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Personal narratives by people who have been harmed by oppressive sex offender registries.

The registry is the most ridiculous, unfair law

April 6, 2018 by admin 4 Comments

My son was recently placed on the sex offenders list in NC. He accepted a plea to prevent the scary thought of maybe losing a trial that would send him to prison for a long time. He was 21 when he made a bad judgement call with an older woman who he trusted to the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Tales, Tales from the Registry Tagged: children, custodial parent, father, north carolina, probation

Cruel and very unusual

March 18, 2018 by admin 8 Comments

By Mike . . . I was tricked onto the Florida registry in 1997 when I took a plea for a sex charge for a consensual sexual relationship with a minor. Yeah, I did it. I knew her age also….I’m not like everybody else that makes the excuse they thought she was older, but so did … [Read more…]

Posted in: Tales from the Registry Tagged: bad policies, consensual sex, florida, sex offender

Outed on Social Media

February 16, 2018 by admin 3 Comments

By Sona . . . I am a therapist treating sex offenders on probation and parole. I have a client who recently tearfully told me that several people are posting his registration photo and information on Facebook and harassing him in this way. He is not allowed on social media and cannot respond to this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Questions, Tales from the Registry Tagged: facebook, free speech, harassment, social media

Sex offender registration perpetuates punishment for entire life

February 8, 2018 by admin 13 Comments

My life of hell on Indiana’s sex offender registry (SOR) began in 2003 when I was arrested for looking at and printing out pictures of nude preteen girls from the internet. I had just graduated high school at the time, was working a dead-end job, and living on my own with no friends or girlfriend. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Tales, Tales from the Registry Tagged: basic fairness, broken promises, disproportionate punishment, indiana, sex offender registry, SOR

Anguished mother registers her own son; wants him removed

January 25, 2018 by admin 3 Comments

I am 60-years-old and my son is 36. In 2005, he was convicted of indecent liberties with a minor. She was his girlfriend (unknown to me). As the records clerk for our local Sheriff’s Office, I had to fingerprint him, take his picture, and place him on the NC sex offender registry. He got probation, but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Tales, Tales from the Registry Tagged: indecent liberties, north carolina, petition, registry, removal

Lovebird nightmare and plea for help

January 1, 2018 by admin 5 Comments

I was convicted of 2nd degree sexual assault in Missouri in 1987 at the age of 17 for having consensual sex with my 14-yr-old girlfriend. I was sent to prison for 5 yrs. Needless to say, prison was not good for me. I ended up doing 12 yrs as a result of other criminal convictions. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Tales, Tales from the Registry Tagged: consensual sex, missouri, oregon, pro se, sex offender, sorna

One RSO’s experience: Int’l travel problems occur when returning to USA

December 28, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

By John . . . I was told FRIGHTFUL stories how we RSOs can never travel again internationally….wrong!!! We CAN get Passports albeit they will have a mark that the world community knows that we are RSOs. I have my original not expiring until 2021 so I’m traveling as much as possible before I get … [Read more…]

Posted in: International Travel Tales Tagged: IML, international megan's law, south america, travel

Sex offenders unfit to donate plasma?

November 8, 2017 by admin 16 Comments

My son is a sex offender because of pictures at the age of 17. Opening emails sent to him. He will be registered for 25 years! A “no sex” sex offender. He has had a very hard time finding a job now at the age of 21. He finally lands a job and needs to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Tales Tagged: discrimination, plasma, sex offenders

AWA & IML punish love, relationships across international borders

October 23, 2017 by admin 1 Comment

I just read some of the posts on this website and wanted to share a bit of a personal story. Like many who come to this website, I am a registrant. I too, have been lucky enough to do a little bit of travel. While I have never been to Europe, I hope to do … [Read more…]

Posted in: International Travel Tales, Personal Tales Tagged: AWA, foreign lovers, IML, international borders, international travel, marriage, sponsorship, visa

Mother & daughter duo wreak havoc on unsuspecting men

October 4, 2017 by admin 1 Comment

Years ago, long before we met, my boyfriend went to a club with friends where you had to be 21-years-old or older and carded at the door in order to be allowed in. He met a girl and her “sister” that night in the club. After a few drinks, he and the girl left and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Tales, Tales from the Registry Tagged: carnal knowledge, consensual sex, extortion, fake ids, sex offenders
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