Testimonies of Collateral Damage by Megan's Laws 
 
Florida Story
My name is Tanya and I live in Florida. My husband, Gordon, is currently serving a 15 year sentence for 1 count of L&L on a minor under the age of 12, offender over the age of 21. He was sentenced illegally here. According to my sources, he should not have been sentenced to 15 years. He had been in prison previously, however, this was his very first sex offense. Plus, he had been out of prison for almost 13 years without even a traffic ticket. His "public defender" did nothing to help him in any way. Which really does not surprise me.

To make matters worse, the victim in the case is my daughter (his step-daughter) and I am the person that turned my husband in. This was not intentional. I went to my counselor to get psychiatric help for my husband not knowing that she was legally bound to turn him into the police.

I have become very active in finding out everything I can about the rights of RSO's in this state. I have started a support group on EZBoard.com called Love Regardless that is for the family members of RSO's.

I hope that you will all welcome me here. I will help in any way that I can.
 
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