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While a shame the man had to be called out on his sex offender status in the article, at least they didn’t put it in the title of the article. I am surprised.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/man-sues-burger-king-for-revoked-free-food-for-life-promise-made-after-bathroom-mishap-updated/ar-BBRM5sZ?li=BBnbfcL
We should be clear that any path forward that doesn’t include redemption, or some form of restoration for the perpetrator is simply revenge. A public listing of past crimes, with living, and travel restrictions, notifications and red-flags is not restoration. It’s revenge, it’s punishment, and it not only needs to be stopped, if true justice were done, there will be reparations.
We should be clear that any path forward that our government takes that doesn’t include redemption, or some form of restoration for the perpetrator is simply revenge. A public listing of past crimes, with living, and travel restrictions, notifications and red-flags is not restoration. It’s revenge, it’s punishment, and it not only needs to be stopped, if true justice were done, there will be reparations for those who’ve had these things put on them Ex post facto.
There is a doctrine within Christianity called “Substitutionary Atonement”. That is that Christ died in the place of sinners who put their faith in Him. The same kind of Substitutionary Atonement is applied by zealots to registered citizens. Where we who have committed sexual crimes in our past, particularly those against children and have been caught are to bear the shame, and the punishment for them. We are their scapegoats for their own past or present thoughts, and sometimes their actions that they themselves were never caught for but they feel soooo guilty for. These are the zealots that push for the laws, and a never ending ever tightening noose around our necks. There are only two types of people that make up the zealots, those who have been victims themselves who are looking for revenge, and those who are looking for a substitute to bear the guilt and penalty of their own sins so they can go on being the “good people” that everyone thinks they are, and that they want to think they are. They want to silence the guilt in their own ears by putting you and me on the cross in their place. We are the sacrifices to atone for their own evil. We bear the curse to death, and they get to live.
Would like to know about those out there in Bay Area and beyond that are single. Would like to discuss the unique challenges that we as singles face. Things like:
1 living alone, or with others
2 How your offense impacts roommates
3 meeting others, dating
4 effects of registry on relationships
5 dealing with loneliness, solitude, rejection
If others are interested, leave a comment. Many of us have no support system to provide us a safety net when we are close to the edge. This could be a way to interact with others that care, understand, and possibly provide assistance.
I know that listening to and helping others has gotten me out of my dark place many times.
Look forward to constructive thoughts and comments
I’ve been able to remove myself from several web sites including whitepages.com, spokeo and several others.
Does anyone know how to remove oneself from HomeFacts.com, offenderradar.com, instantcheckmate.com and any others? Until recently, when you googled my name you got my LinkedIn, FB and other socials which is exactly how I want it. Now the first three links are the three sites I just mentioned and I am wondering if my wife’s constant searches aren’t pushing these results to the top??? Thanks!
Look at this people. Has anyone ever seen a statutes purpose statement like this with absolutely no statistics, facts, empirical evidence, studies, etc. as CA 290? Just nothing but unfounded assertions of universally untrue statements.
https://law.justia.com/codes/california/2011/pen/part-1/290-294/290.03/
I feel like crying right now. I got my passport revocation notice a month ago and paid my $170 to get a new one. I filled out my form from the post office and paid to expedite the delivery. After waiting for four weeks at home and not working (I work contractually out of town), they sent me a letter saying that my passport application had been denied and they are keeping my $170. They denied my passport on the basis that since the passport I returned to them had been revoked, it could no longer be used as evidence of my US citizenship and I have to go IN PERSON to a passport center which is not close to here. They KNOW who I am. I have had a passport since I was 9. For years I had a red Official government passport along with a top secret clearance. But now, the passport that THEY, the government, issued to me is no longer evidence of my citizenship? They are just jerking me around until I put a noose around my neck and then they will all laugh about it. I can’t believe that there’s no lawyer in this entire country that can file any sort of tort against the government for harassment and violation of the 14th Amendment. I am supposed to return to work tomorrow, but I can’t now because I have to go apply for a birth certificate and drive to the passport office in another state to personally apply for a passport that says I molested children, which I didn’t. I clicked on nude Russian 16 year old girls posing naked 16 YEARS ago and now my life is crap and always will be. I lost the love of my life and my career and am lucky to not be living under a bridge or dead, but all I have left is travel and the government is doing everything they can to even let me have that. I feel like crying.
I’m so sorry to hear about this. What a shame and pray that you’re able to resolve it quickly and restore a sense of normalcy. God bless you.
@ AMH: Hang in there, AMH (figuratively, NOT literally). Try to focus on the immediate challenge and take it one day at a time. I know it may look bleak at times, but we DO continue to make progress. Keep your head up, keep fighting, and bear in mind THEY are wrong, not us!! We are not second class citizens.
For anybody following the developments in Michigan: I had a meeting with my attorney today and from what I was told it would appear that the hearings on the Betts & Snyder cases on March 6th may be an attempt to hasten the relief due from both the Does/Snyder cases. A positive ruling in our favor would nullify the need for the aclu to continue negotiations. As @AJ has stated the MI SC is basically boxed in now that AG Nessel has filed those briefs supporting our position. More food for thought…..it is almost certain that Ms. Nessel did not file those briefs without the blessings of her boss Governor Whitmer. It would appear that a real effort to achieve some resolution is finally at hand. My attorney also speculated that MI SC may just hear the arguments and rule in our favor in short order based on AG’s lack of apparent opposition. Apparently, these types of hearings are rarely used and can be a bit of a circus. This is all a educated guess on the part of my lawyer but it seems to make sense given all the recent developments. Thoughts?
