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Just wanted to say Hi to all and we are in this together! Lets keep fighting and keeping each other updated on any news or experiences to give each other hope!
So I had court a couple of days ago, I wanted to get off probation early and I was denied. I did 2 years of the 3 years and they still said no. The person who went in front of me had drug dealing charges and was granted early termination of probation. My original lawyer is under investigation by the state bar after my complaint against him the investigation started April 8th and its still not done yet. I dont know if that is a good or bad thing. My new lawyer did his best but he didnt win. I got caught in a police sting off backpage and my lawyer told the judge the police lied the police broke the law and all what the DA kept saying is well your client took a deal he should of brought that up during the case. My lawyer said that why my client filled a complaint with the bar and here is the paperwork to prove the investigation is on going. The judge and DA didnt care. My lawyer raised his voice in the courtroom and the judge made him apologizes. My lawyer did everything but like he told me I was better off killing someone. The judge said out of her mouth I know you cant get a job but you just have to deal with it. The system is very corrupt I got a misdemeanor no classes $100 fine they know the case was bs but no one will stand up for a sex offender. I showed the court that I had job offers but I needed off probation and the registry they didnt care about it. I had someone that was going to invest 5 million into a entertainment company I started but pulled the offer once background checks were ran he wrote me a letter stating that if I get off the offer stands but once again the DA and Judge didnt care. I lost my job house ect I didnt even do the crime they said I did life is crazy.
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday. I want to get some opinions on the constitutionality of California’s law that requires people to still register even after expungements. I’ve had my 288(a) 664 expunged (internet sting in 2002) for over 10 years. I’ve never had a background check come back with any convictions but I get denied positions as well as licenses based on the registration. It seems outside of the limits of the law to be registering for something that has been retroactively dismisses. And opinions, legal or personal??
Before the Registries existed, I was not a dangerous, hateful person.
Because I have been listed on the Registries, I am a dangerous, hateful person.
Definitely too close to the line with huge potential to cross it. I just need the wrong stimulus.
Dipshits who support Registries say that is why I should be listed on a Registry. Takes a real dipshit to think that makes any sense.
I’ve just returned from a large, lengthy party where no one knew me. There were a lot of unsupervised children there. That is the Registries “working”. Tomorrow will be similar.
Wage war every day.
Venting……
Sometimes, I beat myself up internally and when I see my own reflection in the mirror, I want to scream at the man I see. Many nights when I cannot sleep, I look at my wife, son and daughter sleeping, hearing their breathing and wonder what they dream about. I put them in a very difficult positions, because in many ways it feels like they live a secret life. My wife loves me without a doubt, I feel it, she shows it! However, I am not blind to understand how hard it is for her to be my partner, knowing that her husband is a “registrant”, it kills her. She doesn’t express it much but I know that she feels like she is stuck on a fence not knowing what to do or say when it comes to this matter(as I am sure many of you husbands and wives feel or might feel the same). My poor choices, being a liar, a cheater, a person who ignored the consequences of my actions brought me to the lowest points of my life. When my son and daughter are old enough to understand and comprehend things appropriately, I will have to sit down with them individually and have the conversation of this stigma and the reasons of why I am on it. It feels like you will never be ready for that moment, but you never really are. I told my wife that I don’t take back the things I’ve done, because if I did I wouldn’t have become the man I am today. I rather live my life with the mistakes that I have made than live one without them, because I now have become a better man, a better husband, a better father. I know I am not alone nor is my wife nor my children, because I know many of you feel the same or are going through the same things that I have gone through and still continue to do so. All we can do is take it one day at a time and continue to show growth and lead by example. Thank you to those who will take the time to read this post and please comment if you wish to. I am here for you as I know you are all here for me.
Just like to say that reading the comments is for me like getting a hug from my mom, thanks everybody, especially you..Someone Who Cares, I am grateful you participant.
I’m a loved one to a CA registrant. Just a thought that it would be helpful for others on the registry to be aware of at least the county you are referring to when you have ran into issues dealing with the powers that be. But can fully understand if that is not comfortable for you to disclose.
🤔 So here’s the news article:
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/supreme-court-discrimination-case-sexual-orientation-civil-rights-act/.
