) individuals on the Florida registry. In fact; less than half are actually physically present in the community. MOST are incarcerated, moved out of the state, were only here temporarily and had to register, have been deported or are deceased.
The purpose of Megan’s Law (public disclosure) was to create, “notification programs so the public can be warned about sexual offenders living in the community.” Florida’s registry is comprised MOSTLY of people NOT living in the community.
If you remain listed on the Florida public registry, but are no longer residing in a Florida community, you may be eligible to participate. It is important to note that since most FAC members are IN FLORIDA and this potential suit would not benefit them, FAC cannot help in funding this suit. Costs will need to be shared by those participating in the suit and it is our hope that by bringing several similarly situated people together, the pooled resources will enable this lawsuit to move forward, where individual resources might not.
If you are interested in learning more; please contact legal@floridaactioncommittee.org.
Did Rick Scott ever respond to FACs request to clean up the registry?
Of course not
So is this making progress on the funds needed to proceed with this?
I was under the impression that FDLE already went to court a while back so that they could keep everyone on the registry essentially for life even if they had left the state.
I realy hope something gets done about this. My original conviction is in Ohio. I moved to Florida temporarily to help my girls family do home improvement to their house so thst they could put it back on the market so they could move back to Ohio. I was convicted under Megans Law as an oriented offender. I had to register once a year for 10 years.. No residency restrictions. No postcards. But when i moved to Florida everything changed. I became a tier 1 offender. LIFETIME REGISTRY. When I moved back to Ohio the retroactive part of the AWA was ruled unconstitutional. In 2010 I was removed from the Ohio registry. But Im still on the registry in Florida. How is that constitutional?. Do I have righs?
Shaun – we are working on a case – we will be in touch.
I am in the same vote I lived in KY moved down there for 2month and worked and then moved BK to KY and finished my in 2012 I been trying to find away for 15 years to get it off down there couse I can’t get a job and I live in KY. They tell me you are still on the board in Florida and I live here I need it gone it’s hard to help sport my family with odd an in jobs
My son will be getting out in July and moving back to Ohio. We are trying to get his probation transferred to Ohio. He was only in Florida for 4 months before this nightmare happened in our lives and we just want to put it behind us. Will my son still have to register in Florida even though he is coming back to Ohio? There are so many things wrong with his case to begin with that I am in search of a post conviction lawyer who would be willing to talk to us about what we can do. I am also interested in getting involved with whatever it takes to get this to stop. I agree that there are those that are out there that do things to children and should be held accountable but there are way more on this registry that are law abiding citizens that got caught up in a tangled web of twisted law enforcement tactics.
That’s a question for his attorney, Vicki, but if he has to register in Florida, he will remain on the FL registry for life
Yes Vicki, especially since the conviction happened in Florida, even though he will be registering in Ohio and following all of Ohio’s laws, as it stands right now he will be on the Florida registry for life regardless of what Ohio does or does not do. If he’s been in a Florida prison, he’s probably already on the registry right now and it is VERY important that he write on his prison release papers his OHIO address so that he can avoid the whole notification/registration/probation drama out of Florida. If officials ask him for a Florida address he must say that he no longer has anywhere to go in Florida and that Ohio is his home and the only place he has to live. Thing is he MUST get to Ohio when he’s supposed to and immediately go to Ohio probation who will then alert Florida that he is where he said he would be and in the legal time frame. After double checking that his release papers indicate the Ohio address he is expected to walk through that prison gate, get in the car and drive straight to Ohio. Hope that helps.
rpsabq – usually those that were on the FL registry already and then go to prison it will say incarcerated on the flyer but FL has not been putting the vast majority on the registry before release from prison. It is more likely than not that Vickis son is not yet on the FL registry.
That would certainly be preferable. I hope you are right. She can easily find out that’s for sure. (wow, i’m so late reading these….)
and it looks like there is a difference in how the Dept of Corrections registers inmates who are Predators vs. Offenders. Predators they do register upon entering the facility, Offenders they do not.
