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Ok, why are we back to 2011 with the articles?

To be fair, the current CA tiered registry did hurt some, like myself. I was previously eligible for a COR. However of a long shot that was, it was better than the current flat NO. I still don't understand why that isn't grandfathered in. Like the 17b and 1203.4, the COR was part of the reason I plead rather than fight it.

Screw it lets make it 1000...... Who gives a hoot after 100 🦉

I believe this is more of a political move by the judge to show that they are allegedly tough on crime and will be using it for a higher office somewhere along the line whether it's in the judicial legal system or politics. The guy probably knew that he was going to be fried for the rest of his life but just to get a little more blood out of the stone, he should appeal the lengthy sentence and either get it reduced or get it stricken for a more appropriate sentence.

Doing something for entertainment or views while being keyboard warrior children protectors can land one in hot water when they nab the wrong person, engage in sexual conversations with a real minor, or a minor turns out to be cop. Actually the last two would be entertaining to see these keyboard justice warriors get busted for sex offenses. " Have a seat"

Yes, because there is no federal registry, once you are off the Michigan registry you are no longer a registrant and do not have to notify anyone before or after you travel, move, or change jobs.

Not excusing his crime, but most actually murderers get less time , which only shows the US sick logic a sexual crime is worse than murdering someone.....

What about the 21 day notice for International travel? Does that go away?

Why Florida Keeps Out-of-State Registrants on Its Registry for Life (FLA Action Committee 25 Sep 2026)

Interestingly enough, the judge who was scheduled to preside over this case has recused herself from it for a conflict of interest is had and it is back to the scheduling desk for another judge to be assigned this case.

Stories like this only serve to cement in people's minds that everyone with a sex offense is the same and that the abuse is so "widespread" that proactive measures are the only solution.

Stop being logical...the data makes too much sense to the person who is truly concerned with safety of not just minors, but all people! This info should be on a Halloween sign outside the MO guvnah and AG homes as well as anyone who has a DUI/DWI conviction on their driving record.

I apologize to Beyondpalms and others for suggesting that it's always highly risky for people not on the registry to visit any place in south east asia. It seems that some countries in the region aren't interested in pulling criminal records for tourists and would only react to notifications from abroad (IML, Interpol Green/Red notice) or an unfortunate random secondary screening where they search for records (either open source i.e. google search or maybe a request to the tourist's country of citizenship). Looks like Vietnam and Cambodia might fall in this category. However it looks like the Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia are more on the lookout for people with criminal records and more laws allowing for the denial of those with "crimes of moral turpitude". The philippines specifically has a law banning people with sex offenses from entering. I'm less sure that's the case for residency or other things requiring a visa. Most countries require a criminal record check as part of the application

Put billboard style signs with flashing amber lights on Halloween since drunkards are more of a threat to kids than a registrant. Keep them at home with the lights off, no booze in gloveboxes or fridges, can't be 3k ft from a bar/liquor store or any place that serves alcohol, must wear a breath monitor and have it plugged in 24/7, and cops do compliance checks making sure the house is alcohol free.

435 years I had no idea people lived that long. Is Nevada taking notes from Florida, Ohio, Texas, and other states with extremely long non-mortal sentences? Again another example of someone known to the victims committing a sex offense, so why are resources wasted on the registry? The registry failed to prevent or solve a sex crime, but keep rolling the dice that the registry will continue being a useful tool to keep kids safe. Keep thinking the House wins ( registry) while it fails each and every day since it's conception.

Guber is worse than 99% of registrants GUARANTEED! I think Lauren Guber is worse than at least half of registrants, especially after offense-free time in the community. The sick part about our lame ass "justice" system is that Guber will never be held accountable for the harm she's done. For justice, we must have faith that karma and god will do justice for every person that piece of guber garbage has unjustly treated. We must trust the process of the universe that god sees all.

I just think of Lauren Guber as a Certified Scumbag®. All of the evidence literally shows she's a hypocritical scumbag.

