I’m a convicted 290 registrant. I was released from prison after serving 100% of a 3 year sentence. No good time. I’ve been on parole for 18 months and during that time I have been returned to custody on 12 separate occasions for non-criminal conduct. I’ve been held to a higher legal standard than the average citizen which has caused my re-incarceration for conduct such as entering a park or having a girlfriend with kids, all of which has no relation to criminal activity. I took the 3 year deal…
Read MoreDay: November 26, 2013
Living with 290: Enough
1. My 290 story began in 1999, when I was charged with one count of 288. There is no justification for my actions that lead to that charge. There were mitigating circumstances, but that is another story. It started three months before the formal charge, when the Sheriffs came and told me to leave the house, under suspicion of CPS that I was a danger to my children. I worked for those three months under mounting fear that I would be charged. My mother had taken me in, God bless…
Read MoreAUS: Men who cuddle children
This is for all you men who like to cuddle little boys and girls … and for anyone who read that sentence and thought “that’s a bit creepy”. This is for the men secure and aware enough to navigate the minefield of showing other people’s kids comfort, affection and encouragement, despite a cultural coercion akin to the slander slung at Muslims. ‘Cos that’s where we’re at folks: when it comes to men and children, we are the terrorist living next door, the suspect who sleeps down the hall, and you…
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