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I don’t know for certain, but I’ll be willing to bet we are dealing with some “Gang Bangers” here with another child losing their life. Possibly it was just another stray bullet.
Trinity Gay, the 15-year-old daughter of U.S. Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay, was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Lexington, Ky., restaurant early Sunday morning. The sprinter’s agent confirmed Trinity’s death to the Associated Press.
But if you “Piss” on the side of the road, because you can’t make it to the next rest stop, you are on the registry for life. If it saves just one child, it is worth it all. My Ass.
U.S. police used Facebook, Twitter data to track protesters -ACLU
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 11 (Reuters) – U.S. police departments used location data and other user information from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to track protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, according to a report from the American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-police-used-facebook-twitter-202934808.html
As I’ve said before, always keep your phone’s GPS settings to off.
UNDER THE LAW, WHAT IS MY RISK TO THE PUBLIC?
My misdemeanor conviction for possession of CP was in July of 2004.
I think 2004 was also the year they changed classifications FROM low risk (automatically excluded from the Megan’s Law website) moderate risk and high risk high-risk TO high risk Serious and Other. “Other” also being automatic exclusion from the Megan Law site.
( if any of that is wrong please let me know)
Recently my Certificate of Rehabilitation was denied because the judge said that he did not feel enough time had passed and that I had not presented sufficient evidence to the court that I was no longer a danger to the public.
But if I was classified as low-risk from the get-go, and not placed on the Megan’s Law website, (the theory being that those on the Megan’s Law website are more a danger to the public and therefore the public has the right to know about them) and under the reclassification I am listed as “other”, below high risk and serious ( and if your offense is not listed under high risk or “serious as a matter of law it would seem that it is then a not serious offense)
How then can the court (Orange County CA) agree with the district attorney that my offence was serious and I present a continued risk when I was not deemed to do so in the first place at the very moment of my conviction?
Also, the law outliness what you need to be granted a Certificate of Rehabilitation. How then is it reasonable and fair that judges are allowed to use their “discretion” to impose additional arbitrary requirements that vary from Judge to judge? And if you don’t meet those, those which you have no idea what they are, then you don’t get the certificate?
yep here we go…a registry for all crimes with high recidivism rates and no restrictions is the next step for the government attempt to legitimize the sex registry as well as using the sex offender registry to legitimize the other registries at the same time…
I don’t know if this coincidence is just that,a coincidence, or if our government has had this all planned in the first place…its hard call. on one hand you have low level legislators who are just intelligent enough to see an opportunity to introduce laws that are almost assured of passing to further their political and personal agendas or on the other hand this could actually be a conspiracy by upper level officials and by the beneficiaries of these registries, which in turn benefits politicians and all their freinds or family or organizations that get these multimillion dollar contracts where they funnel money into their pockets by claiming to pay twelve hundred dollars for a box of paper clips or a stapler…..
Regarding a Compliance Checks –
Many have stated these compliance checks aren’t exactly legal and there is no legal obligation to open the door. Also if you have a gate / wall the police cannot trepass. We have a bit of a different situation. We live in a gated community and the police have not visited our home in years ! Do you think it has something to do with the gate , security officer outside of our community. Would they be breaking any laws if they entered and conducted a “compliance check”. I just find it odd they have been here once in 5 years and it was the first year we lived here. It’s a very family , stay at home mom , suburban community .
If anyone lives in the San Jose area, I am looking for someone to talk to. They can be a referral to a professional or just an ear to listen, but I don’t have anyone and have gotten to that point….
From the tone of this flyer from Assembly Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, it sounds like we can expect no help from him:
That is a meeting, or sounds more like a rally, to ramp up demands for more crackdown on crime and ever more laws for the benefit of victims, which is the public relations term for calling for more serious revenge as those efforts mostly focus on harsher punishment not on assistance for victims.
This rally is not specifically aimed at sex offenders, but it shows a serious and hateful attitude that certainly will also be played out against sex offenders when our issues are raised. Its good to take note of who is who. This is HIS initiative to get the public hyped up for more action against criminals (sex offenders are criminals), not simply some rally he is attending.
(He notes he is timing this rally with the anniversary of the murder of his father in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, a murder that remains unsolved.)
How do you email Janice about à spécific question?
John ~ Just google her name/ office and you will find the contact info, including phone number and e-mail address.
Group- I remain somewhat miffed that Janice had encouraged the participants of her phone conference regarding IML, to consider that a Democratic President option would be somehow less strenuous for Offender Regulations including IML. It was postulated that perhaps Sex Offender Registry Reform efforts would be more forthcoming if the Democrats controlled the Government.
My question is: Wasn’t it a Democratically Controlled Senate that Amended the IML Statute to include the Passport Identifier? Wasn’t it a Democratic President who summarily signed this POS into Law without even considering the facts of the damn Bill?
I live in DC so I’m somewhat enlightened when it comes to the policies of both Republicans and Democrats. Needless to say, prior to joining this Blog 9 months ago, I was really indifferent when it came to Politics. I can tell you that since late January, I have grown to HATEEEE everything about our Government and most everything that it stands for. I can UNDERSTAND why sooooo many other countries HATE the United States as well.
Anderson Cooper just said this, ” One should not be branded a criminal for the rest of their lives because of one incident”.
