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I just got let go from my third job I applied for after working 2 weeks based on my name being listed on the Registry. Absolutely outrageous! Where I am I supposed to get a job? Hello!!! It’s been 22 years!! No contact offense. This is absolutely unfair and disappointing.
I posed a question at the beginning of the week and then forgot to check for answers ’til now & I think that it bottomed-out at the end of the 100 most recent post limit.
My question regarding California petition for removal from registry is:
If the DA has 60 days to respond after my filing, which was approximately 90 days ago, will I have already been notified if they plan to challenge it?
My court date is another 33 days from now and I’m hoping that no news thus far is meaningful but could really use some reassurance.
Thanks!
Back in 2013 Me and my kids were at Venice Beach and there was a kid about 7/8 years old crying because he got separated from his family, now being a Dad and a normal human being my instincts were to help this child find his parents but because of Megan’s law I didn’t want someone to think I tried to snatch this lil dude, so I kept walking my oldest daughter stop and stayed with him until his parents were found which was very quickly, I was proud of her but what if I was by myself I would’ve had to leave that child standing there helpless.
I’m no longer allowed to participate in society so I don’t
Right to Privacy
I did some research and found a lot of good info at the Office of Atty Gen (OAG) webpage. (link)
OAG site: https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/privacy-laws#
Scroll down to “Information Practices of 1977”
There’s a lot of codes there, but we can start with the link for Civil Code section1798:
Subsections (a) and (c) are directly related to registrants. Subsection (a) identifies the lack of effective laws and legal remedies that threaten the right to privacy such as dissemination of personal info. This is akin to PA’s “right to reputation” and not having the legal remedies revisited often as opposed to already designated set term of 10 years, 20 years, etc…
Also, subsection (a) should have raised concern when PC 290.007 came into effect that negated the legal remedy to regain privacy (collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal info).
Another concern that should have been raised with subsection (a) is any lifetime term that does not allow any legal remedy to regain privacy as stated verbatim in the CA Constitution of “right to pursue and obtain privacy”.
Subsection (c) is necessary the maintenance and dissemination of personal info be subject to strict limits. There really isn’t any “strict” limits as the registry’s expansion has been exponential with the incorporation of the internet, which is a concern of subsection (b) of 1798.1
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Civil Remedies
link: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&division=3.&title=1.8.&part=4.&chapter=1.&article=9.
1798.45. An individual may bring a civil action against an agency whenever such agency does any of the following:
… (a) Refuses to comply with an individual’s lawful request to inspect pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1798.34.
… (b) Fails to maintain any record concerning any individual with such accuracy, relevancy, timeliness, and completeness as is necessary to assure fairness in any determination relating to the qualifications, character, rights, opportunities of, or benefits to the individual that may be made on the basis of such record, if, as a proximate result of such failure, a determination is made which is adverse to the individual.
… (c) Fails to comply with any other provision of this chapter, or any rule promulgated thereunder, in such a way as to have an adverse effect on an individual.
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For this law, we see “reputational” elements of qualifications, character, rights, opportunities of, or benefits to the individual which can be adverse to the individual due to the “accuracy, relevancy, timeliness, and completeness”. Just like the PA reputation, blanket set terms to be removed from the registry doesn’t include factors of accuracy (of recidivism), relevancy (correct recidivism rates), timeliness (no earlier pathways per individual), or completeness (1203.4 is not recognized as regaining privacy).
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CA’s “right to pursue and obtain privacy” is a law that should have been enforced when the registry was deemed a statutory scheme that disseminated public information. PC 290.007 infringed on the legal right to privacy granted by 1203.4: the court shall dismiss the accusation or info against the defendant.
The state of CA is sending different messages at the same time:
1) PC 1203.4: You were never convicted and info cannot be used
2) PC 290: You ARE convicted as well as the info can be collected, maintained, and disseminated.
Both cannot exist simultaneously with CA’s “Right to Privacy” laws. There should be a civil suit against the state for any 1203.4 registrant recipient for the continued duty to be on the registry, especially if one was denied job opportunities because of the registry.
