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This guy got a life sentence for taking up-skirts and other hidden camera images and I’m happy to see the vast majority of comments expressing shock at this gross miscarriage of justice.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-man-given-life-sentence-secretly-recording-23-women-including-teenager
I live in WA, I got ok’d to travel to Canada, I plan to drive with my wife.
I read you have to give 21-day notice for international travel, what if in the event I want to visit less than 21-days, I assume I still go to PD to notify them of my travel?
Thanks.
@Sandy (NARSOL), Janice (ACSOL) or Chance – I need a trained and expert eye to really look into the new law 1203.425. I clearly states: “Commencing on August 1, 2022, for any record retained by the court pursuant to Section 68152 of the Government Code, except as provided in paragraph (4), the court shall not disclose information concerning a conviction granted relief pursuant to this section or Section 1203.4, 1203.4a, 1203.41, or 1203.42, to any person or entity, in any format, except to the person whose conviction was granted relief or a criminal justice agency, as defined in Section 851.92.” Even though, 1203.425 (automatic expungement) is not available for PFRs, it states that pursuant to 1203.424 OR SECTION 1203.4, etc “the court shall NOT DISCLOSE information concerning a conviction granted relief, except o the person whose conviction was granted relief or a criminal justice agency”. Megan’s Law is NEITHER!!! This has to be adhered by!!! It is the LAW!! Any PFR who was able to receive a 1203.4 should NOT be listed publicly. Maybe they still have to register, but the public aspect should be taken out!
I’m listening to MSNBC’s “Chris Hayes” show about the Supreme Court ruling on the [maybe] website designer and the fictional gay couple…. And it makes my blood boil!
SCOTUS is more than happy to address a fictional issue in which no one is actually being injured. 🙄Meanwhile, a million plus people are on Registries throughout the United States and they are being hurt constantly, continuously, every single day.
But SCOTUS sure as Hell doesn’t want to address our issue, do they?? 😠
Corrupt, vile, hypocrites!! 😡
To Add: SB731 is now law as of 7/1/23, and I believe, the 1203.425 and 1203.4 are part of this new law. Will Megan’s Law as of 7/1/23 have to remove people who received a 1203.4?
Im wondering, how strict is Georgia for people on the registry? We plan to move there and As of now Im listed as a tier 3. I was convicted in 2000 and have been out 16 years without probation or parole or any issues. I’ve called police departments and they told me I will be re classified for Georgia and that I should be able to petition to get off the registry. Just wondering about the state since you have to take what police say with a grain of salt since no one seems to ever truly know the registration laws until they charge you with a violation……
SB 731 will allow people who have served time on or after Jan. 1, 2005, to automatically have their records expunged as long as they haven’t been convicted of another felony in the past four years. Those with violent or serious felonies in their backgrounds wouldn’t get their records automatically sealed, but would be able to petition a court to have them sealed. Sex offenders would not be eligible
DOES ANYONE KNOW THAT ONCE OFF THE REGISTRY CAN WE GET OUR RECORDS SEALED? IF SO, what will it take?
thanks
So do the new SORNA federal guidelines give a mandatory 3 day limit to visiting all states, before being forced to register in that state, or is it still depending upon which state you visit?
I’m visiting Virginia at the end the month and would like to know if I could stay longer than 3 days without triggering a registration requirement.
I am formerly registered in CA and still living in CA.
Honestly this is the first year of my adult like I celebrate 4th of July being off the registry. I know the pain of seeing people getting off because of new laws that never helped me and my family. After 30 years I’m free from the registry but I will continue to fight and support everyone who is still fighting and struggling for that freedom. The freedom that this holiday is supposed to be.
