Tales From the Registry

I, George Schmidt, am writing for federal inmate Robert Dobbertin. He says: The new “Justice Act” that congress is debating would be a great thing if passed. It would finally give federal inmates the 15% off for good-time that was supposed to be done years ago. That alone would cut my sentence by 70 days. However, there is a part of this bill that is tantamount to idiocy. In it there is a provision where an inmate can earn up to 33% more good-time per year by participating in certain programming. However, as you can guess, sex offenders (along with Terrorists and murderers) are excluded from this benefit. This seems to be a violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution because it singles out certain groups for different (detrimental) treatment. First. I do not think a majority of sex offenders should be classified along with terrorists and murderers. That alone is an insult to those of us who…

Dear Community Saviors, There is not much worse than decision makers sitting around a table deciding your future and yet you’re not present at the table. The so-called leaders of the community will decide where you might live, travel to, and possibly determine where it is you cannot go. They will decide what information is publicly available, and they will not know or come to understand when you are or have become jobless and homeless. They have pledged to protect the community at all costs, which includes surreptitiously stealing or quickly stripping your own family’s reputation and well being, for the sake of public safety. It is a slow death, the constant worry of humiliation at any given time for someone else’s past. It’s the loss of income, inability to move, to go places and partake in activities you’d otherwise be at free will to enjoy. The dark cloud that lingers does not distant itself quite in the same way…

Feminists will always teach and reward girls for being Lolitas, because ‘tricking men’ into statutory rape is a feminist CA$H COW. Lolita: [lō lēt′ə] noun. The definition of a Lolita is a female under the age of consent who seduces adult men. If a under age girl dresses and acts like she’s 21+ to buy alcohol with a fake ID the police will arrest her for lying about her age. Police don’t wink at each other and tell the clerk OH, YOU KNEW SHE WAS UNDER AGE. If the same girl lies and says she’s 18 in order to have sex with a 18+ man, he goes to prison for HER LIES about her age. HORMONES? If an under age high school girl murders a romantic rival, she is held accountable for murder and the tempestuous hormones of her youth are no excuse. If the same girl lies about her age and has sex with a adult man, she’s the…

Hello . . . I have been on the registry since I turned 18 years old in 1996 in Texas.  I am now almost 40 years old and have lived a very happy and successful life.  With a bit of luck and lot of perseverance   I have managed to live a very  normal life with a home, a family with 3 kids, and a professional 6 figure job.  Now no it has not been easy by any means; but I will share with you some of the tricks and ideas that made my life as normal as possible  First off, you have to change as a person.  Remember your life is different now. You are a so called “pariah” to society, so you have to have a mind set that the general public could care less if you live or die.  Taking this into consideration; you have to think outside the box.  Friends and family will support you no…

I’m so lost and empty right now.. I feel so sick with worry and fear wondering how this will all go.. My son is only 17.. He has a learning disability and doesn’t really fit in with others his age.. Hes more at his sisters age level around 14-15.. So his sisters friends are who his friends are.. Him and one of her friends decided they liked each other and ended up sleeping together.. The girl told her mom and her mom fearing am unwanted pregnancy took her for the morning after pill.. The hospital automatically called the cops.. Its statutory of course because he is 17.. But the m and daughters story have changed from what was originally told to me when the mom made contact with me.. So there is a total of 6 charges, one being actual rape.. Idk what to do.. I’m at an attorneys office as I type this, crossing my fingers and praying.. We…

As a child, I was moved from a sleepy little village in Cambridge, England to the sprawling suburban metropolis of San Diego, California. The adjustment to American culture as an eight year old child had a profound effect on me that would forever shape my view of the criminal justice system. Childhood in Cambridge was similar to how I imagine childhood would have been in any part of New Zealand. I rode my bike home from primary school through a small village every day, entirely carefree. As I got older friends would walk with me home, sometimes stopping at the village shops on the way. My new American home was the complete opposite: several miles from my school via multiple freeways. Geography aside, I was told by my family it simply wasn’t safe for a child to ride their bike home alone in California. It also wasn’t safe for children to play outside unsupervised, or to ever be in a…

My son just this month plead guilty to something he’s not guilty of.  He’s gay, recently married, and a victim.  Because he had no proof of who used his computer, he was advised to plead guilty and serve a few years of probation – with no requirement to register.  At the final court date, he was told that the law changed and everyone had to register. I feel he was lied to and betrayed through every step of the legal process.   From the investigator who was “on his side”, and said he should plead guilty because he owned the home, the computer in question (and not to worry – he would probably just get a slap on the wrist for it).  To the lawyer who was supposed to look out for his best interests, to the prosecutor who just needed a conviction, regardless of justice or fairness. I always thought the registry was for actual child molesters and sexual…

Hi All, I’m brand new to the forum and wanted to share my “Tale From The Registry”. Last Sunday, my family and I were humiliated at Disney World while attempting to enter Animal Kingdom. It was more of a heartbreak to my family than it was to me because, fortunately, I’ve learned to deal with the discrimination towards SO’s over the last 25 years. The crux of the story is that my 34-year-old son purchased an annual pass for me as a birthday gift so I could start going to Disney with them since they already had passes of their own. He and his wife have a wonderful little 4 year old son who is my pride and joy. Being able to share Grandpa time with him at Disney over the years would have been a special thing for the entire family.

Hello, everyone. My name is Amanda. I have a bachelor’s degree in English and Creative Writing and I am currently working on my master’s thesis in creative writing at SNHU. My thesis is a three hundred page fictional novel with a sex offender as the main protagonist.  As I head into the revision stage, I’ve gone over my current text and realized, unfortunately, that the only thing I really know about sex offenders is from what I’ve seen on television. I know this is inaccurate.  So my next phase is to reach out and interact with those who can tell me what it’s really like; to fill in the blanks or correct the information that the media, and therefore, the general public gets wrong about registered sex offenders in today’s society. I find this forum fascinating and informative and would love to open a dialogue with anyone who would like to be “interviewed” about what it’s like being a RSO on a day to…

I have always pondered that question and while I am branded a sex offender for life it makes one think that maybe they should of gave more thought to this issue instead of taking a plea deal as most of these sex offenses are usually taken care of by Plea deals offered by the courts. My situation stemmed from being on an adult chat site and I happened to click on a screen name and had a sexual chat with a person that said they were 15. I questioned her why she couldn’t find anyone her own age and all those things and she came up with lie’s after lies. Course I had told her I never meet anyone online but as it happened I was induced by her when she had told me she was home alone the second night. She had wanted me to cam and other things such as send pictures, etc., sounded a bit strange and…