F.A.Q.
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| Question | Actions |
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| Why do they keep adding punishment? Isn't that double jeopardy? | View |
| What did I do to deserve this? | View |
| My judge sentenced me to X years of registration. Shouldn't that be all I have to do? | View |
| I took that plea because I was assured that conviction did not require registration (or only required X years). How can the State now tell me it's more? | View |
| I didn't actually commit a crime! My attorney said I had a choice between taking that plea or facing an unsympathetic judge/jury and getting huge amounts of jail time. Can't I withdraw my plea? | View |
| This whole business is insane! What can I do to get off the public registry? | View |
| I don't have huge amounts of money for a lawyer. Won't anyone take my case out of the goodness of their heart? | View |
| Taking my case back to court to challenge the registry is scary! Someone might harass or threaten me/my family/my employer/etc. Is there any way to avoid that risk? | View |
| Can't we all just lay low and keep quiet? This insanity is bound to stop at some point, right? | View |
| I never even touched anyone! Somebody like me doesn't need to be on that list! But isn't it okay for people who actually touched a child? | View |
| It was totally consensual! Somebody like me doesn't need to be on that list! But isn't it okay for those people who forcibly harmed someone? | View |
| I did something really stupid. It hurt a lot of people. I know it was wrong, I will never, ever do it again, and my record proves it! I really don't need to be on that list! But isn't it okay for people who are repeat offenders? | View |
| Why can't we just explain to our lawmakers that these laws are unconstitutional? It's so obvious any idiot can see it! | View |
| They don't make murderers register, or robbers, or arsonists. Why just us? | View |
| Why can't we just put the really bad, dangerous predators on the registry? That makes so much more sense! | View |
| Public registration is just as bad, if not worse, than being on probation or parole! Why isn't it considered punishment? | View |
| I don't know enough about politics or government. What could I say that would persuade my representatives that they should change the laws? | View |
| I'm afraid of speaking to my representatives. Couldn't I get arrested/seen on TV/harassed? | View |
| Why isn't anyone attacking the Adam Walsh Act (AWA) at a national level? | View |
| What about a Class Action lawsuit? There are plenty of damages we could claim. | View |
| Is it better to challenge the registry at a state level? | View |
| I asked my lawyer about filing an Ex Post Facto claim. He's all for it... but wants a five digit retainer just to START! Isn't that excessive? | View |
| Could a bunch of us file a constitutional challenge together, and share the cost? | View |
| How can I get myself off the registry? | View |
| If we can get rid of the Adam Walsh Act and SORNA, wouldn't that solve our problems? | View |
| Where can I move where I don't have to register? | View |
| Can you recommend a lawyer who would help me? I have a little money left, but not much. | View |
| My lawyer told me I'd better plea bargain, so I did. Now I'm regretting it. Can I do anything about it now? | View |
| I had to manage my mother's funeral and was late registering. Now they've charged me with a new felony offense and tell me could spend up to five years in jail or on probation. What should I do? Is there any way out of this? | View |
| Registry officers have come to my door, along with US Marshalls, and asked to inspect my home. I am no longer under probation/ parole supervision! Can I tell them “no?” | View |
| I am on probation, and officers are showing up at my home late at night, pounding on my door, scaring my spouse and kids, and doing a commando-style search of my home. Is that legal? | View |
| My parole officer is telling me I have to show up in her office within the hour, or she’s going to violate me. Problem is, I’m at work and need more time to arrange transportation. Can she really violate me for that? | View |
| My husband has come home on probation. He has no restrictions that prohibit him from being around children, but Protective Services comes around weekly, telling me I have to submit to a home inspection or else they will take away my children by a prior marriage, and put them in foster care. Can they really do that? | View |
| I am receiving letters from someone who is threatening harm to me, calling me a pervert and worse. He has also posted signs all around my block “warning” people about me. Should I call the police? | View |
| I know my picture is on the registry for all to see, but what about the many other sites out there that “borrow” my registry listing and add lots of incorrect information, and deliberately make me look like a world-class creep? | View |
| I am terrified to leave my home. It seems that everyone must know about my registry status. I gave up trying to get work several years ago because nobody would hire me. What can I do? | View |
| Our county sheriff is out grandstanding about getting tough on sex offenders. He says he wants to see every one of us either dead or behind bars! I’m both angry, and terrified. What can I do? | View |