775.212(b)If the sexual predator is in the custody or control of, or under the supervision of, the Department of Corrections, or is in the custody of a private correctional facility, the sexual predator shall register with the Department of Corrections. A sexual predator who is under the supervision of the Department of Corrections but who is not incarcerated shall register with the Department of Corrections within 3 business days after the court finds the offender to be a sexual predator. The Department of Corrections shall provide to the department registration information and the location of, and local telephone number for, any Department of Corrections office that is responsible for supervising the sexual predator. In addition, the Department of Corrections shall notify the department if the sexual predator escapes or absconds from custody or supervision or if the sexual predator dies.
Hi Vicki – I do know of at least one case where a young man was convicted in FL – served time – and when he was released his mother picked him up and found out from FL (before his release) exactly how much time was allowed after release before registering. On his release he was of course on probation so the mom did everything she had to do to have his probation transferred to PA – she picked him up and beat feet to get out of FL int he allowed time! He never had to register in FL (of course if he ever comes back he will). But make sure you find out all the details about getting his probation transferred to Ohio etc. and the time allowed before registering. And just from experience get answers from more than one person…you would be surprised how different the answers can be…
my son will be getting out in a year and has a child and we just found out he cant live with his child. does anyone know if this can be changed and also if he moves to another state does he follow their guidelines i.e florida life and texas 10 years so would he just have to register for 10 years??
He will be on Florida’s list for life.
He has to follow their rules.
Yes, living with his son CAN be challenged and he should speak with his attorney about that.
If he’s getting out, he will likely be on probation so you will need to consult with his PO
heres an oddity. i was confronted ny the s.o. and taken into custody for a failure to register. the officer in the jail put me on the registry yet just realized it wasnt after i had due process to see if i actually had to register. the next day i was released and as i thought the case was dropped and a no information was filed. inwas put on the registry by the corrections officer before any order from the court and the case was totally dropped anyway! doesnt seem appropriate a le officer could arbitrarily just put me on the list without being told to do so! it just hit me. inly reason i stayed in florida is because im on the registry anyway but now it seems as if i really didnt need to be
Sarah – I am not a lawyer but I have talked to many people in different situations. If your son is not yet on the registry in FL (because he is incarcerated) then if you can get his probation transferred to another state then he can avoid the Fl registry. You need to start doing the work now though (seriously). Some states do not like to transfer probation and some states follow the probation rules of the convicted state. I knew one young man that was convicted in TX and had his probation transferred to FL and FL followed the TX probation rules. I knew another young man convicted in FL but had his probation transferred to PA and PA followed their own probation rules. Make lots and lots of phone calls. Do not count on internet information. Call the county where he will be released and if they do not have the answer ask them who does. Ask more than one person and take notes and names. Call the sheriff office where you want him transferred to and find out EXACTLY how they treat out of state convictions. Even if he is already on the registry in FL you can still have him transferred to another state and eventually I believe the FL registry will have to remove those people. Make sure you get all the details about what to do – I have also heard that one false move in a transfer can cost someone a violation so you cannot prepare enough. Good Luck.
Hi my name is jr and I need some help. I’ve been convicted of a sexual misconduct with a minor in Indiana 1998 I did my time and got out when I got convicted my charge wasn’t even required to register but they modified the registry so I had to register in my court papers it was up to the judge and he never signed it. Now I got out and about 4 yrs left on a ten year registry we were moving and we contacted South Carolina in which we were going to move to they told me that I didn’t have to do any thing due to me coming from another state so I moved and low and behold I had to register in South Carolina, now I wasn’t convicted in that sate I was convicted in Indiana and the smart office told me that the state you get convicted in overrides the state you live in. So sled ( South Carolina law enforcement division) tells me that once they receive a letter from Indiana stating I have been released well we moved one more time and that’s to Florida well Florida told me basically the Same if I can provide proof they would remove me well I did and it comes back saying that since sout Carolina is still got me then Florida won’t do nothing. I’ve tried to talk to any one and no one can tell me and the smart office is now saying each state governs their own. I did ten years on this registry which was all I was required to do. Now here is the kicker Indiana says if I move back I’ll have to register for life due to I’m under Florida guidelines!!!!! Please any help will be truly appreciated thanks.