Let me ask anyone on here, if the registered is not to be used for employment decisions as stated in 290, why are we allowing background check companies to search the registry when conducting a check for applicants? If we have no criminal record after expungement and do not have to disclose it, why else we get declined a job after we appear on these checks? Its ironic that attorneys turn a blind eye to that.
Cal. PC 290.46(l)(2)(E):
Use of any information from the Megan’s Law Database for purposes relating to any of the following is prohibited:
Health insurance
Insurance
Loans
Credit
Employment
Education, scholarships, or fellowships.
Housing or accommodations.
Benefits, privileges, or services provided by any business establishment
That’s right: California law prohibits employers from using sex offender registry data when making employment decisions.
Why not pass a law that employer background checks can’t include sex registries? Exactly cause people will pretend to help or care but it could more about following the money.
A “Dustin” posted this over on FAC which I thought is interesting for over here too:
http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Police-Hope-Software-Can-Help-Avoid-Losing-Sex-Offenders.html
Like to see their algorithm on the predicative part to characterize someone.
This isn’t like losing evidence, is it?
An interesting case coming out of MA regarding internet posting—something to watch. Go to the link click on February and go to the Feb 5 impounded case: you can hear oral arguments there
https://boston.suffolk.edu/sjc/archive.php
Here is a definition of a sex offender according to Venture County Sheriffs Department:
Sex Offender Characteristics
Most offenders commit multiple crimes against multiple types of victims with whom they have varying types of relationships (adults, children, male, female, known and unknown). This behavior is known as “crossover”.
Sex offenders rarely commit just one type of offense. Many offenders have NO official criminal record or sex crime history of any kind.
There is no such thing as a “typical” sex offender; however, all tend to be manipulative, deceptive, and secretive. Sex offenders come from all backgrounds, ages, income levels, and professions.
The majority of offenses (80 – 95%) are committed by someone the victim knows.
Sexual deviancy often begins in adolescence.
Sex offenders usually do not commit their crimes impulsively. They usually carefully plan their crimes.
Approximately 4% of sexual assaults are committed by women.
Source: http://communitynotification.com/cap_safety_1.php?office=54332
Well people, here is my latest and probably last filing in the lower district court before off to the 9th circuit. That is unless the real judge in my case agrees with my arguments and does the unthinkable and goes against the Magistrate’s Findings and Recommendations, which I am sure rarely happens. But who knows, I gave it my best shot I know that. You can see the Objections to the MFR and the RJN on my site,
http://mllkeys20112011.wixsite.com/mysite
or here is a link to just the Objections to the MFR,
https://ufile.io/jom23
I do not think it gets any more solid than that.
The machine wants to grow more in AZ:
You may soon have to give your DNA to the state and pay $250 for the privilege
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2019/02/19/arizona-bill-would-create-massive-statewide-dna-database/2873930002/
Thank you for noticing. Yeah it would have been so easy just to say screw it a long time ago, saved me hundreds of dollars and countless hours. Is not going to happen though. It is all in and has been since day one. Even if I lose cannot say I did not give it my best. Thank AJ and Chris F as well. They have been there all the way. The Judge is probably just going to rubber stamp the MFR, but then it is off to the races in the 9th. I do not think that a Magistrate’s FRs are usually rejected by a judge but we will see.
The Crimereport: “Miami-Dade Sex Offenders ‘Forced to be Homeless’” By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
A very good piece. *** https://thecrimereport.org/2019/02/19/miami-dade-sex-offenders-forced-to-be-homeless
We’ve discussed this case here before:
Supreme Court strikes blow against states that raise revenue by hefty fines, forfeitures
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/20/supreme-court-states-cant-impose-excessive-fees-fines-forfeitures/2919411002/
” The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that state governments cannot impose excessive court fees, fines and forfeitures as a means of raising money.”
So can this be extended to registry fees too? I’d like to think so since states are getting fed Fed $$ by being SORNA compliant.
I read the articles here and I keep flashing back to the pseudo therapist I was mandated to sit through, and what she kept saying.”The penjelum is swinging back. Things are getting better.” What a crock! 1 step forward, 3 steps back. They take away on the front end, but just keep piling on the back end!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-says-constitutional-protection-against-excessive-fines-applies-to-state-actions/2019/02/20/204ce0d4-3522-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.a9bcaf613cc2&wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1
“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on just her second day back on the bench after undergoing cancer surgery in December, announced the decision for the court, saying that the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause protects against government retribution.”
Really?? “….protects against government retribution.” ?? Really?? Hey SCOTUS, how about addressing ex post facto punishment?
@Bobby
Did you receive a email from Tim over at the Aclu today?
Just read Snapchat’s new terms of service and we are now banned from there which is funny since they allow people to post porn and sex shows on their platform.
Have to reword my previous comment.
It’s funny that Snapchat now bans us from using their platform but people have been using it to send dick pics and nudes since it became a service even though after further reading of their TOS pornography is banned, but I guess that’s all in the eyes of the beholder. Or if someone actually reports it