How Do People End Up on the Sex Offender Registry?
Surprisingly, some are added for actions that many wouldn’t expect, such as:
• Downloading explicit content or taking nude photos of oneself
• Consensual sexual activity between minors
• Innocent physical contact—like hugging a child in a way someone deems inappropriate
• Public acts like mooning, flashing, or even urinating in public.________________________________________
Age Range of Those on the Registry
• Youngest: 6 years old
• Oldest: 101 years old
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Who Pays for the Registry? You do. Taxpayer dollars fund the system.
Cost to Operate the Registry Nationwide: $1.6 billion ($1,600,000,000.00)
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In Florida: Once you’re on the registry, it’s for LIFE……….no matter the offense.
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Who is NOT on the Registry? who DOES NOT qualify to be on The Registry?
* Serial killers * Mass shooters * Terrorists
* Infamous figures like Adolf Hitler, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, Stalin,
Mussolini, Bonnie & Clyde—none would be on the Sex Offender Registry.
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Other Serious Crimes NOT ON THE REGISTRY:
• Arson * Bombing
• Animal abuse
• Assault with a deadly weapon
• Bank Robbery *Retail Robbery
• Burglary *Home Invasion
• Car Theft *Carjacking
• Drug Traffic & Manufacturing
• Cybercrime *Fraud
• Domestic violence
• DUI manslaughter
• Elder abuse
• Embezzlement *Extortion
• Gang-related violence
• Grand theft * Larceny *Mail Theft
• Human trafficking & kidnapping
• Murder & manslaughter
• White-collar crime
• Prostitution
• Rioting *Terrorism *Torture
• School, mall, and mass shootings
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A Call for Change
Stop selective punishment. Stop discrimination.
If there is to be a registry, it should apply to all felons.
Share the facts. Share the message. Fairness. Equality. Reform.
A REGISTRY FOR ALL FELONS or A REGISTRY FOR NONE