Donald – you will need legal help individual to your case. FAC is not a law firm, we are not lawyers and we are neither licensed nor qualified to provide legal advise. I suggest you find a local attorney or call one of the attorney referrals we have on our site, who handle these types of cases. They are private attorneys, however and not legal aid or pro-bono.
if you move state do you follow their sex offender time rules?
Yes
This is easy the United States supreme court in Healy just held unanimously that the federal law prohibits sex registration in two States and the state that the sex offender is not in has no right to keep him registered!
please provide the citation for that case
Please provide me with more information please provide me with the case on that !
Has a source for this found? This would be a sledge hammer in any action brought against Florida demanding removal of non-residents.
Howard? Does anyone know what he is referring to? Would really like to know if this is real and relevant as it would seem.
Each time this thread pops up I do some searching for the case being cited. As of yet I have not been able to find anything similar at all – at state or federal level.
Can I be removed from the registration Plead guilty to crim sex abuse a misdemeanor in Illinois in 04 with a requirement to register ten yrs she was 15 I was 18 it was consensual in November 2014 Illinois released of of the requirements to register I sent the info to fdle as detective Anderson of Pasco county said to do. He told me the should take me off the registration but they said I have to continue to register. Det Anderson told me to contact a lawyer I’ve just been letting it go because it hasn’t bothered me but I recently got my passport for a Bahamas vacation with my wife and a couple friends, and have been looking at taking my wife to Ireland for our ten year anniversary/honeymoon and don’t want to risk being denied entry because of the notification process of sex offenders.
contact legal@floridaactioncommittee.org
There is now a link to donate which makes it easier to do so.
Here is the link to donate and fund this lawsuit:
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/donations/
NOTHING COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW TO GET YOU AND OTHER OFF THE FLORIDA LIST!
Study up on the current laws in Florida and without a doubt, get a lawyer who knows what he’s doing or is at least willing to figure it out to take care of it for you. It’s that important and that difficult. FDLE will probably deny your paperwork. After the lawyer’s request to FDLE probably won’t work either, you will have to get a Florida judge to order it. Since you can afford all these vacations, getting a lawyer will be well worth it. As long as your name is showing up on a registry anywhere, it will show up on any background check the Cruise company runs – and they will run one on you and will deny you boarding, after you buy a ticket, of course. If the best you can do is get off the public registry in Florida, but still have to register, that will keep you off a background check as well. Most background checks, as far as reporting actual convictions, go back only 7 years. Background checks do however, report listings on any public registry in the 50 states.
My crime was a statutory rape 20 years ago.
When I moved to FLA. for a working vacation from NC.,I was placed FLA. registry
When I moved back to NC. and registered I remained on the FLA. registry as well.
I have since been removed from the NC. registry by court order in 2010.
I still show up on the FLA. registry, and that in turn triggers me being on the Federal registry.
So when ever I apply for a job ,I show up as a registered sex offender, that doesn’t work out so well.
You would think that I could send a copy of my NC. court order to FLA. and request that they remove me from their registry, which in return would release me from showing up on the Federal registry. That would be too simple…unfortunately things don’t work that way.
My brother ,a West Palm Beach lawyer contends that the FLA. artificially bloated registry is a determent to FLA. reputation, and tourism. He is trying to get the right parties interested in addressing the issue from that angle.
All seems to be long shoots, and time consuming…
I have been tethered to this thing for over 20 years for my one time mistake.
I have not committed any other crimes, and have been a good citizen, and family man ever since. Yet I am still portrayed (by our government) in a way that has become a life sentence…Past unbelievable!
It’s all about the money with florida
Is the case based on this one fact: The purpose of Megan’s Law (public disclosure) was to create, “notification programs so the public can be warned about sexual offenders living in the community.” ?
Ok, so the Judge will ask, “So you’re suggesting that because Florida law exceeds the purpose of the statute that they don’t have a legal right to right to tell everyone that they will be on the Florida Registry even after moving out of the State?”
