How to Avoid Sex Offender Registration
Anyone who is a registered sex offender or a registered sexual predator in Florida should read Florida statute section 943.04354 which is entitled "Removal of the requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual predator in special circumstances."
This statute states in part that "a person shall be considered for removal of the requirement to register as a sexual offender or sexual predator only if the person:
(a) Was or will be convicted or adjudicated delinquent of a violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04, or the person committed a violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04 for which adjudication of guilt was or will be withheld, and the person does not have any other conviction, adjudication of delinquency, or withhold of adjudication of guilt for a violation of s. 794.011 or s. 800.04;
(b) Is required to register as a sexual offender or sexual predator solely on the basis of this violation; and
(c) Is not more than 4 years older than the victim of this violation who was 14 years of age or older but not more than 17 years of age at the time the person committed this violation."
Section 943.04354 further describes how people who committed their offenses before July 1, 2007 can also avoid having to register as a sexual offender or predator.
Because the registration requirements for sexual offenders and predators are so intrusive and burdensome here in Florida, any sex offender or sexual predator who can lawfully avoid such requirements should certainly try to do so.
I am a registered sex offender who was released from the florida department of corrections 06/20/07 and I was forced to leave the state to avoid going back to prison because i had no verifyable residence in florida even though I have been in florida all my life. I am a FIRST TIME OFFENDER and I repeatedly have been told by officials that I cannot be homeless, I cannot stay at homeless Shelters, otherwise it will be a voilation of the registration requirements as set forth under florida statues, and thereby I would be returned to prison for upto 5 Years for every violation.
Now, I am living in Pittsburg, California which is a short train ride from san francisco and here I can be homeless and only have to Re-Register every thirty days. so florida needs to unburden themselves with these incriminating laws to intentionally penalize offenders just so they can get federal money to fund the prison system. this type of action needs to be challenged, because what is florida accomplishing by restrcting predators from living 2000 feet from a school? that makes no sense because they can still travel there, they still have freedom of movement and they can still prey on kids regardless if they lived on the otherisde of the city. I am NOT a predator, and my victim was 16 and told me they were 18 and I was 22 at the time in 1996. KIDS HAVE ZERO SEXUAL ATTRACTION TO ME. I made a mistake and i will forever regret it.