Thank you for saying that Sarah, but if our words just keep falling on def ears , were just basically “venting” to each other or preaching to the choir. I am classified as a predator as well and your right , it doesn’t describe me none the bit ! But here I am. My case was in the State of VA , I only had to register once a year and by mail, and was not listed as a predator or it’s sub categories. Since living here in Florida I have to register 2x a year and am listed as a predator. My case was over my Ex in 1993 (that’s a huge story to explain) but since living here I’ve been re- arrested and given another felony record with 5 yrs probation all because we (my new hubby and I ) had a sailboat on Patrick Air Base. For past 13 years I registered it as a “ temp” address with sheriff s Office, but the Base decided after all those years they didn’t want me on their base and needed a reason since I had express permission in writing to be there, so they called the Brevard investigator who just happens to be retired Air Force Security and he arrested me for Failure to register a temp address with the DMV. I am currently still on probation with one year to go but if you knew me you would surly agree I’m one of the nicest people
…. I’m leaving Florida when I’m free again.

I agree totally , or do like Cali for felonies 3rd time ( repeat offenders ) are done. I mean c’mon to punish everyone under the same umbrella is just unconstitutional!

Yes, in Florida a sexual predator is defined to be violent, dangerous, likely to try escaping prison, or has multiple victims. I know people that are classified as a predator in Florida, but none of those characteristics describe them. In a Florida prison, you will most likely be placed in closed security–right under maximum security. That will put you in with murderers, violent rapists, and not just gang members but gang leaders. I am not saying that some predators do not belong there, but there are some who do not.

The following link details how compliant Florida is with SORNA.

https://www.smart.gov/pdfs/sorna/Florida.pdf

The SMART office has gone to the trouble of assigning tiers to Florida offenses.

SORNA requires that Tier I offenders register for a minimum of 15 years and annually verify registration information. Florida currently does not utilize this tier in its registration scheme, as its sexual offenders must register for life and biannually verify registration
information, and its sexual predators must register for life and quarterly verify registration information. However, the following offenses listed in Florida Statutes would require, at a minimum, Tier I registration requirements under SORNA; therefore, designation of those who are convicted of these offenses as “sexual offenders” who must register for life and biannually verify registration information exceeds SORNA’s requirements for Tier I offenses:

If Florida had a Tier 1, it would encompass these offenses:

§ 794.011(5) Sexual Battery (victim 18 years of age or over)
§ 810.145 Video voyeurism (victim under the age of 18)
§ 825.1025(3)(b) Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or the in the presence of an elderly person or disabled person
§ 827.071(4) Sexual Performance by a Child (Possession with the intent to promote)
§ 827.071(5) Sexual Performance by a Child (Possession)
§ 847.011(c) Prohibition of certain acts in connection with obscene, lewd, etc., materials (where the materials depict child pornography)
§ 847.0135(2)(3)(4) Computer Pornography

Florida designates certain registrants as “predator,” but that is a misnomer as it is based on just a single risk variable (ie, the vast majority of those labeled “predator” by the state are engaged in no such thing and are no longer a risk). The label does a poor job of identifying those who may actually pose a risk.

Some letters get published, some don’t, it all depends how much interesting content is coming in at the time and how much space they have. We have to keep trying!

Florida assigns two tiers, but they go by a different label, and there is no equivalent to what other states would define as “Tier I.”

I guess that it was an assumption on my part that predators were multiple offenders. Sorry for the confusion..

The Jacksonville Florida Times Union, though, has yet to print Capt. Munsey’s letter he sent in a couple of weeks ago. A lot has been going on in the news, and I am hoping that the paper will eventually get to letters and concerns of FAC members.

I hope you mean repeat offenders and repeat predators. (Sometimes it does not always take a whole lot to be classified as a predator.)

If that is the case, then I whole-heartedly agree with you. Otherwise, we are no longer a country of second chances. Think of all the things that would never have been accomplished by some people in the history of our own country if no one had ever been given a second chance. If God did not give second chances, such as with David and Paul, we would have large portions of the Bible deleted, leaving us with a more-limited understanding of who God is.