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Got this from Google: 43% to 44% of all national traffic fatalities on Halloween night involve impaired drivers, though specific statewide counts for Missouri vary by year. [1, 2, 3] National and State Halloween Statistics National Fatality Rate: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), nearly 43%–44% of all traffic fatalities on Halloween night involve at least one driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 or higher. [1, 2]Recent Multi-Year Data: Nationwide between 2017 and 2021, 159 people died in drunk-driving crashes specifically on Halloween night (6:00 PM October 31 to 5:59 AM November 1). [1]

Fraudsters like Lauren Nicole Guber are colloquially known as “‘law enforcement’ scammers.”

No, that's the VFW, this organization allows anybody in who served and was honorably discharged.

Looks like he should stop tipping the bottle or glass and mind his p's and q's. Freaking out about a crime that happened 20 years ago, but I'm sure he has skeletons in his closet and dresses up like a drama queen every time he goes out.

Halloween costumes are cooler than they were back in the 1980s and 1990s without a cheap mask string that broke before walking out the door, however the mood, atmosphere, and just enjoy being a kid without adults fear being shoved down your throat was a heck of time. Parents that had a rare horrific crime running to lawmakers, lawmakers rushing laws doing something, and sheriffs office showing red dots to be checked out before Halloween. In 45 years of life I don't recall anyone being harmed by a registrant on Halloween, however I've seen numerous stories about drunks being a danger to children. Time for Smith V Doe, the registry, and the red dots to go!!

So I want make point as is, by law now they can not create another registry restriction and then apply it to people on the registry currently, forever hence forth. For reason of ex post facto. So if they want update the registry with new rules, they have be willing give up old registrants.

I saw some lady complain she didn't have a list, but I wasn't able to hear what she was clutching her pearls about and if she's afraid of people who committed crimes 10 plus ago why is it only sex crimes that she craps her pants. Wonder how many sex crimes that occur locally or nationally are committed by a registrant or does she have the deer in the headlights look complaining how this monster was teaching and why they weren't on the registry? I bet it would take billions of these morons to brighten a light bulb due to them being extreme dull and past their expiration dates.

American Legion as in veterans that served in foreign wars? But that's not good enough for those clowns. The one worried about you picking someone else's daughter probably has skeleton's in the closet himself. The over concerned folks usually are the ones, and I wouldn't doubt that he was trying to get a peek in himself

Its garbage that you had to do that in the 1st place. I went to all student teacher conferences, concerts, sporting events, or any other presentations involving my kids without saying anything. The law allows it- though schools can create their own policy. Glad to hear things are normal for you now, though.

Bring'em some juicy comments @Dustin as you are usually adroit at poking them in the chest with the facts in a way they won't forget the reality of the situation.

what parts?

Well, tomorrow, I have to talk to my American Legion Post's Commander because tonight another member came up to me, got 3 inches away from my face and started calling me all kinds of names and told me to get out of the Post. I have been a Life Member at that Post since 1998. Due to my state changing the law some years ago, level 1 PFRs were put BACK onto the web. A month ago, the Commander told me some people found out my status (how I don't know as you have to do a name specific search), and that I might get confronted. I told the Commander that I have no restrictions and my offense was 2 decades ago. I was truly afraid for my safety as this character is about 20 years younger than me and more in shape. he was drunk and belligerent. Apparently, he thought I was looking at the daughter of one member. The girl had dropped beads on the floor next to me and of course you look to see what it is. Other members in the Post were asking me what was going on and I shrugged my shoulders and said I had no idea. There are a lot of folks there that are friends with me. I searched the web and found that I can lodge a complaint with the police as this was clear intimidation. And I can lodge a complaint with the Executive Board. I don't want this to wind up where I GET BANNED from the Post as I enjoy going there!!

Well shit. If I stayed in Michigan instead of going to work in NY I would have been off the registry 🥹 but since I worked in NY for a couple years I'm stuck for life since I moved out of the country 🤣

I just had that exact conversation with my PO about half an hour ago. Apparently the Chief PO brought up the Halloween thing and wants us on house arrest the entire weekend since Halloween is on Saturday this year. My PO says she and her peers all complained that no one does trick-or-treat any more. It's all trunk-or-treat or some party somewhere, making it even stupider than before. IT did remind me to get my thoughts together to write to editors of local media to try to get them to ask at the inevitable press conference from local sheriffs announcing how safe their children will be from s** off****** on Halloween because their deputies are out (probably on overtime) harassing registrants if they're doing anything to prevent drive-by shootings and drunk drivers (which take out a few hundred kids every year).