It’s a weak argument in my opinion. There are lots of things that Florida does that either exceeds the purpose and/or hinders the purpose of these laws. There doesn’t seem to be any “pillar” against which the Court can lean – “ok they exceed the purpose, ok so what? It’s also pretty obvious they don’t protect anyone AND make our communities LESS safe as well….
but we’re not prepared, and your case doesn’t even ask us to deem all sex offender laws ineffective today, on what grounds are we to proceed?” Plus, they would see right away the massive unintended consequences that such a ruling would bring: a mass exodus of sex offenders leaving Florida, never to be heard from again, with no guarantee that registration will take place in the new State.
A better case would be to challenge Florida using the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution stating that since the Federal Government has spoken on the issue through the creation of several, expansive laws, that Florida is beholden to now follow the Federal Statutes, when applicable. That means that Florida takes my name off after 15 years since i am a Tier 1 and have met the “good time” provision of minus 5 years, so that means 10 – in fact they’re late already. That’s a much stronger case and the one i’ll be bringing if anyone would like to join me.
rpsabq – what you are stating may be correct but there is a flaw….FL does not have a tiered registry…so removal after 15 years because of tier one does not apply. Also, although there are some RSOs on the registry that moved out of state many more were not even convicted in FL but were only here for a short period and were never residents of FL and yet they remain on the registry. The dead remain on the FL registry. Many remain on the FL registry even if they are removed from sanctions in their state of conviction. I agree that a tiered registry (although anything based on the crime and not the person is not ideal) would benefit many in FL – but this idea would be asking for the whole structure to change in an effort to clean up the FL registry.
I agree and you are right. What you say definitely needs to be done. Luckily, and depending on the individual’s case there indeed seems to be several avenues with which to pursue legal action.
I live in CT and I had to register for 10 years. I visited FL during my 8th year for my honeymoon with my wife. As per probation requirements, I notified the local police where I would be staying. They entered me into the FL database. (They didn’t do this the other 2 times I visited f
FL). Had I known they would do this I NEVER wouldve come to FL. Ive now been off probation for 4 years, off the registry in my state for 4 years, married, and have 2 kids. I can’t even go to the YMCA with my family now because FL still has me registered which puts me on the National Registry which is what companies look at. It’s very frustrating that I can’t put a lot of my past behind me because of a visit to FL. I sent a letter to the FL registry asking if they could remove my name since Ive been cleared in my state but they just said no. I dont know what else I can do to try to get my name off FL list. Any ideas?
Eric – contact attorney Ron Kleiner – he’s working on a case now with defendants who fall into this scenario. His contact information is on our attorney reference page.
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Can you send me Ron’s full name , address and telephone number. Thank you
Ron M. Kleiner, Esq.
(954)540-0170
Courthouse Center, Penthouse One,
40 NW 3rd Street, Miami, FL 33128.
So i was good to go in ny no jail no treatment no special circumstances (under 14) no posession nor viewing jist interstate transmission on a computer with no graphics capacity(1996). Rented out my laptop but the guy was captured etc. All was ok had long career not on the public list etc. Came to florida now on for life for some reason. Taken in on failure to register but charges not filed and notice of no information filed by da. My statue did not translate into a florida statute directly as it was federal but the fact i was registered as a no level then tier 1 when law changed in ny im ruined. How can this be fair? My case was resolved and to the credit of those involved i was fortunate to have everyone stand bu their agreements. Why can florida do this to us now??? No hearing no thoughts yet they file no info on the failure to register?
I am happy to join your lawsuit. I am certain that if Florida is accepting Federal monies as being compliant with the newly renewed AWA that they must adhere to the trier ranking system.
Of course this is not convenient for them so they have ignored it to artificially keep the sex offender numbers high for more federal and state funds to monitor offenders most of whom are incarcerated, moved out of the state, or would be eligible to get off the damn thing because enough time has passed.
You can contact me at admin@sexoffendertruth.com
Actually Lee, about 5 years ago I asked SORNA this exact question and was told that FL does not have to adhere to the tier system. I, like you, thought that in order to be considered complaint with AWA they would have to….however, I was told that FL “complies enough” with AWA to receive funds and that they are allowed to make state laws “tougher” than AWA guidelines and still remain compliant.