The registry and all this sex crazed hysteria (i.e. Lifetime parole) will never end, will it. Just admit it. As much as I appreciate all the efforts of everyone here, I don’t see any progress towards anything changing, at all. I’m holed up on the 4th, not allowed to go to a park, there might be a kid somewhere! Parole restricts me from having any fireworks, something I always enjoyed. But even if I could, there isn’t anyone who wants to be around me. Thank you registry, keeping me shunned away from society does absolutely nothing to protect anyone anywhere from anything, it’s not in my nature to be a predator, but hey… Some lawmaker somewhere is having fun tonight with his family with the same vitriol hatred and hysteria in his mind that I’m a threat as the Nazis used against the Jews. It’s wrong. The registry is wrong. We all know it, but it will never change.
Good evening family! I’m still around fighting the good fight. I just been busy getting my affairs in order and relocating to Massachusetts after leaving Wisconsin for good. I won’t lie, life is tough in Boston due to difficulties in finding stable housing, because of the city’s high cost of living. But the move was worth it. The city has a lot of social services, and I’ll be able to get my medical condition treated at Tufts. Boston’s an amazing city with a lot of culture, history, beautiful people & architecture. And it’s airport offers many flights to Europe & Africa, which I’ll be going back & forth regularly.
Being the birthplace of our nation, I spent the 4th in the Boston Commons where I was able to walk anywhere inside that park with no restrictions whatsoever. I also have the freedom to walk thru school grounds, down bike trails, and live where I want, because there’s no laws against registrants doing it in Massachusetts. I’m enjoying these freedoms under “unclassified” status until the board assigns my tier. But knowing of others with my same offense & low risk background, it’s a 99% chance they’ll give me tier 1 which is no public listing and ordinance restrictions.
As far as Wisconsin? There DOC ran registry still requires me to report to them as if I’m living there. I’m no longer on GPS since I left the state, but I’m still a lifetime registrant until DOC bureaucrats finish “reviewing” my case in order to access the impact of the Corey Rector decision. But that’s okay. I’m already lining up some dogs to “help them out” with their review. There’s a lot of hungry law students in Boston, and I found two that will assist me with my lawsuit. These kids are eager to cut there teeth into something, and hopefully it will be Kevin Carr’s ass.
So you better believe my war is still on with the criminals in the Wisconsin Dept of Corrections as well as the victim rights industry. I’ll never back down from those losers. And I haven’t forgotten my brothers in arms on the front lines in Wisconsin. I’m proud of the resistance you guys put up against wearing ankle bracelets! Never give into extortionists and racketeers. That will only embolden the department’s criminal enterprise. Anyways, enough about that scum. I hope you guys enjoy the 4th. God 🙏 Bless and keep your chins up! James Brown
A federal judge ruled that the Administrative branch agents (DOJ, etc.) may not lawfully contact Social media firms about content opposed to government actions or policies in efforts to quash the information even when it deemed ” misinformation. ”
Naturally before the ruling government officials were engaged with these database driven firms to limit the people’s access to alternative points of view running contrary to current policy like our Covid19 response policies. What the judge bars here is the unfettered use of the database I post so much about. The political class has been caught red handed in the constitutional cookie jar. This the same undue influence put upon firms like FB by folks like Connecticut’s Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanding FB alter its TOS to ban registrants. The difference being Blumenthal isn’t part of the Admin branch and wasn’t at the time of his contact ( via letter) with FB et. al., nevertheless he reached out to the Obama administration to back him up on that, but without formally doing so. In reality both parties will engage in these pseudo lawful tactics when they’re in power.
The last person I dated couldn’t handle all the pressures from the registry,
First it was her family and friends which is understandable, then it was her job, she started thinking they were gonna find out her address was on the registry she had a really good federal Job.
Next was the concerned Karen’s in our apartment building who’d approach her asking question about me and my conviction, and last but not least The compliance check, I wasn’t home at the time, BUT i guess when she asked “what’s this all about” they told her your boyfriend is a registered sex offender all loud so all my neighbors could hear.
The next day she told me she couldn’t handle it anymore she said at first she thought she could be it’s just to much and she was also afraid if her son‘s father found out she could lose custody of her son
I couldn’t even be mad I was sad but not mad I told her I completely understand and helped her pack until her mom and sister came, I haven’t tried dating since.