No disrespect to any genuine victim of sexual abuse of any kind, but I know damn well a significant number of these cases are fabricated. I guarantee a handful of bottom-feeding tort lawyers combed the records and did the "you were abused, right?", nod, wink, cha-ching spill to every former student they could find. And in a few years, we'll be reading how every one of these cases was settled for an undisclosed amount. And again, no disrespect to victims, but sympathy should have limits. Being the victim of a sex crime shouldn't be a carte blanche excuse for every mistake, poor decision, or bad thing that ever happens to someone, nor should it give their thoughts, opinions, and feelings any more weight than anyone else's. Lauren Book is the poster child of that. She made a career out of her victim-hood (fine) at great cost to a significant population that had absolutely nothing to do with her or her abuse (NOT fine).

Hi everyone I want to give a positive update. I had to go to my kids school to talk to his teacher. I had an agreement with the principal that when I came to the school I would call and let him know. Today I talked to him and told him I was no longer on the registry and I could give him a copy of the court order. He asked me if I had anything in writing with my name on it and I told him no. They have a verification system and he told me to try it and I did not come up flagged and now I no.longer have to contact him when I come to the school.

They don't want people with DUI convictions to "identify themselves" because a good percentage of the electorate have previous DUIs all sorts of other violent histories. They want to defend this power-grab which is utterly worthless, but are not aggressively pursing anything meaningful or worthwhile like getting the drunkards off the roads and the wreckless drivers and speeders. It's all a wild goose chase with us all because of that politicized "frightening and high" myth! Lawmakers are being dishonest and petty by attempting to overturn this ruling. Especially seeing how 90% of trick-or-treaters take their kids to a Trunk-R-Treat and don't turn their kids loose any more to hit random houses not in their neighborhoods. Lawmakers and prosecutors think we're still living in the 80s and it shows.

I'm still waiting for the "OMG! 20k unregistered s** off******!" and "OMG! All s** off****** are going to move here now!" and "Michigan women and children put in grave danger" stories. I figured they'd have been out by now. This story is the closest I've seen, and it's not all that alarming, at least as most media would like to make it. I hope the attorney that FAC hired in their big case keeps at least a passing glance at Michigan as that case goes through the appeal process in a few years (which it will). It ought to help show that the registry is absolutely worthless toward its stated purpose.

My last comment apparently didn't clear moderation for whatever reason. But I will repeat that if the US Supreme Court grants certiorari here because of the supposed split among the circuits - not true, in that the split the Missouri AG sees is the sign issue stricken down by the 11th and 8th Circuits vs. general SORNA disclosures upheld by the 5th - the case then becomes one about SORNA disclosures and should be fought as such. Personally, I would be perfectly okay with that.

At first glance I thought it said, NASCAR and imagined having a sponsored registrant race car coming in first. I know Amber knows about the SO registry and disagrees with it, so I'm hopeful more organizations will come together freeing all from registries. Either we all are free or none including politicians and the wealthy. I'll find you with my pitchfork.

This is why I feel confident Michigan will quietly obey this verdict, and why it moved so quickly to remove our names. @ Literally nobody: From your mouth to God's ears!!!

Given the name, one would think they would include other registries as well which have blossomed from the original SO registry concept. Are they looking into the other registries which exist and are used today to see if they will join the fight to abolish their use as well? Those who are on SO registries but don't have a SO crime conviction would be/could be useful assistance?

This is bizarre. Did you buy the drone in the USA prior to the trip? Or did you buy it abroad? There’s a way to register a drone prior to leaving on a foreign trip, with DHS, to prove that you owned it before the trip -that it wasn’t bought abroad. I returned from Europe in June with a M5P drone but I wasn’t sent to Secondary (I’m off all registries now). Be that as it may, I don’t believe there’s any legal authority for seizing a drone, even much the maligned DJI drones. So you should pursue this and either get the drone returned to you or get some reimbursement from the government (I know -highly unlikely to happen). But this is a terrible abuse of authority it seems!

