Jeff March 2, 2025 at 9:18 pm on Path to FreedomAny attorneys in Kansas that can provide relief from registration as a juvenile since 2008? Statutory charge as a 15 year old in 2005... Age based crime that carries lifetime registration and 25 years before you can apply for removal.
Anonymous March 2, 2025 at 8:59 pm on General Comments Mar 2025What are you planning to address?
Way too long March 2, 2025 at 8:11 pm on International Travel 2025My plan is to fly to Münich, visit relatives, then take a flight to Bangkok. Then home to Ubon and see family there. Found a few cheap one ways for as little as $300 ( long layover ). From there I will play it by ear. Don’t really have a reason to return to states. Can be a digital nomad if I decide to.
NY Won't let go March 2, 2025 at 6:20 pm on Convicted sex offender may renounce US citizenship, be deported to PhilippinesI like how they make it sound so easy to renounce your citizenship. It's a process that can only be done from outside of the US, you need to pay $2350 the even apply, you need to present a case as to why you want to renounce your citizenship, and then you could still be denied and they keep your money. They were supposed to reduce the cost back to $450 but that doesn't seem to have come into fruition.
Ca March 2, 2025 at 2:26 pm on General Comments Mar 2025So if Judge Bernal decides to eliminate SORNA in ca or allows it in California, then either they appeal or the Pacific Legal Foundation , will file an appeal correct? Either way nothing‘s gonna happen anytime soon in regards to it correct? And if the judge decides for it in California, does the temporary injunction still stay in place? Until he renders the final decision from the appeals?
Sma88 March 2, 2025 at 1:16 pm on International Travel 2025The Five Eyes countries (Canada, UK, Australia, NZ? Or Ireland?) I'm in no hurry to try. I assume I'll get turned away solely on my conviction. I'm curious about being able to fly directly to Japan or even Mexico, but not looking to get banned for life if I'm wrong and I do get a notice sent on me. I need to find a country that's worth a roll of the dice and try that I wouldn't mind being banned from. Also, who knows, maybe DOGE has cut 90% of AW workforce and they can't keep up with notices atm. So it could always come back to bite me in the future. Not sure if I'll ever know for sure.
Literally nobody March 2, 2025 at 12:13 pm on 43 Organizations Reach Agreement on Letter to U.S. Supreme Court@Ronny: That’s outrageous. You may want to reach out to other churches in your community to see if they would be willing to have you as a member and write a letter of support.
SH March 2, 2025 at 12:07 pm on The perils of moving to another state – even after you’re removed from your own state’s registrycan you at least try to visit her by car (not flying, as could be very expensive) overnight/day trip on a weekend to just spend a day or two less than the time deadline for registration in CO ? Just try - and if you get your first trip out there in a car, you may be feeling more stronger, and your probation officer (if you are on probation) will be more confident that you are staying out of trouble. Offer to share your (if you want) google location maps info, and make a trip plan/
VOCAL March 2, 2025 at 12:07 pm on Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegallyThis is inaccurate. The Alien Registration Act has been in place for more than 80 years. Trump is just now starting to enforce it.
TS March 2, 2025 at 11:26 am on U.S. Sexual Assault Rate Continues to DecreaseI hear your points, @Jax, and do not disagree. What you truly and ultimately highlight is the unique circumstances towards specific nationalities and the confusing nature of immigration overall. It would be nice to just have one sweeping measure that covered everything so it was the same across the board. I think we had that once when we were doing initial immigration in the 1800s through the early 1900s. Once we did away with the central processing points of entry, IMO, then things started getting massively confused. However, even then we as a country were being favorable towards some nationalities and not so favorable towards others. The nature of humanity. Administration's change, systems change, and we have to roll with it. I'm not saying it's right or it's always nice, because we in the forum have to deal with it in our area of concern. I think you can go as far back as 1992 (maybe earlier) to find videos of candidates and elected officials talking about immigration and what needs to be done. In the end, we are not going to solve it here in this forum. At the same time we're also needing to consider how is the data digested and then reflected back to society to the conclusions they are publishing because invariably it will be misconstrued and skewed to fit one's narrative to make things more difficult or continued difficult for those who participate in the forum. Thank you for your thoughts in the forum and bringing enlightenment from your perspective. It is needed for those of us who participate here to consider and keep in mind.
Tuna March 2, 2025 at 10:44 am on International Travel 2025Did you tick the conviction question on the Japan immigration form?