Funny term “complies enough”…I think I am going to start updating my address every other year then. Certainly that “complies enough” to keep me in line with the “law”!
Seems to me that if we don’t cross every “t” and done every “i” and follow the myriad of incoherent and illogical rules/laws that we end up arrested even though my obligation to alert them when I change address I will certainly DO so telling them yearly seems like overkill.
For us it is ALL or nothing so pretty sure that even though it benefits the state to simply comply enough that is NOT good enough.
This needs to be chanllenged in court again so let’s all donate to this case!
Even if a RSO lives in Florida can’t they see that they would benefit from this? Firstly it would shine a much needed spotlight on the registry and how ineffective it is! That is an immediate benefit to ALL as it would open the door to other reforms!
Second, it would be a motive to move out of that god forsaken state and know there is a possibility of getting their lives back!!
I am baffled by EVERYONE is not donating toward the lawsuit the Florida Action Committee is trying to fund to fight this in court.
It is madness NOT to want to see this happen. There is a light at the end of the tunnel and yet most seem to ignore that spark of hope! WHY
No one has yet to use the Federal Statutes against the State of FL. The Tier classification as described in the Statute itself is so specific that just for the sole benefit of the lawsuit itself, little intrepretation would be needed to determine whether someone would be considered 1, 2 or 3 according to Federal Law. In the reading of the Federal Statues I see no indication they would be considered non-binding just because a defendant comes from a state that doesn’t use the Federal tired system. It seems obvious that the Fed. Statute was written with that expectation in mind. Additionally, the Supremacy Clause is such a longstanding pillar of our justice system, much like ex post facto, its seems to me a Federal Court would consider that the stronger issue, rather than specifics of a Tiered system and would seriously consider the case. Florida has a tiered system: Offender and Predator. The federal statues just use an extra category and not does use the term predator, while most states do. I mean if a person can’t take advantage of those Fed statues than who were they written for? Florida is considered “in compliance” for their funding, but they really are not in compliance with Federal Law, not so much because they have no tiered system but because because they have no way at all to allow someone to at least apply to get removed from the list where Federal Law clearly provides for that. I think it’s a strong case… i’ll keep everyone posted.
I have an interesting point here. What if you have been deported and according to the new country where you now live, it is illegal to have any kind of registry due to the Constitution of the said country due to the automatic expungement and rehabilitation clause. This would violate the person’s constitutional right under said country and thus perhaps seek relief? the person is no longer living in the USA so the whole purpose of the registry is now mute and furthermore would violate Europe’s laws on privacy and rehabilitation..thoughts? if this actually works, hello SUPREME COURT…
Rick Scott apparently has a big bee in his bonnet about anything to do with sex offenders.
I think the problem is because the SORNA tiers are considered minimums – so when Fl exceeds that they are considered compliant. Remember SORNA was not written to be fair to RSOs at all. Here is SORNA’s complance info for FL. Not sure how old it is
https://www.smart.gov/pdfs/sorna/Florida.pdf
And here is a FL Senate op-ed on it
http://archive.flsenate.gov/data/Publications/2009/Senate/reports/interim_reports/pdf/2009-312cj.pdf
I was convicted in Pa 11 years ago of one count of possession of child pornography I accepted a plea bargain of 1 year probation and 10 years on Megans
I traveled to Flordia 2years later and had to register there
Although Laws changes that said I would be on Megans for 15 years we went to court and used several Supreme Court Cases that said the plea bargain must be honored. The Judge in Pa agreed and made the State of Pa take my name from the list.
It is still on in Flordia but removed from Pa list. Can I get it now removed from Flordias list using the same court cases or others you may know of.
Attorney Ron Kleiner is working on a case.
If you want your life back it is vital you join the fight against this immediately!
Here is the link to donate and fund this lawsuit:
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/donations/
NOTHING COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW TO GET YOU AND OTHER OFF THE FLORIDA LIST!