🤔 And here’s my question. Stick with me as I make this argument/pose this question. I have been gay all my life. I suppose “in the good old days”, I could have had an actual documented psychiatric diagnosis of “homosexuality” (cause, y’know, that’s what they did “in the good old days”!🙃) In any case, I am happily gay and hope that SCOTUS rules that sexual orientation IS covered under the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 🙂
So what about an individual who has received a documented clinical diagnosis of “pedophilia”? That IS his sexual orientation. Period. (You can’t be much more clear about it than having a documented diagnosis from a fully-licensed mental health clinician/psychiatrist.) So if SCOTUS decides that sexual orientation IS covered by the 1964 Civil Rights Act, wouldn’t/shouldn’t said individual with a sexual orientation of pedophilia also received ALL the protections of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for all the same reasons that any LGBTQIA individual would receive those protections??
And how would ex post facto punishment such as the Registry, GPS-monitoring, etc, etc, etc continue to be possible for use against such a diagnosed individual?? 🤔🤔🤔
NOTE: Your comments will be welcomed & appreciated (at least by me!)
In today’s news: 66 year old with terminal illness died in custody. Arrested September 29th for a parole violation and dead one week later. Article says he was in outpatient housing.
He was a transient (aka homeless) and 290 registrant. I wonder if he was neglected in the infirmary due to his status.
Here’s a bit of irony: none of the charges in his conviction actually involve sex. Kidnapping/domestic violence/and false imprisonment. The kidnapping charge probably forced the 290 registration.
So here’s a guy on parole, probably can’t find a job or housing, and as a transient with a terminal illness probably didn’t have the capacity to walk into sheriff/police station every 30 days to register. I say this is a death related to being a 290.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/10/07/inmate-with-terminal-illness-dies-at-santa-rita-jail/
So I noticed that Patch has come out with their Halloween panic list and this year I saw that they have begun to list the names and address of all the offenders that live in my town. Has this happened anywhere else?
I brought it up to a friend who said that the operator of Patch said that he would no longer post about Halloween anymore. Are there any legal routes that we can take or is it just another issue that will never be solved?
Thanks.
Just wondering if anyone has traveled to Europe recently? I read an article a while ago about how Europe was looking at passing a bill which would prevent those with convictions from traveling there.
hoping that won’t pass..
Thankfully, I never had to attend one of these bullshit therapy sessions which, apparently, do more harm than good.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49973318
Can the U.S. still flag your travel if you no longer live in the country. I am waiting on approval of my German Citizenship and passport (father was born there). I live in Thsiland now, but have to travel out of country on occasion for business. I am not worried about re entry because I have a letter from a Thai official that allows my living here. I just wonder if I could be flagged going to Singapore or India. U.S. consultant doesn’t seem to know answer.
Has it occurred to anyone that this distorted view on Registrants has alot to do with media’s hyper focus on the worst offenders?
MOST news articles will feature only sexually violent Predators which most Registrants don’t even fit that profile. Of course media’s intent is to get as many eyeballs as possible on their stories which is their bottom line.
Because what respectable journalist want to write about a drunk frat boy that got caught urinating in public?
Therefore when the masses see the label “SO” they don’t see some introverted guy locked in his room downloading CP, or 2 young people getting caught having sex in a public space, or some desperate parent running away with his/her child during a divorce dispute?
No the masses usually get to see on the news are guys like Phillip Garrido or Samuel Little or Ariel Castro. They don’t see some foolish teenager sexting her boyfriend and hundreds of thousands of different types of cases that don’t really get much represented by the media.
Because if they did perhaps the Registrants wouldn’t have such a stinging and cringing STIGMA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG4Ou3aa244. This is where we still are. They are on a news channel still saying that sex offender recidivism is really high still. They are saying this to thousands and thousands of people still. its at the 2 minute 50 second mark where he says it.
Reading a letter they sent out with a lists of offenses that can put us back on the registry for things not realated to sexual offenses in Minnesota pursuant to m.s. 243.167 anyone previously convicted of or adjudicated delinquent for an offense is required to register if they commit a crime against a person applies to previously registered but has expired .
They have things like unlawful possesion of a gun, murder, assualt, aggrivated robbery, burglary in the first degree.
