Comments on: Senate: Make Florida “Scorched Earth” For Violent Sex Offenders

By: Melanie

Melanie — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 02:59:13 +0000

I thank Almighty God for Lauren Book and her father, who have fought with courage to keep sexual offenders from reoffending. The people who oppose these efforts have obviously never been victimized as innocent and helpless children. If they had been, they would do everything in their power to suppress these people who feel so entitled to full priveledges as upstanding citizens of this country. I wish I lived in a state like Florida where people took these hideous, pernicious crimes seriously.

By: kris

kris — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:39:45 +0000

The term “SEX OFFENDER” could include people peeing in the bushes, and non-sexual crimes such as Fitzroy Barnaby, who briefly grabbed a teenagers arm to chastise her for playing in the middle of street.

If Fitzroy, had ran over the teenager with his car rather than stop the brakes, he would not been branded as a “SEX OFFENDER” and be tracked as a level 3 , serious “sex offender” and be subject to tracking by the US marshalls, although I have no idea if he still has to register.

Now tell me , would you be more concerned about a criminal selling drugs to your child or a robber or burglar or someone who violently beats up people, or someone peeing in the bushes, the florida state legislature knows that the word SEX is association with a taboo, so a “SEX OFFENDER” generates attention, but not other violent criminals.

Of course if your teenage child takes a picture of himself or herself, they could be charged as a “Sex offender”, recent florida courts have held this to be true.

However, if someone is a violent criminal who beats you with a baseball bat, they won’t have to register at all , despite being a “possible threat to society”,

Heck, even terrorists don’t have to register, only folks the legislature “defines as SEX OFFENDERS, danger, alert”.

By: curious

curious — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:41:56 +0000

Mother of three, it isn’t up to that girl that presses charges, that’s the parents, but first of all everybody should be teaching their kids ways on not being put in that situation, like go to movies with other couples, now if you would only stand back & tell Jr. that’s what he deserved, I applaud you for that, but no that’s not what some parents do, they take up for theirs, by saying that’s my boy, that’s why parents go press charges instead of having charges pressed on them for beating the crap outta them, for the parents to say, well, did you have to whip him that hard, so the others hurt their own for sticking up for them, like, well, it was that girl, I’m sorry lady, but some parents don’t teach their kids to respect themselves much less somebody else, if it were mine, I’d love to beat the stuffing outta a boy, then if I knew for a fact, it wasn’t a true rape, give my girl a whipping, she wouldn’t ever forget, but a 15 yr. old girl doesn’t have the permission to give her body away, & boys are stronger, so they cant say, it’s her fault, they can walk away, but you can bet your rearend,what might happen to him if he gets caught sneaking in/out my house.

By: mother of three

mother of three — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 15:21:53 +0000

I agree with everyone that says sexual offenders be put away for life or just put to death. But I also believe that the sex offender laws should be changed alittle bit too. Grown men and women hurting children yes they should be punished fully but these young guys 17, 18, & 19 years old that having sex with a girl 14, 15 & 16 years old ( that knew what they what they were doing) I dont think they should have to suffer for the rest of thier lives while the girl gets off scott free because she cryed raped so she wouldnt get in trouble with her parents. If the girl is old enough and capable of making that choice to have sex then those boys should not have to suffer for the rest of thier life. I have a daughter as well as two sons and I would much rather see my son gets his a$$ beat by a girls father/mother than have his name put up all over town for the rest of his life. If that girl was NOT forced to do something she didnt want to do.

By: gigi

gigi — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 11:57:36 +0000

Why don’t they offer the option of medical castration in exchange for sentencing time reduction (circumstances to be considered of course). Unless I’m missing something here, a man won’t be able, or even driven, to commit these acts if this is done.

By: Devastating Dave

Devastating Dave — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:35:23 +0000

Death penalty sounds right to me.

As for politicians….life sentence with no chance of parole with hard labor.

By: paul

paul — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 16:26:25 +0000

The type of person who goes to this level of a crime can’t be rehabbed…I’m all for the death penalty for them.. Now if we could treat crooked politicians the same way we might be onto something

By: E

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:20:58 +0000

I’m with you Ms. Carolyn.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:16:21 +0000

429SCJ: My thoughts exactly!!!!

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:04:30 +0000

If sexual offenses can be classified as a disease then law makers could work to quarantine the infected or affected individuals under public health laws.

There is plenty of government land that could be used to establish zones or colonies in which these sex offenders could live amongst themselves in a contained/controlled environment.

Control and containment? What options are left?