Jax March 2, 2025 at 9:43 am on Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegallyThis law is redundant and for show. Regardless of legal status, everyone convicted of a registrable offense is required to register. At sentencing, the courts don't just tell an undocumented person that by the way, you're exempt from having to register. They tell them they have to register, and they're subject to deportation. Most times, these folks are automatically put under an ICE hold depending on the severity of the crime. And we know sex crimes are considered very serious in our country.
Athena March 2, 2025 at 7:58 am on U.S. Sexual Assault Rate Continues to Decrease@Will Allen, aside from some of the violent rantings, which I agree are necessary at times, I do enjoy your posts. They are sprinkled with nuggets of wisdom such as "There are many obstacles in life and the Registries are just another. Plenty of people have far worse" Thank you for that.
MD Registrant March 2, 2025 at 6:12 am on ‘The damage’ is ‘immense’: Attorneys for man accused by Mace demand evidence — or an apology" Witness intimidation is real and is illegal." So are false allegations Rep. Mace. She truly is an attention seeking woman.
Volaré March 2, 2025 at 4:43 am on International Travel 2025Thanks for this uplifting report! You’re not the only one off the registry who has reported hassle-free foreign travel here, and so maybe -maybe- that’s a primary determinant of whether the “powers that be” would bother sending out notices to travel destinations. One can only hope! 🤞 The fact that your offense was relatively recent tends to strengthen that position. But as always, we don’t know for sure since AW policies are in a black box 🗃️ and we have extremely limited visibility into the government’s policy rationales….. Like you, I was sentenced (though not legally convicted) for a “low-level” felony offense involving a minor (in my case a “lewd act in the presence of”) in the state of Florida (the judge “withheld adjudication of guilt”). I was sentenced to only probation for 2 years. I was on a spring break vacation when I was arrested. Unfortunately I’m listed in Florida from my original registration after sentencing back in ‘98, yet with no updates required since, and so I’m also included in the National Registry, which may (or may not) trigger notices to be sent out to my travel destinations (I haven’t yet traveled abroad … the older I get (I’m 60) the less disposed I am to chance encounters with law enforcement anywhere. It’s sort of a crippling mental situation to be honest). And like you, my home state didn’t / doesn’t require registering for my offense. But the federal SORNA does require registration for my offense -for 10 years assuming no new charges of any sort (Tier 1). Mike G, a frequent contributor here, has reported many foreign travel experiences since being off the registry…. And even when on the registry he traveled extensively but took added precautions. We haven’t heard from Notorious D.I.K here in a little while but as he often correctly points out it would be unwise to extrapolate much of anything for individual reports here …. It could just have been that the Customs agent at your initial destination wasn’t paying attention and just waved you in. And that from that point on our gov wasn’t privy of your travels because they originated from outside the USA …. And thus didn’t send an AW travel Notice to those additional countries. However the fact that you weren’t even taken aside for Secondary screening upon your return tells me that you’re not in a heightened scrutiny bucket with the USA government. And that’d be a wonderful thing! Good to know you got into Spain directly! That country has been a question mark ❓ for us for about a year, due to a couple of negative reports of lots of questioning at Customs (though ultimately people were let in if I recall correctly). A more compelling test case would be if you got into Canada or the UK, for example. Although in those cases, if you did not get in it may have had more to do with those countries’ presumed direct access to our government’s criminal records …… Anyways CONGRATULATIONS to you!!!
Will Allen March 1, 2025 at 9:45 pm on U.S. Sexual Assault Rate Continues to DecreasePeople can't just break into any country they like. Personally, I'm fine with a border wall. But I'm certainly not worried about the people themselves who are coming in. We know they commit less crimes than Americans. I'd also bet most are better people, on average. Frankly, if I could pick them, I'd export 100 Americans for every "illegal" coming in. Net win, for sure.
Unknown93 March 1, 2025 at 9:09 pm on General Comments Mar 2025nope. just your name, where you live and conviction
Ronny Daytona March 1, 2025 at 7:04 pm on 43 Organizations Reach Agreement on Letter to U.S. Supreme CourtA result of having to register is no longer being allowed to attend the church my wife and I have been members of since 1995. My P.O. Said I could attend church as long as I got a letter from our Pastor stating it is okay to attend. Well, the churches insurance company stipulates that if it is known a church member has to register, that person cannot be allowed to be a member. How is this okay? I do not know how to address this, since we have many church friends who wish for our return. This not only affects me, but my wife and friends. How is this positive and rehabilitative? How can a person not be allowed to attend the church of their choice? Very contradictory to biblical teachings about repentance and church membership. How can a church allow a man-made institution to override God’s word?
