@RM

Even though there are guidelines, what people forget is, the biggest factor is the judge assigned to your case. I did not win the lottery because I could have gotten a better deal from Satan than the judge I got. I had an encounter with someone who wanted to be with me. Even though illegal, it was not like I kidnapped someone. I broke the law for sure but 30 years? Some who murdered someone, sometimes don’t get 30 years.
On top of that, I got lifetime registration, and retroactively applied to boot because there was no registry when I was sentenced. If only time machines were real.

I also received a light sentence in 1999 for consensual sexual activity with a 17-year old in 1997 when I was 25 (F.S. 794.05(1), which had only been in effect for less than a year at that time; not minimizing the severity of the offense, just providing context). The registry did not exist in 1997 at the time I committed my offense but went into effect a few months later.

This offense (794.05(1) – Unlawful Sexual Activity with a Minor 16/17 y/o) gets wildly different treatment depending on who the individuals involved are. No important people involved? = A chance at house arrest or probation (maybe even withheld adjudication if the defendant is sympathetic). A big-wig’s 17-year old? = 10 years in prison + 25 years probation. That’s not justice, — it’s a scratch-off lottery ticket.

Please cite to the sources for your information.

If we are talking non violent then: stings, possession of images, a high school student sending/receiving images of his/her partner, soliciting, two consenting adults having sexual contact in a public place, Romeo and Juliet cases, sexting between minors, etc.

For example:
Epstein never followed the rules; he only once registered at his island home and flew back and forth without following procedures and compliance all the time; he paid off the dudes that worked in the FAA control tower; he paid off the private aviation company
-his former pilots fled and the cowards in the FAA tower ‘retired’
-and Florida did nothing

@Alan
I was retro-actively applied to the registry in 1997. On for life with no due process because there was no registry when I committed my crime, no registry when I was arrested, and no registry when I was sentenced.
The judge made no mention of any sort of registry so how was that due process? I would have changed my plea otherwise and fought all my charges even if I had to pay for a trial for the rest of my life on a payment plan.
When I was 15, I got to drive. They then made it 16 but was not retro-actively applied if you had already gotten your license so I got to keep driving. (You had to have an adult with you until you turned 16)

@Aes
Some were searching porn and ended up on sites that had persons underage. Many had not victim as the so called victim was an undercover cop. How do you end up on the registry when the person was 35 years old and then later lied and then said they were only 17. So they lied twice, once for pretending to want a date (but they were a cop) then turning around and stating they were underage when they were not. Even if you sign off and say “That wasn’t what I was looking for” they have your ISP address and come to your house and arrest you for a “Made up” crime.

Aes
There are several ways. Usually through police stings where law enforcement encourages felony actions.

How do you end up on registry, if you didn’t hurt anybody? Can someone give me logical explanation 🙄