Has anyone been stonewalled in trying to register?
I’ve been in the middle of moving and called earlier for an appointment and was told to wait. End of lease came and went and no response back from local PD. I’ve called Monday through Friday and left messages.
I’m still under the 5 working days, but I’ve never waited damn near 2 weeks for a response to fill out a form. This is in CA by the way
Also fun fact: the person in charge of 290 at the PD is also in charge of cold cases. Explains the need for fingerprinting when you go in.
CASB731
SEC. 6.
Section 1203.425 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
1203.425.
(a) (1) (A) Commencing July 1, 2022, and subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, on a monthly basis, the Department of Justice shall review the records in the statewide criminal justice databases, and based on information in the state summary criminal history repository and the Supervised Release File, shall identify persons with convictions that meet the criteria set forth in subparagraph (B) and are eligible for automatic conviction record relief.
(B) A person is eligible for automatic conviction relief pursuant to this section if they meet all of the following conditions:
(i) The person is not required to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Does anyone know if this works for those of us who have gotten off the Registry?
Would LA County Defenders work on this?
Jalen Kitna has 5 child porn charges dropped as part of plea deal part of a deal that resulted in him pleading no contest to two misdemeanor counts of breach of the peace. Only a rich white kid gets a deal like that. Wow!
Maybe Janic or Sandy or anyone. If i want to try to sue state of Texas in order for them to have their sex offender lifetime registration laws change how would i go about doing it?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-s-decision-in-key-misinformation-case-is-latest-to-botch-facts/ar-AA1dvjy5
I’ve seen this information before but can’t find it now. I’m making a trip to Chicago next month for a wedding. I live in Southern California (still on paper but a Tier 1 here). I believe I have to register if I’m there for more than 72 hours. I will be in several cities in the area during my visit. I know there are some states like Florida that registering means I’ll be dead and still on the list. I think Nevada was another one. Can anyone tell me more about Chicago? Any tips to help me avoid grief? I’m debating if I want to alter plans so I don’t have to register.
I have a question. I was tried at a special court-martial and sent to the brig for 89 days, of which I served 73. My charge was 2 counts of Art. 80 (Attempts) where I attempted to pull down my wife at the time, now ex, pants and pull up her shirt in a playful manner. Unbeknownst to me, she had a boyfriend on the side who told her to go to the base police… Long story short, I spent the summer of 2014 in the brig in VA. When I was released, they brought me to the local police station where I was assigned to their state’s SO registry. I wasn’t stationed in VA, but they had to do as per the order and my plea deal. Oh yeah.. about that. I was told it wouldn’t be too bad being in the registry as per my JAG lawyer… I should have gotten a real one instead!! Anyway, I then was allowed back to Maryland where I was stationed, and then put on their registry but the timer restarted and I was really confused since I was in VA for 2 months prior and then went back to my base. I wasn’t allowed back on the base also, since the base CO was following the protocol of not allowing SOs onto the base. So I was told to find a job, all while still actually being in the military. So I got a job offer in NC, and I told my command and they approved it. Well, that was a huge mistake. I didn’t know that each state had different rules. So I was told that if I didn’t leave the state; backstory, I registered my son to the local high school and didn’t know how archaic NC’s rules were for that. So the local sheriff told me that unless I don’t leave his state in 1 week, he’d arrest me. So I told my command and they said that there was nothing they could do. So I decided to move to NV with my parents where I again had to register here and again the timer reset to Nov of 2015. So I lost a year. What I’m getting at is since my conviction was under federal jurisdiction, do they have a set time limit that is separate from a state’s time limit? I’m a Tier 1(lowest level) here but in NC I was considered an SVP(sexually violent predator) and lifetime. When I get off the registry here in 2030, will I still be in NC, MD, and VA’s registries also or do I have to contact each state and tell them that I am off the state that I live in’s registry and that I want to be taken off of theirs? I know this was long, but I wanted to tell my story because it sucks having this bottled up all the time. The registry has done nothing but stifle my ability to get a good job, allowing me to go on the base with my retired status, and made it so I was given an Other than Honorable discharge taking away lots of benefits that I could have been getting compensation for after 20 years of service to the USA. I know this sounds like whining, but so what. I’m entitled to some freedoms!! Anyway, I was wondering if this CA Federal court case would do something eventually to figure out what someone like me’s situation will be if this goes all the way up to SCOTUS? Thanks for reading all this if you did. Take care all!!