My husband and I moved from Florida to Ohio recently, when we arrived and he checked in with the sheriffs dept they told us that he would most likely be removed from the registry in Ohio because it was 10 years ago but would put him in as tier two for now. Two weeks later he looked himself up on the registration list and found he had been changed from tier two and now was classified as a Sexual Predator. No one called to inform us of this change. When it describes his crime it says habitual offender, he was only convicted once 10 years ago in Florida. We called the sheriff and they said the state attorney general wanted it changed to comply with Florida lifetime registration. Sex offender designation by ohio law would remove him here today. He now has to check in every 90 days and live with a Predator designation. How is this legal? What can we do?
Amanda C. – if possible I would contact a lawyer. As far as I know an attorney general cannot just change the nature of an adjudicated crime to “fit” what he wants it to fit. He also cannot just create crimes to get the result he wants (the habitual offender part). I would also pen a letter detailing everything they told you and state the things listed and send it to the attorney general and all representatives you can. Choose a couple of lawyers and send them the letter also. Start keeping names, times, and dates. To me this is a biggie and needs to be addressed. I would also ask the attorney general’s office why they feel the need to comply with FL lifetime registration? It would seem that the highest LE officer in Ohio did not do his homework and assumed that the lifetime registration was because your husband “must be a bad guy” instead of finding out that ALL FL RSOs are lifetime. I would tell him that in the letter. I would bet that some astute lawyer would love the get the AG on the carpet for creating a record that does not exist.
I am very interested in the outcome of this, my son is on Fl. list and we are considering moving to Ohio. If went by Ohio AWA, he would be off in 24 years, but lifetime in Fl.
I am in Washington state but was convicted in Florida and on the Florida registry. Washington does not have public notification for Tier 1 but I show up in every search due to Florida registry. One would think that the full faith and credit clause would apply and since I live in Washington, Florida is essentially violation the public notification typical in Washington.
Well then join the class action suit as you and thousands of others who are being exploited by Florida to pad their numbers would directly benefit!
Contact and donate to the legal efforts. Take some action and get your life back!!!
We can make this happen!
Lee
SexOffenderTruth.com
Can I have the lawyers name you referred this man to I know someone that is trying to move from pa to fl and is almost off but he get told that no lawyer will touch his case because it’s in the federal lawsuit and he is on the list
Unfortunately, full faith and credit seems to only apply to very specific types of judicial orders. Why do you think that we hare having debates about things like the validity of state concealed carry licenses in other states?
I think by now you would fully comprehend that actual laws don’t matter that much when it comes to “sex offenders”…meaning, that if you want to get off Florida’s list then you had better donate to and join the legal action directly addressing this issue!
Here is the link to donate and fund this lawsuit:
https://floridaactioncommittee.org/donations/
NOTHING COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW TO GET YOU AND OTHER OFF THE FLORIDA LIST!
How about people who were removed from the registry from the state they got convicted in but moved to say South Carolina and they told that individual that he falls under the state he got convicted out of but then they didn’t remove him and then he moved to Florida and provided Florida a paper showing he was removed from the state he got convicted out of but since South Carolina isn’t doing their part Florida is saying no now. This is straight bs! Now it’s affecting my job. And I thought it wasn’t supposed to. Someone please point me to the right kind of person to help.
Don – check the attorney referral page on our site.
And is this a legitimate way to answer the question I provided? Jesus I’ve talk to so many lawyers that all I get is I don’t know. I’ve being violated in so many way it is pitiful please I beg you I live in Santa rosa co.
Which of the attorneys on our referral page told you they don’t know?
I was convicted of possession of 21 pictures of child porn in 2004, I was sentenced to 10 years probation and required to register for life in Fl. I completed probation in 2014. I have not lived in Fl since 2007. I live in Puerto Rico and I have to register here as per Fl law. I am 75 years of age retired and have medical problems (cancer). Is there any way to end this registration requirement.