It’s so obvious how intelligent people feel about mistakes made in life. Why then, are we held to a different standard than every other person on earth. I really feel as if I would have walked into a stranger’s home and shot everyone while stealing items to pay for a cocaine habit, I would be better off. Free to travel, marry whom I wanted, live where I wanted, with privacy and dignity.
i believe California is on this list too right? After i did my yearly registration the Ventura County Sheriffs department called me back because they never got my finger prints for SORNA, it happened this year around March.
this is so unfair http://www.marinij.com/article/20161017/NEWS/161019820&template=printart
i got caught with four pictures files of of a sixteen year old going onto seventeen, and have to register forever. System is rigged
Or any of us.
Talk about hypocrisy, in Minnesota a man who admitted he was texting just before he ran over and murdered a 79 year old man was only given a 4 day jail sentence and 2 years probation. Even with all of the texting warnings he still killed a man.
The stupid judge said, “everyone has probably looked away when driving”. Oh really, I bet over 95% of teenagers have had sex but if they get caught they’re sex offenders for life and on a registry. I bet the judge is an alcoholic too, lol. I bet just about everyone has sent a dirty pic to someone, but hey, that’s a sex offense and your going to prison.
Wow, this judgment should be overruled. The judge went on and said, “I hope you use the opportunity to address driving and texting”. Seriously, they’ve been giving warnings for years. What a disgusting judge, he should be waterboarded, lol. I bet he would throw up alcohol.
I want (need) honest , non sarcastic responses to this question.
Why go on?
I have been here only two very long years. But in those two years I have read about people that have suffered for over 20 yrs. These are people with a family, good job, assets, and friends. I literally have none of those. I have only a father and brother, neither of which I correspond with. They disliked my choice of partners, a beautiful Asian woman, because they are racists. When she died of cancer, I lost my only real family. My occupation in healthcare was stripped away permanently be the state. Most of my savings went to caring for my partner. So now I have only me. The only contact I have had in the last 2 years has been work or offense related. I literslky have no one to talk to.
My few enjoyments were taken from me. I loved to travel, I loved my work, and my pets ( my slum apt. Doesn’t allow ).
I always hear, live a good life to show them you are a good person. You all are doing that with much more support than I, but you still suffer everyday. I read this. So , please, I’ve one foot off the cliff, give me a reason. I understand this is not that kind of support site. I just want an honest answer. I am tired.
And please don’t use the ” It’s getting better” response, because it honestly is not.
Are you making any progress with providing recordings of the online conference calls, so they will be accessible to those who cannot listen in live? That would really be very valuable.
hey oal have you called a suicide support line maybe just maybe they might assist you or put you into contact with someone who will? you could also talk to a pshyc like I do and get them to prescribe you with some serotonin and dopamine uptakes which seem to help….i couldn’t eat sleep or really function hardly at all for a few years after getting released from prison but it has gotten a lot better in the last few years since I started taking those uptakes….just my own experience maybe it would help you too…..
that article where that cop gets off like that is unreal…..all i did is talk about sex with an underage girl and I got prison time and registration…wtf..wouldn’t this be considered an equal protection issue for us..sure seems like it.i will include all these people who continue to get off with probation and no registration in the equal protection argument in my motion…
O.A.L
Don’t let the bastards get you down, if you do they win. I thought I could not go on, and wanted to end it all 4 years ago, I held my 38 to my head, decided I didn’t want to go through with it after all, as I moved the gun away from my head, and let the hammer down, it went off. The bullit went through my left upper chest and exited my left tricep. I prayed all the way to the hospital, for God to let me live, and he did, believe me I know how you dark a place your in right now, but you don’t want to end it. I’m sharing this with you because I want you to know it does get better. Hang in there, Man.
All of your words are felt.
the meds I am talking about aren’t your typical barbiturates or uppers or downers I’m talking about serotonin uptakes and dopamine uptakes…they are for people who have quit drugs or suffer from severe depression..there is a cgemical imbalance in our brains from doung drugs or suffering depressionthey don’t get you high and you can’t really tell they are working but looking back i feel much more positive about my life today compared to before I started taking them….don’t let them dope you up on pshyc meds that makes you a frigging zombie just get the serotonin and dopamine uptakes I bet in time it will help..it did for me
O.A.L.
Hang in there. We all need you here with us.
“Ex-teacher slits his throat in O.C. court after being convicted of raping girl”
Because that’s how bad it is to be convicted of a sex offense today.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-teacher-slits-throat-court-sentenced-20161019-snap-story.html
I wish I could hug each of you right now.
Losing so much and knowing it will never be able to be recovered is overwhelming. I feel like a dog on a chain in a cage. People are throwing food at me. But it’s just out of reach and they enjoy watching me killing myself trying to reach it. That is how I feel about the laws. I am put just out of reach of what makes me a person. It’s not self pity, but utter defeat I feel.
To O.A.l
I don’t quite understand why you are so distraught. I think it’s mostly because you lost your wife? I can understand that, but if she loved you, I would think she would be OK with you finding someone? I mean, you said you have a job, so apparently you are socially acceptable. So far as your father and brother are concerned, well you can’t change some people. So I’m going to ask you now, what would make you happy?
Another woman, friends, social acceptance? Or is it the accumulation of events that are affecting your ability to get another woman, friends, etc. Is it guilt? You see, you can’t find an answer unless you know what to fix. Trauma is what every person deals with, and yours don’t sound any worse than some I’ve heard and seen.
At least you have some anonymity on this site, so if you like please be more specific so that we can help you.