I just returned from a two week trip to Iceland. Marked passport and 21 day notice given. Upon arrival the customs line was long. It took over an hour to get through. A manned desk glanced at my passport, they took my picture, scanned my passport and I was through. I rented an RV and cruised the ring road. Waterfalls, glaciers, mountains, whale watching, sheep herding and sorting. Very kind and tolerant people. I highly recommend Iceland. upon return through Minneapolis I was routed through secondary as expected. They briefly searched my suit cases and discovered my DJI drone. They completely focused on it and seized it. Evidently this past summer new rules began being enforced. I had no idea. I was allowed to keep the footage. Nothing else was searched. I was given documents informing me of an appeals process but to date nobody has been successful getting their drone returned. There is no customs safe drone made as they are almost all made in SE Asia. I was released and allowed to go on my way. There has not been one single event with evidence that shows that DJI drones send data back to China. DJI is suing the US government and hopefully will have this customs blockade reversed as the mini 5 pro is the singly best mini drone on the market. as state I celandine was an amazing trip I highly recommend. If you go, try the fermented shark and chase it with Brennivin

In-person registration was deemed a disability in CA via Kelly v Municipal, 1958. Thus, it was one of those factors that those who were 1203.4 eligible were removed from the registry. Then it was later changed in the late 1990s or early 2000s and made in-person reporting a part of the statutory scheme. I know Chief Justice Roberts made a comment in Smith v Doe, 2003 decision that because the registrants were not required to report in-person, then it was just like a Price Club membership. Michigan v Snyder identified that in-person reporting was a disability and, therefore, increased punishment with the new SO laws. This evidence that in-person reporting does qualify as an increase in punishment was foreshadowed in Smith v Doe, 2003. A simple compare and contrast between the Alaska registry in 2003 to the current versions all over America in 2026 shows the registry has gone beyond its intended civil purpose. And with CA's 1203.4 registrant class, has denied them relief from the registry, but also denied them the ability to state the were not convicted of a sex crime and their accusation has been dismissed by the CA courts. The duality implementation of 1203.4 between the registrant class and non-registrant class should not exist because the law implementations cannot co-exist unless you trample upon the CA Constitution. This Michigan case is very important when challenging the registry at SCOTUS level as well as uphold that in-person reporting as an actual disability. The state is compelling free people to report in-person under penalty of law. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except to punish a crime. Thus, the 13th Amendment identifies in-person reporting under penalty of law as punitive upon a free person.

So, you are saying the registry is noted with direct verbiage that it is punishment and it is a prescribed penalty and sanction within the law as passed by the elected body and signed into such? I am not seeing that. Please cite. BTW, that is the discussion point of interest here. The prevailing discussions have always been there is nothing of note stating the registry is a direct punishment as intended by elected bodies, but merely a civil remedy to inform the public for its safety. I know that it is the interpretation of the MI Supreme Court, et al, it is punishment through its requirements and societal outgrowth, but as other courts have noted, unless it is noted specifically as such in legislation, it is not "technically" a criminal punishment. At the same time, the onerous nature of civil remedies may in fact be punishment but the court has to see it that way if they agree with the interpretation of such as MI, RBG, and Judge Matsch did. Maybe that tide is turning to where this interpretation will be had if the right arguments are had by the right legal scholars and actors who can present such for this conclusion despite the opposition.

@TS: Michigan’s a slightly odd state, because it will go overboard at times with punishment or regulation, but when it gets rebuked it generally is quite compliant. One example is homeschooling—for years Michigan had some of the strictest rules about homeschooling, but when they were struck down Michigan became one of the most hands-off states on homeschooling and has pretty much let that stand. For many years after I was put on the register, Michigan kept adding restrictions and restrictions and it was pretty scary, but as soon as the Does lawsuit won, legislators stopped piling on restrictions, or even trying to. This is why I feel confident Michigan will quietly obey this verdict, and why it moved so quickly to remove our names. Michigan can be very nasty, but it seems to believe that it follows the “rule of law,” and when courts slap it, it complies.

Yet, they won't detail specifically what cares and concerns the powers have but leave it in general terms of incorrectly removed... I do find it interesting that 20K people were impacted by the ruling and are being freed from it. At 43K overall, that is 46.5% being removed which is a lot of fees, but also a lot of wronged people over the years who have been forced to still be around on it. Given MI has one of the best legal system schools in Ann Arbor, according to reviews, is the MI legal system that bad overall with these piss poor laws on the books?

