Harper v. Glass – Order and Impact
There is much to rejoice about with this order, but unfortunately this order addresses only the reporting requirements of those who have the label of sexual offender forced upon them, NOT SEXUAL PREDATORS.
It is a bitter sweet victory for some, myself included, as my family member was deemed to be a sexual predator when his only true label was that of having frontotemporal dementia. Florida statutes do not allow for dementia to be considered.
Those of us with someone in our family who has been labeled as a predator do celebrate with “offenders” and their families over this small victory. For who hath despised the day of small things? Over time, these small victories can and will blossom into one huge victory.
Earlier this year, I was set free from the oppressive regime called the sex offender registry as I no longer had to take care of all registry requirements for my family member who had no idea what his offense was, no idea what the registry was, and no idea what the statutes said—a once brilliant man who had very few brain cells left functioning correctly.
I no longer have my home address listed on the registry nor my car and tag number—a car that my husband was incapable of driving. I no longer wake up at 4 am in the morning with the most horrible, gripping fear that I could possibly have forgotten something that would cause my husband to be arrested. I no longer wake up panicking with the thought that I might not have taken him to re-registration and having to quickly look at the documentation showing that I had indeed taken him.
With this new-found freedom, I could walk away from everything, but I have chosen to remain in this fight as long as God gives me the health and strength to do so. I continue with all of you in the fight to remove all people, who do not sexually re-offend, from this oppressive sex offender/predator regime.
To those labeled harshly as a sexual predator, the victory is going to come some day when you too will be able to share the victories found in Harper v. Glass.
Sarah
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My question is out of state travel. If I am going to be gone 12 to 13 days but never any place longer than 3 nights, IE arrive Friday afternoon and leave Sunday morning do I have to report that still? if a temp residence is 3 or more days with arrival date not counting than would I be good?