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ACSOL Letter to DOGE Requests Elimination of All Funding for SORNA
Source: ACSOL The Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws (ACSOL) has prepared and sent a letter...
Does anyone know what the adam walsh act reauthorization for 2016 means? If it doesn’t pass is it gone or just mean they don’t have enough funds to implement or enforce it?
It seems that the lawsuits of a couple of years ago have only temporarily stopped some of the websites persecuting us. Even in Google searches, they are starting to come up again. Homefacts and sorarchive.com are both again in the top 5 when searching my name…not good
The problem with the term sex offender is that it seen everyday in the news and the ONLY ones that are reported are the horrendous cases of physical child abuse/rape/kidnapping/murder…so that is the image that is conjured up in the mind whenever the general public hears the term.
Clearly the vast majority of sex offenders are on the list for totally victimless “crimes” and therefore should not be listed to start with. Secondly they certainly should not be on any list with actual violent criminals. Clearly the way to fight this most successfully is not to seek the total elimination of the list because that is NOT going to happen.
The way to fight this so the majority can have our lives back is to separate the actual sex offenders from everyone else.
The punishment should fit the crime and for pissing in public, flashing, texting, or hiring a sex worker it should NOT be a lifetime of punishment and public shaming.
The politicians with their sound bites “if it saves one child” fine BUT again, the vast majority caught in the mess did not and would not ever dream of doing anything to a child.
Stop lumping everyone together. There are really bad and evil people out there but most of us are not that and I am sick of being placed in the same group as those who actually did something to a child or a threat to them!
It is NOT fair and the majority of the public understand that when it is explained to them and when facts (not political lies) are stated! Let’s get realistic and fight this in a way we can make some real changes and get the vast majority of us our lives back!
To American Detained in America:
Please go to “Offendex extortion.com” to get info on SOR, and the alike extortion sites.
Has anyone heard the outcome of the AB2569 hearing?
Already happening and ALL OF US are there:
“Today, the FBI’s digital catalog of searchable “face photos” has ballooned to some 548 million pictures, the largest database of faces in history. It includes criminal mug shots; photos of suspected violent extremists overseas; and, thanks to an agreement with a number of state governments, driver’s licenses and ID photos of Americans who have never committed a crime.”
From Newsweek article here:
http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-biometrics-facial-recognition-next-generation-identification-449146
The AB2569 will be heard Wednesday
This is a great site
I would encourage anyone to give. Even if it’s a dollar a month….even if your homeless and have to panhandle it. (I’m speaking from experience of being homeless in the past) CA RSOL is hooked with paypal which allows monthly donations. At first I didn’t donate. I was just a spectator who left comments once in a while) then I said what the heck? I give to other charities but this one is the best. Families (including my own) of RSOs can come here and get info & loving support from others who are in the same boat
I have a question. I live in San Diego, and I am getting ready to start a new job as a over the road class A truck driver. Does anyone know what the registry requirements are for that? I will be out of the state for anything between one and three weeks at a time. I just really don’t want to step in another trap set for us. I just want to start working and live in peace. Please let me know what I need to do if anyone knows, thanks…
I am in bay area and would consider a roommate. I have 1 br apt., so that would be yours. If this helps anyone looking for housing. I have 1 year left on my probation. I can only have someone on probation, no parolees, sorry. I think there should be part of this site set for possible jobs and housing.
Has anyone ever considered the whole public notice issue as detrimental to the public as well. Kids could be denied a good school because their parents won’t buy a home near an “offender”. Or like my case, seniors aren’t getting the services they want and need because the state says I could possibly take advantage of them.(?). Both sides are losing so a few can push their agendas.
This pastor needs to here from all of us wish there were more like him! we should all donate $1.00-$2.00 to him
http://www.14news.com/story/31729677/14-news-investigates-convicted-sex-offender-working-at-madisonville-church
14 News Investigates: Convicted sex offender working at Madisonville church
Being that this happened in Kentucky, Thomas Hopper’s biggest mistake was violating a stranger instead of a family member…..they probably would have pinned a medal on his chest for that
I know that this will come out wrong, I hope that I can express myself. Right now there is a lot of commentary about the whole transgendered person using the bathroom of the sex not listed on their birth certificate. I can see how many with young daughters would be concerned if they saw a very masculine looking person going into the same restroom as their daughters. As far as I know many would just take them at their word that the person is truly transgendered. Many advocate that we should do just that. Many of those same people are strongly in favor of the registry and of the many additional laws enacted to protect the public. It seems very hypocritical.
The laws in this country are ever increasingly difficult, in spite of the fine work of this and other organizations.