Texas teacher on administrative leave after telling students to call pedophiles ‘minor attracted persons’
The controversy begins without any context of what constitutes a minor, e.g. pre-pubescent minor, in this situation.
Saw an article / promo for a law office that stated that under certain conditions, a tier duration can be reduced. They weren’t talking about a tier reduction, either. They clearly stated that a person could file to be released from obligation earlier than the tier allowed. Has anyone heard of this ?
A teacher in Texas was fired (link) for encouraging students to use the phrase “minor attracted person” in a discussion of the Arthur Miller play “The Crucible.” While I don’t like the “MAP” term, and I suspect here she was making a devil’s advocate argument, there is irony here. I’ve argued in the past that the best historical correlate for the registry is witch hunts, perhaps followed by McCarthyism, and The Crucible is a story, ostensibly about the Salem witch hunts, but intended as a commentary on McCarthyism.
Found this interesting. SORNA Substantial Implementation Review State of California
Especially the handeling or 21 day notification for california.
Does anyone here with a 290 have experience being denied access to an elderly parent in a nursing home because of their “violent crime” or 290 status? I do not have charges relating to elder abuse or sex crime on an adult. I am off parole in 8 weeks and it seems as if I don’t have rights to see my aged father. Would appreciate if any of you have had or not had issues to please help give me hope.
I keep reading news articles that constantly refer to registrants as, “Predators”. Seems this is their favorite word for us. As if that is universally true of all of us. How shocked they would be to find out the truth.
Here’s my latest thing I’m on about. Can we not sue any of these supposed news outlets or individuals for defamation? These accusations are clearly:
1: Inaccurate
2: Inflammatory
3: Defaming
4: Dehumanizing
5: Emotionally hurtful (intentionality?)
First amendment does protect any of that.
Yes, they can mention criminal convictions, factually. Yes, they can mention our requirements for registration.They cannot dehumanize us.
Incitement? People have a long history of attacking “predators” that threaten the community. See, “The boy who cried wolf!”.
Also getting kinda sick of Pedo as well. Technically, that is a diagnosis done by a certified psychological professional. I have not been so diagnosed. Have you?
Ask anyone never tried? Thoughts?
A compassionate co-op about a young teacher and an of age
consent (17) student.
NJ teachers + students = sex (Opinion)
Question, if and when I am relieved from registration here in California, how does domestic travel work? Do I still have to register in those states or notify them? I am aware of 22 states that do not take you off their registry after the fact. The one I am considering traveling to is Alaska. Thanks in advance
Teacher fired for having students use correct term minor attracted persons over pedophilia, since the later requires a medical diagnosis and isn’t everyone who wants to or has committed an offense against a minor.
Question. I moved from Nevada to another state, and I notice that after two weeks I’m still on their website, but it shows my current address in another state. The state that im in now doesn’t require me to be on the website.
Do they keep me on their website?
In researching a registrant murder here in SoCal, I can across this:
It is a petition to have the murderers of John Haig Marshall of Redondo Beach, a registrant murdered in his home, pardoned by the governor. The petition sponsor is an organization called. “Creep Catchers”.
The text of the petition:
“Taylor John Cervantes, 22, of Hawthorne; Tyler Lee Stark, 24, of Torrance; Myles Jorge Sawyer, 25, of Torrance; and his brother, Brandon Scott Takeo Sawyer, 23 are in prison for killing ( John Haig Marshall ). these 4 men But during trial there was allegations that Marshall was assaulting and harassing women and men in the area. these men at trial had to deal with the issue of being slutshamed for being a hero. 4 men was under pressure to attack Marshall or face the possibility of turning a blind eye on harassment. This state and country needs to start reforming good samaritan laws where people who do attack misogynists and rapists are not treated worse than the original victims they were trying to save. 4 men did the right thing and responded to harassment in a situation where the courts may fail in cases like this.”
Google, “creep catchers petition” or more details at change org. Can’t seem to get the link to work, sorry.
Well, look at that! The disease of “lifetime punishment & humiliation” is spreading:
Owner of piercing shop in Sewickley accused of offering teen employee money for sex appears in court
The disease of “forever punishment and humiliation” is spreading:
PA: Councilmember says Airbnb banned her for life over past criminal conviction
Are you looking at your state’s Constitution? If not, why not?