AlsoME March 1, 2025 at 2:39 pm on Wicked Riches: Victims’ compensation rewards liars and cheatsEither we presume that every single claim made against these public sector employees is true... OR Admit that Universal, Lifetime, Frightening and High Risk IS A LIE! State presumes that the pictures they found on my computer proves that I am a F&H Risk of committing crimes there is no evidence that I have ever even attempted before. They further claim that this will remain true for life, with no possibility of change. They may even suggest that this F&H Risk of all new levels of criminal behavior make living near a public park too risky to be allowed. Then they will insist that a State employee with one of more proven hands on victims, that were "Preyed upon" at a State School, or Youth Authority Detention Center, has just the few proven victims, and we should presume all other claims made against this person are false. Doesn't matter how old the proven crimes are, doesn't matter how many years this person spent with continued access to others, before the proven crimes came to light, we must presume there are no other victims! Then... once that State employee gets out of prison, and becomes a PFR... they will insist this person is a F&H Risk of future crimes! It would seem that F&H switches on and off based on the convenience of the State.
Wisconsinslave March 1, 2025 at 12:51 pm on Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegallyI think this registry will be great for us. They will be on a registry for doing something illegal, like our registry. If they violate the registry, they could face a fine or prison time, like us. Once this registry is found unconstitutional, we could use that in court. I have always said there should be a drunk driving registry, but in Wisconsin where half the population has that charge, it keeps getting blocked.
AC March 1, 2025 at 12:45 pm on International Travel 2025@Way Too Long I need to read 17B again, but I was advised by a random criminal sex-offense attorney that, because I served 1 year in prison, I would not be eligible to reduce my 311.1(A)/311.11(A) wobbler felony to a misdemeanor.
bruce w March 1, 2025 at 12:24 pm on OH: *IN JEST*, Lawmakers Just Proposed Making It Illegal For Men To Have Unprotected Sex Unless They Intend To Make A Baby, And YES, This Is REALcant imagine bible thumpers are in the house theres a pattern here
Rev. Dr. Andrea Travers March 1, 2025 at 11:04 am on ACSOL Letter to DOGE Requests Elimination of All Funding for SORNAJanice, This is the BEST use of DOGE I've seen - and possibly the only one!!! Thanks for your forethought and on-going push forward to change the law. Wish I could be there - but I'm here in San Diego "running the show" at COSA (Circles of Support and Accountability) - now with 80 participants, while our Operations/Case Manager, Sean Wood, is back there with you in Washington DC. Anyone look for a representative from SAN DIEGO look for SEAN WOOD - he's courageous, passionate and a force for change. Peace and Blessings. Rev. Dr. Andrea Travers, Dir. COSA San Diego
Jan March 1, 2025 at 9:59 am on ACSOL Letter to DOGE Requests Elimination of All Funding for SORNAI am most certainly not a fan of Trump and don't think I voted for Elon Musk, but he seems to be wielding a lot of power, but I think this would be great way to cut Federal spending. Way to go!!!
AERO1 March 1, 2025 at 9:37 am on U.S. Sexual Assault Rate Continues to DecreaseIt’s because of the registry, I over here people all the time talking about how afraid they are of being placed on the registry. Everyone knows once you’re on that website your life is pretty much over. I got off in November and I’m still working on getting my life back together and it’s not as easy as I thought my name still keeps popping up on 4 or 5 different websites like HOMEFACTS.
BM March 1, 2025 at 9:24 am on MI: ACLU Sues State Officials for the Fourth Time over Unconstitutional Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act@Josh - if you have read Betts and most recently Lymon with the previous court makeup, this should give you at least some hope. We had a slimmer margin prior and I believe we still won those cases 5-2. Wasn't that close and we just picked up another, who has civil rights background from UofM. The case associated with the ACLU amicus brief came to the court under cruel and unusual punishment, similar to Lymon but for all PFRs and not just ones that didn't have a sex component to their crimes. It touches on lifetime GPS and lifetime SORA. Next up depending on that case is People v Johnson on and Expo claim. Look this one up. The Court of Appeals already sided with us and said that the 2021 SORA is punishment. This one I have been mentioning here for people to keep an eye on, more than once. It's in abeyance pending outcome of the other case. But they're both coming to the MSC from different constitutional challenges. Read Lymon, read People v Johnson from the Court of Appeals. And let's not forget that we "won" on Expo Facto AGAIN (pending final judgement). I can't say for certain how the MSC will rule but follow the dog on this one and not the tale. You get a sense from all the recent caselaw of justices mindsets. These 2 cases are what have me very hopeful. The federal case is much more of a crapshoot IMO than them.
