Issue: Florida Law must differentiate between Sex Offenders and true, deceived, non-predatory men.

Many may remember Zach Anderson, a 19 year old man whose story reached national attention after being sentenced to jail time and, even worse, registration on the sex offender list. Zach was lucky-- the young girl who lied about her age via a social media app admitted to lying, and his story got the attention it needed for a resentencing.

Yet not everyone is as lucky as Zach. Just recently, another young man, this time in Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 14.5 years in prison and life on the sex offender list because of another young girl's same actions: an app that allowed her to lie about her age. A law that was meant to address sick men who would harm and rape young women is now being used against innocent men who would have never otherwise consented to any sexual act with a minor in any given circumstance. The young man in question will now have years off his life he will never get back, his family, suffering, because of the irresponsible actions through the use of social media.

Florida Law currently does not allow the claim of the minor lying as a defense, but yet men in situations like Zach was don't have a defense against these kinds of actions, and it is ruining their lives. Women and girls who are true victims of sex crimes are continuously insulted by young girls who play as adults and will never face responsibility for their actions, but yet innocent men will.

Florida Law needs to be updated to reflect the abuse social media has that flouts the laws of the land, to protect, not only girls who are lured through social media, but men who are misled and tormented by young girls who do not fully understand the consequences of their actions. Lives are being ruined, we need to act now! Urge the Florida Congress to differentiate between true sexual offenders and men like Zach, whose only crime was looking for a partner!

I'm not a law maker. Whether it's the age of consent, or allowing the defense of her lying over social media, etc. Something needs to change within our system. Whatever the case may be, this shouldn't be allowed to continue where innocents like this get thrown into prison. ID's aren't a secure way to know someone's age. You can do everything right, check someone's ID, ask their friends, etc, and still get in trouble if the ID happened to be fake and the friends lied. Morally and in terms of Justice, this is wrong. I am urging the Florida Congress to find some solution to this issue.