Living with 290: How to make friends and meet people
I will be thirty five in about a month and a half. From time to time I reflect on my life so far. The good, bad, indifferent, mundane, thrilling, and…
Living with 290: Brothers and Sisters in Pain
What did I do to deserve a life sentence of pain? My motive rejected, judged my behavior a crime. Stunned at the devastating repercussions of my action. The act complete,…
Living with 290: Dismissals Disregarded
Back in the mid 90's I met a women. I was 28 and she was 31. We soon developed a passionate love affair. We even lived together but never married.…
Living with 290: Wife not allowed in country
After 11 years of marriage we spent the last two, trying to get my wife allowed in the US from the Philippines. I am retired and she is 9 years…
Living with 290: The Polygraph is Pure Hocus Pocus
If anyone does not know, the California Sex Offender Management Board (aka CASOMB) has phone call conferencing open to the public. Well since I’m not only a registrant but a…
Living with 290: Jim Crow Redux
Being a registrant for the past 34 years because of a plea deal on a misdemeanor in California, I find it very disheartening to see such non-uniformity in the administration…
Living with 290: The real walking Dead
I have been a RSO for many years now. I have over come so many adversities while growing up with disabilities. When I was young I couldn't wait to become…
Living with 290: Cleaning Up Your Online Reputation After Ending Registration
Hello ACSOL community. This is Free Again (a.k.a. Anonymous OP a.k.a. Newly Liberated…I figured that the second screen name will eventually no longer apply once enough time has passed, so…
Living with 290: U.S. Border Policies and Sex Offense Registration Killed My Love
Three weeks ago, my fiancé’s brother texted me saying that my fiancé, “Eric”, was killed in El Salvador. I cannot express how stunned, sad, and angry I am about my…
Living with 290: Early Discharge from Parole Granted
I wanted to share an experience that might provide everyone a better idea of the current climate in the California CDCR Parole arena. I was just approved for an early…
Living with 290: Success Story – Certificate of Rehabilitation and Removal from the CA Registry
I want to share a success story of overcoming the confines of being a registrant, and the practical steps I took. Of course, every case is different. On February 22,…
Living with 290: Certificate of Rehabilitation – 2019 (Updated)
UPDATE 2/23: Removal from the Registry (below) Original Submission 2/9: Last month, I received my Certificate or Rehabilitation, thus ending my duty to register and bringing to a conclusion a…
Living with 290: School Access
Requested permission to see my son's wrestling matches and was denied. "Per our policy and your circumstance..." I asked for a copy of the cited policy and haven't heard back.…
Living with 290: Finding Work
I was convicted in federal court of distribution and possession of child pornography in January 2008. I was sentenced to 151 months, which, after good time, was a little under…
Living with 290: Not above the law
No one is above the law. Punish me for the crimes I committed, but obey the law yourselves in doing so. I was told they wanted to ask me some…
Living with 290: No More use of the term “Sex Offender”
I would like to ask and insist that we all stop, that is STOP using the words "sex offender." It's pejorative, demeaning, and keeps the idea that registrants keep "offending."…
Living with 290: 8 years and how many left?
I decided to write this because I just graduated college. I have been fighting and fighting and fighting some more with this nonsense hanging over my head. I have been…
AK: Personal rights and stigma: when and where can sex offenders participate in the community? (Opinion)
[KBBI Alaska] Towns across Alaska have to grapple with what to do once a known sex offender returns to the community after serving their punishment. Though there are clear limits…