There should be no registry, in any way, shape or form. And if there was, it should be for all criminals alike. In the name of public safety. How could it not?

The argument AGAINST risk-based registries that you will hear is, that they are more subjective than offense-based, because they are based on a risk assessment, rather than an offense, which is purely factual. To which you should respond, it’s the other way around— an offense-based registry is based on a single variable of risk— the severity of original offense— even though there are at least half a dozen well known risk factors. And an offense-based system denies the high-tier offender the incentive to rehabilitate themselves, presuming that they cannot change. Which has been demonstrated false.

Florida would benefit from switching to a risk-based system, except that under AWA, it would lose its Federal Byrne JAG funds were it to do so.

Of course, Florida’s registry should be abolished altogether, but that’s an issue more for the courts. When talking to your legislators, you might bring up risk-based systems.