I was reading that story about lifetime GPS requirements in Wisconsin. Quick look at WI Con gave me: (bold added by me).
Article 1
Section 9
Remedy for wrongs. SECTION 9. Every person is entitled
to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries, or wrongs which
he may receive in his person, property, or character; he ought to
obtain justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it,
completely and without denial, promptly and without delay,
conformably to the laws.
Well I believe this is a must read. NY state passed legislation which will update their risk assessment tool, used to classify soon to be registrants into category 1,2 or 3. This recap by the Ny state bar of attorneys, spells out what Ny state itself took into consideration when dropping the former risk assessment tool. There are a lot of admissions and faults to the entire SORA scheme. It should be abolished. IT IS OUTRIGHT PUNISHMENT! See for yourself.
The RAI’s flaws are reflected in practical reality: it frequently overestimates individuals’ risk, at great cost to those individuals, their families, law enforcement and society as a whole.[34] About 25% of New York registrants – 10,756 people – are classified as Level Three, indicating a high risk of recidivism.[35] But studies suggest that the percentage of people who present a high reoffending risk is actually considerably lower. A study conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice – before most states had established sex offender registries – found that only 5.3% of former offenders are likely to be rearrested for a sex crime during the first three years after their release.[36] Similarly, a meta-analysis of 82 recidivism studies found that just 13.7% of nearly 30,000 former offenders were arrested or convicted for a new sexual offense five to six years following their release.[37] And a study from 2008 found that first-time offenders commit over 95% of New York’s sex crimes.[38] Thus, New York’s classification of almost one-quarter of registrants as “high risk” cannot and does not accurately reflect reality and, as discussed further below, diverts state resources from supervision of individuals who do, in fact, pose a high risk of reoffending. Furthermore, while evidence suggests that “the RAI may tend to inaccurately increase more risk level classifications than it actually decreases . . . the arbitrary character of the instrument means that many [individuals] will also be classified as being at a lower risk to re-offend than is justified.”[39]
🤔 So does this new California law apply to the government disinformation public safety lies used to justify the existence of the Sex Offender Registry??? 🤨
“California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has signed into law a social media transparency measure that he says protects residents from hate and disinformation posts spread through social media platforms.
A.B. 587 will require social media companies to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism on their platforms.”
I just started looking at the term “ex post facto” again and came across the “Calder v Bull” case. In a law review, Evan C Zoldan is arguing that “ex post facto” is erroneously applied to only “criminal” cases but should be applied to”civil cases” as well. Scholars have argued that, as a historical matter, the phrase ex post facto referred to civil as well as criminal laws and “Calder v Bull” should be reconsidered. He is saying that “after examining historical evidence that never before has been considered by scholars or judges INTERPRETING the Ex Post Facto Clause, he concludes the original meaning of the clause encompassed civil as well as criminal laws”. This sounds to me like yet another misinterpretation of a law that makes our lives more miserable. Thoughts?
Can a software company use the registry to track non compliant registrants on a campus??? Found this YouTube video disturbing!!!! How IREX Detects and Tracks Non-Compliant Sex Offenders on Campus
Headline: Customs officials have copied Americans’ phone data at massive scale
Today’s news, related to registrants traveling outside the US.
US has been creating a massive database of an ungodly amount of data taken from people’s cell phones, laptops, other electronic devices at the border. It’s being use by any number of agencies, and without a warrant.
Only now are some in Congress starting to worry about this — you know, they very ones who were so quick to approve it.
Has anyone heard much about Biden’s new crime plan? I’ve read the synopsis on WhiteHouse.gov, and I almost think it’s … sensible? A focus on fentanyl, homicides, robbery—but with protections for police accountability. And nothing about sex—or am I missing something? I don’t want to get my hopes up, but I’m shocked they didn’t shoehorn anti-registrant stuff in.
so what is the rule for traveling in the U.S. after being discharged from 290 registration in California? Is there a link to states I can go and for how long or am I free to roam the U.S. without notifying local police?