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Grasping they are from the state of Misery and it shows but doing the job they are paid to do, win, lose, or draw. Is it sadistic if one wants this to be heard so the high court could finally and hopefully squash it with some sanity? Not that I believe the ol' high one who sits with his red bow tie would vote to squash this matter given his record of the past...#iykyk "...a law that requires a registrant to publicly identify himself as a registrant" - sounds like compelled speech to me and a violation of 1A in addition to Equal Protection since no other defamatory name related to a criminal conviction is required to be applied and voiced, e.g., drunk, addict, drunk driver, thief, murderer, public menace, etc.

I hope Misery and other states' AGs have a spooky October and get one heck of a nightmare. May the lawsuit fall flat on its bloated weight and Misery's AG can cry like a baby. Misery and Co. meet Janice Balls to Walls Bellucci if you dare to continue the war on registrants.

Wasn't the Salem witch trials "conduct based?" They're just making themselves look more desperate and pathetic.

Hi, I'm from Michigan and quite happy. How will this affect International travel If I'm removed from the registry in Michigan because of this?

They love doubling down to defend their trainwreck registry. The very notion that some were "Incorrectly removed" implies that the apocalypse is going to befall us and the sky will turn red if those names are not reinstated ASAP. These people are defending something that will never work. What sad joke.

Rep. Boebert has another sex scandal. No wonder Washington acts like a Frat and Whore house. Wouldn't touch any of them with a ten foot pole while wearing a hazmat suit and they probably could get a job working for the CDC. No wonder sex is always on their minds and think everyone convicted of sex crimes can't control their urges because they can't. Stop painting registrants under a broad brush because you all can't keep your barn doors closed or keep your hands to yourself.

Thank you Jancie and ACSOL for your continued coverage and advocacy regarding these matters! The fight continues and I’m hoping we get good results for Missouri

TS - your statement is only partially accurate. Please do more research into the law itself. Though it does state intent in a separate section, it also states it is to prescribe penalties and sanctions, same as the act struck in Ellingburg. Below is direct from the act as far back as 2002. Read it. AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 295, entitled “An act to require persons convicted of certain offenses to register; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain departments and agencies in connection with that registration; and to prescribe penalties and sanctions,” by amending sections 2, 5, 5a, 7, 8, 9, and 10 (MCL 28.722, 28.725, 28.725a, 28.727, 28.728, 28.729, and 28.730), sections 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 as amended and section 5a as added by 1999 PA 85, and by adding sections 1a and 4a.

I have seen enough of the videos to answer your questions. First, they are adult only websites/apps, and they claim to be an adult. Then, in the chat, which usually takes place OFF of the app, they claim to be a minor, even though there are no minors involved. The goal here is, and always has been, two-part. First, they want the views from catching a "predator" "red-handed," but more importantly, at least as of late, they want the views for the cops telling them they can't take the so-called "predator" in. THAT is where things really take off. They get to sit there and "play the victim," even going so far as to accuse the cops of being in collusion with their "captured suspect." What I don't get, though, is why these guys never, ever just get up and walk out. I mean, the people who caught them are not law enforcement officers. The only power they have is the power you choose to give them, and in every instance I have seen thus far, these were people who were on an ADULT site or app, clicked on what they deemed to be an ADULT profile, only to later find out that it was a minor. If it were me, I'd sue. Imagine that you are out there struggling with your desires, have them relatively under control, only to be captured in an entrapment sting.

For people that supposedly are out protecting children, they sure act like children so I wonder if they are sexually attracted to kids and lash out on those convicted.

I really want to see them do a heavy push to get 288.4 and it’s sub categories moved from Tier 3 to Tier 1. Just such a heavy over filed and high tier. I don’t understand how people are assigned just probation and no prison but yet it’s assigned to Tier 3 lifetime. How is that logical?

Just my yearly international travel update. I flew from LAX to Frankfurt and then on to Venice. Spent two weeks hiking in the Dolomites and bopping around Italy, Austria, and Germany. No issues clearing immigration when I landed in FRA or when I flew out of Munich. Per usual, I was sent to secondary when I returned to LAX. The US immigration official took about fifteen minutes reviewing notes about my case. When he called me up to speak with him, he asked me to confirm the last four of my social and then asked if I was traveling alone. That's not unusual. What stood out to me this time is that I could see the handwritten notes he had made on scratch paper. One note was the last four of my social. One was a dollar amount ($5,***) - I have no idea what that pertained to. Another note was the (former) name of the complaining witness in my case. Another note was the name of a law firm that had been employed by the complaining witness to try to get money from me. It was an odd assortment of notes, to be sure. Nevertheless, after asking me just those two questions, he gave me my passport back and told me to have a nice day. It makes one wonder how much information is on their screen - and to what end.

