YES!

I fully agree with Heather Devaney.

If we continue to punish people for things they did years ago, how much are we taking on the responsibility of helping to increase / create "recidivism"?

We take on the role of God, Judge, and Jury? We need to realize statistics.

How many of you - those reading this - know the stats between men and women who have been found guilty (rightfully or not), who only did one crime, and are not repeat offenders? If someone has been in trouble for years, I would have a hard time giving them an opportunity to work with my visitors and clients, but I would be quicker to give someone an opportunity to work if they haven't been in trouble with the law in years.

To many people have been incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. How many times have you seen on the news where someone has finally won their freedom after many years for a crime they never committed. How is giving a person $100.00 - according to Florida - and a bus ticket to their destination worth in respect to the years of incarceration? A prime example of this, if you care to look it up, is the case of State vs. Snowden, and Snowden vs. State, where a former police officer (if I remember correctly) was incarcerated for a crime he never committed for 18 years. He was given a "desk job" after being cleared of the charges, but what did he lose? Where's the money he could have made, the pension he could have been storing up, bonuses he never received, and on and on and on. I'm not trying to write a book, but I used to help people that were incarcerated with their cases. I never charged one penny for my time and efforts, but I enjoyed every win. I worked on one case where the former prosecutor sent the man a letter (on letterhead) from her "private" lawyer business, and she stated how bad she felt for "...convicting an innocent man..."

Where the judicial misconduct in this case? Where's the justice?

In Florida, don't believe "...innocent until proven guilty..." When or if you are charged with a crime in Florida, you HAVE TO PROVE you're innocent or you are more than likely going to prison or having a conviction through a "Plea Bargain" if you don't fight for yourself.

DON'T TRUST a Public Pretender to help you.

DON'T TRUST "Innocent Until Proven Guilty".

DON'T take a plea bargain unless that is your best "out" for your crime.