I would like to respond on Rep Dean Murray proposed Assembly Bill 8503 here in New York. What the bill is proposed is to up from 20 years to 30 years a Level 1 RSO has to stay on the New York State Registry, and then prove that they are no threat to the public in order to be removed from the registry. I have e mailed Rep Murray on his bill and he has responded back to me. What he has told me in an e mail is that if you have already been removed from the registry you will not be placed back on it. New York started removing Level 1 offenders after 20 years on Jan 21 2016. As myself I was removed on March 22 with a letter from New York stating that I have fulfilled my obligation. He is amending the bill to have language in it that if you are a Level 1 and reach your 20 years then you can petition the sentencing court of your conviction to have your name removed from the registry. If the court approves your petition then notification will be sent to the Registry and your name will be removed.
So how should I vote? Republican or Democrat? I know they all are liars but who is better for the registries? I thought it was democrat but then I noticed for the adam walsh act reauthorization of 2016 there was 7 co-sponsor and 6 of them were democrat.
Where’s stuff on this week’s protest in front of Parents for Megans Law ? 8 protesters, lawsuit served as it happened, police were there,big press article in very large newspaper, “Newsday”………..
This is an update to my general comments posts in February:
LAKEPORT, Calif. – A man sent to prison 18 years ago for molesting a child and was released in February, 2016 after recently being found innocent due to fabricated testimony, is trying to receive compensation from the State of California. The State has been trying to delay any payments to this sick and elderly man who badly needs the money for his medical care. If the man dies prior to receiving the State’s payment, then the State does not have to pay anything towards the man’s estate.
“A Lake County Superior Court judge has signed an order granting a factual finding of innocence in the case of a Clearlake man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a crime he did not commit, a move expected to expedite a wrongful conviction claim with the state”.
http://www.lakeconews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46088:judge-signs-factual-innocence-order-in-case-of-man-wrongly-convicted-in-1998-case&catid=1:latest&Itemid=197
So I just registered even though my state says I no longer have to… felt kinda funny doing it. Going on a vacation and I don’t know if a federal law applies to me so better safe than sorry I guess. I also provided itenery . Pretty sad there is no official way of knowing what applies to you.
Dear Politicians,
Be careful the laws you work so hard to pass don’t come back and bite you in the a$$.
Hastert is a Hypocrite, Says Sex Registry Reform Group
Sincerely,
I. Gloat
This woman disgusts me
http://urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease/chantia-lewis-praises-common-council-action-to-close-milwaukee-sex-offender-ordinance-loophole/
She’s the black version of Sharon Runner except worst. Chantia Lewis was just elected to the Milwaukee Common council based on fear of sex offenders. State law requires the Wisconsin Dept of Corrections to release offenders back into their county of conviction. However the city of Milwaukee’s 2000 ft ordinance essentially bans RSOs from spending 5 nights or more in one location. So the DOC found a creative way to rotate offenders every 5 days between a network of transitional homes. But Chantia got the common council to even stop that practice. So now you have cases like this poor man.
http://fox6now.com/2016/04/18/common-council-closes-loophole-that-allowed-sex-offenders-to-stay-near-schools-for-up-to-four-days/
The state forced the DOC to released him back into his hometown (Milwaukee) but the city says RSOs can’t live there. So this man is living in homeless limbo. This is pure craziness especially given the multiple number of other problems we face in the Milwaukee black community (murders, shootings, drugs, carjackings, bad schools)
Yet Chantia Lewis is more worried about a heavily monitored elderly RSO who paid his debts to society and just needs a place to stay & get treatment. Who knew the democratic primary would produce this fearmonger. And I have no qualms about calling out my fellow black democrats
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/04/27/ex-speaker-dennis-hastert-faces-sentencing-chicago/83584440/
It seems the ones who are in power who are champions to the laws against sex offenders and sex offenders… I demand ever lawmaker’s closets opened up and dirty laundry aired and rechecked before they dare pass more laws…
“Fear a ignorant man more than a lion”. That Turkish proverb so applies to our elected officials!
Can anyone explain on what basis the government sends the green notice that indicates that the traveler is “likely to commit a crime” in the foreign country? Is there any factual basis to make this statement? There is no due process. Why is the legal? Have there been any court challenges to this very language?
Here is an article from Vermont about an RC who, after maxing out of prison, got rejected in several cities before a sheriff in Vermont took a chance on him. He hired him to build his evidence lab. It’s a refreshingly omprehensive story with a law enforcement representative to add to the good guy list.
http://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/vermont-sheriff-risks-his-career-by-hiring-a-sex-offender/Content?oid=3320908