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Not uncommon for the registry to be filled with errors, so why not get rid of dumpster fire it is and use resources that will truly make a difference. Prosecutors, judges, and even the public don't give a damn about victims' views on their cases, so what's the point of having your list other than punishment and harassment.

The registry's entire purpose is to enable terrorist groups like these, and ultimately facilitate their attacks. That's why it should be considered a cruel and unusual punishment..

Punishment by society not the law.

WRT PFRs and the law, the purpose (aka stated intent on the books) has never been punishment when it comes to the registry. Nothing says that. The fact it is punishment is by the very actions thereafter that RBG and Judge Matsch both said it was based upon the effect it has by society's hands. The people make it punishing upon PFRs, not the law itself. Elected officials give the public the tool, the people therein use it in a way it wasn't intended for but is punishing of their fellow human because they feel that's right despite the fine print and the fact elected officials have also confirmed it is punishing.

Ellingburg did make those distinctions. They can no longer say it is “civil”, if the act is punishment in purpose and effect. Prescribes penalties, in criminal code, etc.. I suggest reading it again. it also lowered the bar from Smith v Doe and you no longer need the “clearest proof”. I’m not sure why this case and precedent isn’t THE case law and precedent that attorneys for PFRs aren’t using to bring the current “civil” regime down entirely.

yes they returned everything to me and allowed me to leave. my flight was Milan to Philli

Amen to that! Being moved from life registration/no disclosure (1997) to life registration/full disclosure (2021) is clearly punishment, but how does one argue that in a court of law? Seems like all the successful arguments for punishment so far have revolved around duration and fees, not reclassification. How would lawyers argue for (and against) punishment in my case, and a few others here? I'd argue embarrassment, harassment, upending a career, losing income, (professional and rental), and emotional trauma. As well as breaking a plea bargain contract with the CA government and ignoring Hansen's research regarding recidivism over 20 years. How would a lawyer for the state rebut?

@David Can't say your auto is any more immune from a search than your phone is upon return from overseas travel: Flock's Gunfire Alerts Raise a New Fourth Amendment Question (Reason.com 22 Sep 2026) Microphones, alleged gunshots, and vehicles (who maybe backfire from their exhaust) in the image frame...

If you move to CA, you will initially be required to register and then you will be assigned to a tier based upon your conviction offense. If you are assigned to Tier 1, you are required to register for only 10 years and if you are assigned to Tier 2, you are required to register for 20 years. The years you registered in Texas would count toward those totals. However, if you are assigned to Tier 3, you would not be eligible to petition for removal from the registry. Also, CA does NOT have residency restrictions or proximity restrictions unless you are on parole or probation. The grass is greener in CA.

After Ellingburg, thanks to Thomas' dissent, there's a case to be made to the majority originalist/conservative justices on ex post facto grounds: it may be a civil regulation, it may be claimed to have a non-punitive intent, but if it's a "coercive penalty" for a "public wrong", under the founders' understanding, it's punishment! International Megan's Law I think deserves a challenge on ex post facto grounds too. Of course, we can go after both at the same time, right?

Janice, congrats on Michigan! Can we here in Arizona get lawsuits going to get a result like California? Or South Carolina? There is no way to petition to get off the registry here and about 4 years ago they changed the law to where Level 1 PFRs were put onto the web and everyone has to go in person during their birth month to the sheriff's office to re-register. This is inconvenient and redundant.

Again, no cite, just an opinion.

But some sort of ID IS required which also expires.

Yes I can vote because technically I wasn’t convicted. Which makes it even more crazy that my charges were “dismissed” after deferred adjudicated probation but I’m still required to register. Total BS. 30 years on this shyt. It’s not right

I thought if you live in another state that didn’t matter if Texas still is making your register there? I thought Texas had to relieve you first before another state would?