James March 1, 2025 at 7:18 am on U.S. Sexual Assault Rate Continues to DecreaseAccording to politicians, sexual assault is rapidly increasing and everyone is at great risk at all times.
pat March 1, 2025 at 6:46 am on General Comments Mar 2025Everyone!!!!!!!! “The DOGE Team is looking for world-class talent to work long hours identifying/eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. These are full-time, salaried positions for software engineers, InfoSec engineers, and other technology professionals.” https://doge.gov/join Surely we have these talented people somewhere amongst the MILLION+ of us? Or amongst our advocates?
Will March 1, 2025 at 4:19 am on ACSOL Letter to DOGE Requests Elimination of All Funding for SORNAThis isn't technically social media
Worried in Wisconsin March 1, 2025 at 2:57 am on Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegallyThis doesn't bode well for the hope that DOGE will get rid of our registry. They like power and control, and that's what registries are all about.
David February 28, 2025 at 11:30 pm on Trump administration creates registry for immigrants who are in the US illegallyOh look, the federal government now wants another registry 🙄: Nothing good comes from registries – just ask any of us!!! 😡
Josh February 28, 2025 at 8:25 pm on MI: ACLU Sues State Officials for the Fourth Time over Unconstitutional Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act@BM….I wasn’t aware of these cases and they seem to have escaped the media’s attention thus far. I think you’re right to put more hope in that case. There is a super majority in the makeup of that court right now if I remember correctly. I think it’s 8-1 liberal which you’d think would bode well. We’ve won there before with very little to no result. Are either of these class action or just applied to the individual named? Also, I’m in complete agreement about the federal case and the timeframe with which it’s unfolding. I was told by someone who’s opinion I respect that the judge’s ruling would probably come down by the end of the first quarter….well we have a month and no indication that anything is going to happen anytime soon. To be honest I’m starting to lose whatever little shred of optimism I have left that we’ll get relief at all when it’s all said and done at least in the federal case
Dr. February 28, 2025 at 6:47 pm on MI: ACLU Sues State Officials for the Fourth Time over Unconstitutional Michigan Sex Offender Registration Act@Bobby S. ⚠️ In my humble opinion it is a parallel case with the same type of information as this case, you should also know that there’s a couple of more parallel cases on the shelf just waiting, I believe BM referenced one of them here in this thread 😎 maybe,
The Truth February 28, 2025 at 4:10 pm on U.S. Sexual Assault Rate Continues to DecreaseI disagree since they broke the law by being/staying here in the first place, but I digress........
Way too long February 28, 2025 at 1:00 pm on U.S. Sexual Assault Rate Continues to DecreaseJust like the national census, if fewer participate in surveys than the numbers get skewed. Or if they change the parameters then same thing happens. If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears or sees it fall, did it really happen? If someone goes missing , gets murdered but is never found, then it never shows on the murder rate. This survey means nothing.
FactsShouldMatter February 28, 2025 at 11:57 am on ID: Idaho House widely passes bill to limit youth access to ‘indecent sexual exhibitions’Your stance is rooted more in religion than logic. Banning drag, trans images or whatever does nothing to protect innocence. When something is banned or forbidden, they will just seek it out that much harder. There is no established link or correlation that criminalizing drag magically "protects" children. Banning achieves nothing, it only delays an individual's introduction to it later on.
Bill February 28, 2025 at 11:33 am on CA: Former Senate Bill Resurfaces, Could Significantly Expand Number of RegistrantsThe reason it was so redacted is because certain people currently in government are on that list and the Trump administration wouldn't put that out. I can guarantee you if there were Democrats on that list, they would not hesitate to expose it. Which begs the question - why even go there in the first place to create a spectacle about the Epstein list if your own people are on it? Are they that stupid? - That last one was rhetorical.
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