Category: Tales from the Registry

By Ed . . . We always expect the courts to interpret the laws and when the facts are presented and they show a direct path that they are unconstitutional on their face, and then turn a blind eye to the evidence presented by changing the wording and eliminating other cases by simply saying they are not relevant, when in fact they carry a lot of weight. The Judges that make these rational decision, always hurt the defense. We always ask ourselves are the courts basing their decisions politically because of votes, or are they being swayed by Legislators. How can SORNA ever be reformed if the courts continue to allow unconstitutional acts to go on uncorrected. We see this more and more in the state court systems and the only court out there that can correct this is the US. Supreme court. The majority of cases only reach the state supreme court and that is where the unconstitutional acts…

By Anon . . . Here’s the full story adjusted to a more direct, grounded tone—still human and reflective, but without clichés or dramatized phrases: — I live in Puerto Rico. I spent two and a half years in federal prison, and most of that time I was fixated on the law library, trying to figure out the legal rationale behind courts consistently upholding sex offender registries. I read through piles of case law. I knew that once released, I’d have exactly one year to file a legal challenge—the statute of limitations in Puerto Rico for civil rights claims is precisely one year. I’m young. I was arrested at 19, and served my prison sentence from age 21 to 24. In prison, nobody took me seriously. Most people who spent time in the Education building were jailhouse lawyers, usually sex offenders themselves, busy drafting compassionate-release motions, appeals, and disciplinary complaints for others, mainly drug offenders or immigrants. I was the…

By Kreg . . . My name is Kreg w I am a father of 6, a husband, a veteran and a broken man. I lived for the Army at one point in my life. It was my anchor and I honestly believed my purpose. I enlisted knowing I was going to war and I did. I spent at war for 26 months in oif/oef proudly for my country. I served to build something solid for myself, and future family for years, I wore my uniform like it was part of me with a sense of pride—until everything unraveled in one day. I was accused and found guilty of “wrongful sexual contact”. A misdemeanor charge that hit me like a mortar round. It was a soldier, twice my age and twice my size that I had zero interest in, in anyway other than work. that day was April fools day and a day that changed my life and bettered her…

By Shawn . . . I titled my story after the city and state I have been registered in for well over a decade now. Well I’m certain you have heard many horror stories about people who have ended up on the registry, I can assure you most of them are not true. For my part I committed a sexual offense in ignorance. I had been taught at a very early age, for example, sexual exposure and interaction between adults and children was “normal and healthy” . I was victimized in such a fashion that I enjoyed it anchor up to believe that such behavior was normal. I never had a therapist parent or teacher talk to me about the age of consent or why certain activities that felt really wonderful was still wrong. This does not in any way excuse my behavior but it certainly explains how I was able to do as I did with no remorse or…

By Christine . . . My son is a 28-year-old tier one sex off He has been living in a mobile home park with his girlfriend for one month whom is pregnant. He is not on the lease. The manager of the park Met him said she knew he has been staying there and that it is OK then found out he was a sex offender and is now banning him from the park did not offer him to fill out a application and have a background check like everybody else just specifically said he was banned from the park.

By Michael . . . First off I will say that I do not intend to lay blame on anyone or any circumstance. Second, My intention is not to seek help because I’ve been told from time to time that help is unavailable without a price that I cannot afford. All I just want is to get my story out to those who will listen because it’s always fallen on deaf ears. In November 2013 I was arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor. Even though I accidentally sent a message to a young girl that was intended for someone else, I do take full responsibility and I was willing to plead guilty. I bonded out and had a so called respectable lawyer to help in the process. September 2014 I had County Sheriff’s at my door with a warrent for my arrest. I asked what I was being arrested for and the response was ” You know…

After 13 years on the registry of a 25 year sentence to the SOR Michigan by Oakland county trial court, I filed a lawsuit last July and a habeas corpus to the trial court Dec 18th, 2023 and the head county attorney emailed saying I was removed. ( and I am !)No relief yet on getting all the bogus convictions and VOID JUDGMENT removed but I expect it if they honor Michigan laws and jury instructions instead of the fraud filed by the AG..Any sting Op w/o a victim is bogus.Any home raid w/o an in person crime is bogus.Commercial activity is required in most valid prosecutions — monetary gains required using an underage real victim.Speak against your charges if you were arrested and no victim or in person crime/s occurred.File a habeas corpus after understanding this.Study the laws and jury instructions.

By Michael . . . At 16 years old and full of hormones introduce another developing teenager into a situation where there is no one to stop either from their emotions or attractions. Yes you can deny it but the developed physical characteristics of a female have and probably always will have the attention of any young man. If the female in question is not deterred by what is appropriate or not and personal boundaries aren’t thought about then there is serious danger for both but more so for the young man. I made that mistake. It could st me two different prison sentences and some severe emotional distress from the so called therapist. Break the word therapist down as it was a compound word and that’s a more accurate description. Unwanted probing and forced suggestions are the same as any other unwanted attention isn’t it? Bottom line is I was wrong and did my time. Then the registry after…

By T . . . The bottom line of my story –I was convicted (plead guilty) of Criminal Sexual Conduct of the 4th degree (attempted) back in 1998 in the state of Michigan. My registration was meant to be a 25 year registration from the start. I was later classed as tier 2, still 25 registration. The events in the story happened when I was 19 years old. The story behind my conviction.When I was 19 years of age I was discharged from the US Army Reserve due to not completing HS on time. I was enlisted as a split op trainee. This mean I went to Basic before I completed my senior year of HS. During this time I was extremely active on AOL. I was into flirting and everything else that went with being a teenager. One day I got message by a random girl who liked the fact that I was an army guy. I had listed…

By Will .  . . It was September of 2008, I was working out of town for a couple of weeks, when I got a call from my wife telling me that a sex offender had been stalking my 4th and 5th grade children while they walked to school. The story my daughter told her teacher, the principal, and later the police, was that a man was slowly following them in his car as they walked the 3 blocks from our house to the neighborhood school. When the police asked her for a description, they were able to track this man, Ted, via the National Sex offender site, to this very same man that was following her and her brother that morning.I got crazy angry that day. I was so furious, I wanted to fly home, track this man down and kill him, or at the very least beat the hell out of him. I couldn’t believe the hate that…