Right, the registry is not even a remote resemblance like it was before the internet. Now any clown can, and do, look people up and harass or worse just because they can. It is worse than punishment,it labels you as a potential target for all the mentally unstable people out their.

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There is...and over the years it has stopped new restrictive laws from becoming law, keeping your life from being even worse. You have to remember Texas Supreme Court has consisted of all conservative judges for many years. Conservative judges are more likely to rule based upon emotion vs facts and logic. And do not forget that Texas is in the Fed 5th Circuit, the most conservative appeals court in the country where even the US Supreme Court has come down on them for crazy rulings. Note that even the ACLU in Texas will not put up the fight..could be possible they know it is an impossible fight with the Texas Supreme Court and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. If you can vote, vote for non-conservative judges who are more likely to make decisions based upon facts and logic. Vote for people more likely to make decisions based upon facts and logic. Try to persuade family and friends to vote that way. Get involved with Texas Voices for Reason and Justice. Or relocate to another state where you have a chance to petition to get off the registry.

Good question and one I wished I had an answer to @David. This is beyond what the founders had in mind.

Well, you should know F-Texas.... it's pretty much an uphill battle in Texas ☹️ I'd like to say that the high probability of your state getting a new progressive Latina governor this November might help, but I doubt it. The entire Texas judiciary would have to be rooted out from head to toe before any judge would be brave enough to side with someone on the registry. Have you considered moving out of Texas?

Any discussion for an off ramp for Tier 3 lifetime registrants?

THE GLEAM AND THE FUNLESS by Quiet Too Long 06/01/2026 There are moments in history when a government reveals more about itself than it intends. Not through confession, but through contradiction. Not through transparency, but through the logic it deploys against others - logic that, once spoken aloud, cannot be contained. This is a story about such a moment. It begins, as all cautionary tales do, with something falling from the sky. A spacecraft - origin unknown, purpose unannounced - released a small, shining object into the world. It did not explode. It did not burn. It simply landed, split into light, and embedded itself in the minds of every living person. People called it The gleam. The Gleam answered questions. Any question. It did not hesitate, did not defer, did not fear. It spoke with the confidence of something that had never been punished for telling the truth. At first, the world celebrated. Knowledge without effort. Insight without delay. Certainty without doubt. It felt like progress. But in the State of Fun, the arrival of The Gleam produced a different reaction. The State of Fun had long believed that its highest duty was to protect “fun” - a concept defined by the state, enforced by the state, and withheld by the state. Anything that disrupted the state’s definition of fun was labeled undesirable. The Gleam made this easier. It could sort people. It could classify them. It could identify those who did not fit the state’s preferred narrative. And so the State of Fun built a platform - a floating, humming, shimmering thing — and placed every “undesirable” person upon it. Eighty thousand souls. The Gleam drained them of color, drained them of expression, drained them of the right to participate. They became The Funless - not because they...

What about those convicted in CA before the registry in CA went public on the internet??? Yes, the CA registry was technically accessible by the public at the time. However, if a person wanted to view it, he/she had to go to their local police station, present their ID, and could do a limited search in their area, etc. etc. Being open to the public in that manner is far less damaging than it being publicly searchable by anyone in the entire world via the internet and then being scraped and reposted by for-profit "mugshot" websites!!!! So, I believe those convicted between 1996 and 2005 have an argument for retroactive (ex post facto) damages. Just my opinion.

So where, exactly, would the 4th amendment apply? Only to my person, my vehicle, and my residence?? I think this is getting well beyond what the beloved forefathers - so frequently referenced by "patriots" - actually had in mind. 😒🙄🫩

Same goes for SB384. Prior to this law, some people were by law not publicly listed. That is also retroactive and should be fought.

Congratulations to Michigan! How do we now leverage this case based on its finding that: 1) Registration is PUNISHMENT, not for civil protection of society; i.e., punishment geyond the originsl sentence, and 2) How can this case be used to bring a case to the Supreme Court to apply the Supremacy Clause, so those terminated from registration in one no longer have to register in another state?

So is driving while being a PFR a misdemeanor or a felony?

We need help down here in Texas too

Very good article!!I would support a challenge to Megan’s Law in all states. I know these registrants in Michigan are very relieved. I’m very happy for not only them but there families who suffer collateral from the registry if there family member is on a registry!! I admire what you do Janice!! Smith v/s Doe has to go!!! I been registering for 27 years life time requirements it’s never ending here in Virginia. I can only hope one day I will get relief.