Florida sex offender registry also posts your information FOR LIFE if you just visit Florida! I made a one-time mistake of engaging a “14-year old” in an ADULT chat room. It was a sting operation and there was no child involved. I am not on the public registry in my own state and have been off probation for 7.5 years (at the urging of the probation department in my state)……..but I visited Florida for 5 days to see family for the holidays a few years ago and now my picture and information is publicly shown on the FDLE website forever. I never lived in Florida, have never been arrested in Florida and haven’t been back to Florida. Yet FDLE gets to post my information forever and I have no way to get my information removed.
Also, neither the police nor the Sex Offender Registry in my own state were aware that Florida posted my information. I became aware because my daughter’s elementary school district discovered the Florida posting — and I received a letter from the school district saying I was banned from my daughter’s school. I can’t attend any of her school functions.
Same kind of situation. I live in CT and visited FL while on probation. I had to check in when I got there and they posted me for life. I never would have gone. I’m off of every registry except for Florida.
Is this still an ongoing fight? I have never lived in FL but was forced to register due to a vacation. The irony is I am no longer on my conviction states registry because I interstated my probation back to where I was from. I’m still on VA probation technically since my residential states administers it for them yet I’m not on their registry, yet I’m on FL’s where I’ve never ever lived.
Also if I am ever removed in my home state this will force IML to still apply to me, even though I once again don’t and never have lived in FL.
It is – we’re still trying to raise money for it.
I understand this is a tough fight because those in Florida are fighting their current battles. I read a report I forget where that was done about the number of SO’s that were actually living in the community and of the roughly 70k on the FL registry it was only about 27k. If registry numbers are used for funding, wouldn’t this claim of ha ing to manage 70k SO’s be slightly fraudulent?
the report was the OPPAGA report http://www.oppaga.state.fl.us/MonitorDocs/Reports/pdf/1808rpt.pdf
So what information is Florida providing to the national registry for people who are no longer resign in Florida?
I AM GOING TO BE SHOUTING SO COVER YOUR EARS THAT BOTHERS YOU!
I HAVE NOT LIVED IN FLORIDA FOR OVER 15 YEARS. I WAS NOT THEN AND I AM NOT NOW A THREAT TO ANYONE IN FLORIDA – WHY – BECAUSE I AM PHSICALLY THERE!
I DEMAND REMOVAL OF MY NAME AND THE OTHER 35,000 AMERICAN CITIZENS WHO SHOULD NOT BE LISTED ON THE DECEPTIVE, INACCURATE AND FRAUDULENT FLORIDA SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY!
I live on Ohio and was required to register until Sept 2019 during that time I visited Florida to see my elderly mother and did the right thing and registered as a visitor. Now Florida is refusing to remove me this is so wrong
Anything new on this front? I’ve been off my states registry for 6 years now, and Im still registered in Florida because of a honeymoon I took there.
Actually, my honeymoon was ruined because we went to Palm Beach and a day after checking in the sheriffs came to my hotel room and told me I had hours to leave Palm Beach.
Anyways, while being on Florida’s registry (and the National one because of that) hasnt affected me much in my daily life, I would still love to be removed so I wouldnt have that fear that someone will discover it.
Thanks for any new info!
What’s new is that donations to our Out-of-State Challenge, which will sue the state for removal of our-of-staters from the registry, now has a matching donor.
Thanks Jacob.
Is this still ongoing? I would love to help. I too registered in FL when I was there for five days in 2007 and am still on their list.
It should be since funds have been collected since 2017 which is 6 years ago! One of the main reasons that we have little hope is that nothing seems to ever happen or if it does it is endlessly delayed for one reason or another.
Who knows how many donated and have died of old age waiting?
I am not being pessimistic but it seems like this is so clear cut yet – if nothing can be done with something so obvious it really dampens hope of anything EVER changing in Florida. (Except more punishment added)!
Perhaps if this was on the front page and stayed there we might see more motivated as more who are listed but living out of Florida might become aware of this case and actually donate!!!
The FAC has a legal fund for this that only has $11K of $25K funded. Contribute some money because only a lawsuit will force the FDLE to remove them.
If everyone of the 30,000 people who are on the Fl registry that do not live in the State gave $1, they would have more than enough to file and maintain the lawsuit.
When you say you have a matching donor…. what do you mean by that. When will we see progress of out of state removal?