Most these im not worried about there are 2 im curious on. First one being the assualt, some states claim self defense is not an excuse if i had to defens myself i think they can make me register again with an assualt case for defending myself? 609.221-609.224
The biggest one im worried about seems like a catch all of you use any drugs it says. Anyone that uses drugs to facilate a crime. Or injure. 609.235
To me that seems like if i smoked a joint and got caught driving they would make me register again for that. Am i understanding this one right?
https://youtu.be/jSEiS5Ih0r8
Anyone see the EO the President signed today? I find this to be a step to the right direction. I listen to the words carefully and he constantly talks about the power belonging to the people. He wants federal enforcement to be transparent, with no surprise visits from agencies at your door. Very pro-Constitutional Order. Instead of the usual taking away of our liberties in previous decades. Just wondering how many are picking up on these hints and actions that take government power away from government and giving it to The People more and more. “No American should face such persecution from their own government…”, in his Order, for example.
Considering this is posted on the Nevada sex offender registry website, whats the purpose of having tiers!!!???
A TIER LEVEL DOES NOT IMPLY RISK OF ANY OFFENDER IN THE COMMUNITY. THE TIER LEVEL IDENTIFIES THE FREQUENCY AN OFFENDER MUST REPORT AND THE DURATION OF REGISTRATION.
@ Gralphr: “THE FREQUENCY AN OFFENDER MUST REPORT AND THE DURATION OF REGISTRATION”…and that frequency & duration is based upon what, Nevada??? Astrological sign?? First digit driver’s license?? Blood type?? Stupid Nevada! 😠
Does anyone have an opinion on which state (virginia or maryla d) is less of a problem /has less restrictive laws regarding a level 3 rc with a contact conviction of a minor over 20 years ago? All i know is that in maryland all rc’s must have any vehicle they drive put online for everyone to see.whereas in virginia only a vehicle whose title is in rc’s name is listed online. Would appreciate any info/ thoughts on this matter
Millard watch update: Still no new docket entries as of 13:30 PT on 10-OCT-19. *sigh* Now closing in on a year since oral argument (15-NOV-18).
The UN has published a study of children’s deprivation of liberty which gives the recommendation that the minimum age of prosecution be 14 — “and the reason for 14 is that all of their brain research shows that children are not capable of understanding, appreciating consequences. Neurological studies show that they should not be criminally responsible at a lower age than 14.” (https://www.yahoo.com/news/simply-shocking-illinois-prosecutors-charge-152045115.html) This is interesting since American DAs want to charge those younger than 14 with sex offenses when their brains are not developed. Somewhere, an American DA is muttering under their breath “hogwash” I need the conviction for re-election. Read para 43 on page 10 for more info.
https://undocs.org/A/74/136
Yet, we know male brains develop slower than females into their 20’s. So which is it? Somehow, American DAs are not going to listen to this unless an expert is called upon to testify for the accused.
Does anyone know the current california requirments if evacuated from ones residence?
If it’s to a high school, do we still need written permission?
Do we need to register after 5 days? 3 days?
Here are probably the two truest statements you’ll ever hear from anyone regarding sexual offenses and who could be an offender: “Nice people can do bad things[.] Just because someone is nice, it doesn’t mean that they are safe.”
These two statements are exactly in line with @Will Allen’s (correct) logic about what one knows and doesn’t know about other people. The ironic thing is the source of these two lines: http://megannicolekankafoundation.org/csi.htm I wonder if “Papa K” realizes he’s actually arguing the futility of the laws named after his daughter.
Elsewhere on that site (http://megannicolekankafoundation.org/rtk.htm) is this lie: “There is a growing body of evidence that pedophilia sex offenders cannot be cured and their behavior cannot be controlled.” No, actually there’s an overwhelming, existing body of evidence that your claim is patently false.
Just FYI, per the Hearn v Castilleja case in Texas where the issue is registered citizens who before 1997 have a clause in the conditions of their probation stating that once probation ends their requirement to register ends. The a decision from the judge is still pending. Though it seemed like things were finished after Sept 27th, both sides have filed further motions and documents, which has protracted any ruling. There’s technically no time limit on how long it can take for a decision. So, keep hanging in there.