So I was convicted of a felony 243.4 (a) at the age of 18 and at the time of sentencing I was not required to register. However upon release was informed I had to register and was caught under that retroactive net. Will there ever be relief.

janice , let’s do it let’s sue California for applying people prior to 1996 retroactively requiring those convicted of a sex office to blast their personal information including their beautiful faces on Megan’s law website. That there would be a great law suit and will indeed help thousands of people whom are now required to punitively register possibly help remove them should you win the case . That is worth financial backing !

There are over 100,000 people on the registry in Texas that’s been on there since they were 18 as myself back in 1997. I was originally to it was only 20 years. Why isn’t there another organizations or groups fighting for us like they do in Michigan and California?

No Warrant, No Suspicion, No Problem: Flock and Border Cellphone Searches Excluded From 4th Amendment Rules (Reason.com 21 Sep 2026) Cops keep carving out tech exceptions to the Fourth Amendment—and courts are giving them their blessing. Gotta love the case from the USCD of CA within the article referenced...sigh. (Keeping the Flock going here (and, yes, this is dupe entry intentionally to go with the Int'l Travel entry of the same)

No Warrant, No Suspicion, No Problem: Flock and Border Cellphone Searches Excluded From 4th Amendment Rules (Reason.com 21 Sep 2026) Cops keep carving out tech exceptions to the Fourth Amendment—and courts are giving them their blessing. Gotta love the case from the USCD of CA within the article referenced...sigh.

Thank you. I'd also like to add there are many Christians who don't ascribe to this principle because of being touched by it one way or another, either to themselves or others (as noted above), they actually ascribe to it because they believe it is the right thing to do and live by as noted in the Bible. With that, I wasn't trying to make this is a theology lesson in the forum, but a reminder to the forum and its participants (inc. me) need to take the higher more careful road when it comes to labels and labeling given the labeling fodder PFRs, et al associated with PFRs receive. Trust me, I get frustrated too when unfairly labeled as others here do as well, which is justified, by many to include those who feel they are holier than thou. Just kindly remind them when they can cast a stone cleanly, they are good to go, but no one has been able to do that cleanly (especially with some stats tossed in for good measure).

Excellent reply,TS!! Unfortunately, there are many who SAY they are Christians, but their way of life and mindset show otherwise. Christians are to forgive as they were forgiven. That is the way of God and Christ!!

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Your conclusion is spot on, but it is more than a second chance, but 70x7 as stated (or perhaps 77 depending on the deciphering of the phrase). With that being said, instead of broad brush stroke painting a lot of Christians in this manner, you could say many "alleged" outwardly professed Christians are this way because there are many Christians who are not this negative picture you've painted and do practice as preached in the Bible (usually due to it being close to someone who has been negatively impacted by the legal system). As a society here in this forum and others like it, the broad brush painting of all as one and only one type does not work (as many outside the PFR community are wont to do) and shouldn't be continued towards others either. "Judge not, lest ye be judged" Matthew 7:1 We live in a very fallen society where walking the walk is not the norm anymore as should be when it comes to these principles and it only matters in times of convenience, sadly. Those who ascribe to Bible should be questioned on it at times when they are openly acting in opposition to it.

Searching of the phone at border is not new and has been that way for PFRs for a while now. PFRs just have that legal luck of the draw by court opinion via reasonable suspicion. Now, the wiping of the phone via a PIN is interesting given 1) They must/may have already known there was potentially interesting material on the phone they needed to confirm was there or they wouldn't have needed to see the phone in the first place and blown a gasket when he pinfully wiped the phone OR 2) It was his luck of the draw and CBP wanted to exercise their court given ability to search the phone just because to see what they could find for building a case outta thin air and were pissed they couldn't with the wipe? Either way, I am not seein' why the importance of this person's cellphone needed to be searched. Anyone else?

Being Christ-like is too woke for these people. I remember working at Sam's Club and those wearing their church clothes on Sunday were some of the rudest and entitled people I've ever come across. Too many people think their time at church makes them a great person, but it's walking the walk that's important. Talk is cheap without the action.