These are the arguments RSO in to bring up in a lawsuit in texas.
I know this may sound odd but can someone file a lawsuit against the state of Texas over there Sex offender registry law? 1 is having a first time offenders that are 16,17,18 and 19 years olds registered for the rest of their life should be unconstitutional and deemed as cruel and unusual punishment. 2. Even having lifetime registration should be unconstitutional. Lifetime registration should be removed.
or only for repeat offenders only.3 A person that’s received deferred adjudication probation doesn’t have conviction, so should not be treat as such. So a person that agreed to that the state’s plea agreement should have an opportunity to petition for relief if they received deferred adjudication probation. Isn’t that’s the reason the made it to give a person a second chance not to punish them for the rest of their lives?[moderator note: the registry is a human rights violation for everyone listed on it, it can never be okay for ANY person, not even repeat offenders. perhaps a longer time in prison for repeat offenders, but not the inhuman registry that is a human rights violation for everyone on it.]
Do any realtors lease homes to people in Georgia that are on the registry? Ive search quite a bit and so far all of the ones I’ve found specifically say no one on the sex offender registry. Some even have the nerve to only deny sex offenders and people convicted of terrorism…….So now we’re compared to terrorists and they’ll gladly rent to a murderer than someone with a 23 year old sex offense…..
Does anyone know information about your duty as a former registrant? I committed a California “sex” crime (misdemeanor) 25 years ago. I received an expungement and COR over the past several years and was relieved of my duty to register.
I was led to believe that I would be free at that point and no longer have to worry about registration. However, after scouring the Internet, it seems my de-registering may not actually mean that I’m free.
A few clarifications for anyone who may be able to help:
1) Am I free to move to another state or do I have to reregister if I do so? It seems that since a California judge granted me a dismissal of my conviction and an order that states I’ve been rehabilitated, another state shouldn’t be able to overturn that.
2) Am I free to travel domestically without registering in whatever state(s) I’m visiting? If I’m no longer a registrant and have no conviction, why would another state be able to force me to register?
3) Am I able to travel internationally without providing notices? Will I be shipped back and/or harassed upon entering another country and arriving back into the US by our customs agents? Will I still be flagged through Angel Watch?
4) Does Sorna apply to me?
Thanks, in advance.
Circling back to the new law 1203.425. It states “Notice: Except as provided in Penal Code section 1203.425(a)(4), if this order is granted under Penal Code section 1203.4, 1203.4a, 1203.41, or 1203.42, the court must not disclose information concerning a conviction granted relief to any person or entity, in any format, except to the person whose conviction was granted relief or to a criminal justice agency.” If you read the part about Except in Penal Code section 1203.425(a)(4), there is nothing about Megan’s Law being an exception. They are not a criminal agency and should be sued if they don’t take off public information for those who earned a 1203.4 effective immediately.
A little job seeking perspective for PFRs (who already are aware of these facts through their living it or have lived it, but there are some resources listed in the NYT article that maybe a PFR or two could take advantage of) and the rest of society, i.e., family and friends of PFRs who may be going through the same.
Ex-Prisoners Face Headwinds as Job Seekers, Even as Openings Abound (NYT, Jul 6, 2023)
An estimated 60 percent of those leaving prison are unemployed a year later. But after a push for “second-chance hiring,” some programs show promise.
You’re Not Imagining It—Job Hunting Is Getting Worse (Time, Jun 14, 2023)
There was a time, not too long ago, when employers were in such a rush to hire workers that they were doing anything they could to make it easier for people to apply. That time has passed.