More than 170 people required to register, their loved ones and supporters from 14 states attended the second annual ACSOL conference in Los Angeles on June 15 and June 16. The conference included four plenary speakers as well as 12 workshops.
“We shared information, energy and support during the conference,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “We also provided essential tools for daily living to people required to register as well as their loved ones.”
After a warm welcome from ACSOL President Chance Oberstein, plenary speaker Laurie Jo Reynolds opened the conference with a unique message — the need to effectively frame the important messages we have to deliver to the public, to elected officials and to judges. Plenary speaker Bill Dobbs later spoke about the fact that it may take many years to succeed at restoring the civil rights of people required to register and compared our movement to the gay rights movement of past decades. Plenary speaker Ira Ellman spoke about the importance of busting myths about re-offense rates such as those used by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 2003 decision stating the requirement to register is not punishment. The final plenary speaker, Catherine Carpenter, focused upon recent progress made in state supreme courts and federal circuit courts of appeal that have declared that the requirement to register constitutes punishment and therefore new laws cannot be applied retroactively.
The conference offered a wide variety of workshops such as Employment Opportunities, LGBTQ Issues, Domestic & International Travel, Registrant Success Stories as well as California’s new Tiered Registry. The conference also included a workshop devoted to Effective Advocacy during which attendees were encouraged to join ACSOL in Sacramento in early 2019 to improve the Tiered Registry law which would require anyone convicted of a felony child pornography offense to register for a lifetime.
During the final plenary session, ACSOL announced that it will join Women Against Registry on September 10 and September 11, 2019, in Washington, D.C., in order to educate federal elected officials and policy makers.
“The year 2019 promises to be full of opportunities to Show Up, Stand Up and Speak Up,” stated Bellucci. “We urge people required to register, their loved ones and supporters to make plans to lobby in Sacramento in February, to attend the ACSOL conference in Los Angeles in June and to participate in the education of federal lawmakers in Washington, D.C., in September.”
Videos of some conference presentations as well as power point presentations will be added to the conference website in about one week.
Deportation is Upon Us
“I think it will be due time before all RSOs are told to leave the Country.”
Since the current Administration is now taking babies away from Parents its just due time before Sessions gets to the RSO.
Fascism is among us and rising fast. Bans on Muslims building Walls and throwing Children into Detention Centers is just a start. I say make your plans now.
No Federal Judge wants to challenge Megans Law which is the most corrupted Law in the Land.
Once all RSOs are deported a new start will be on the horizon to live out our lives not burdened down with insane Laws designed to make us 2nd Class Citizens.
I welcome the day the Government comes to oust me from Trump’s America
JEV
NARSOL DIGEST
TRUE CONFESSIONS
You do realize the democrats are just as bad as the republicans when it comes to sex offenders right?
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Id leave the country if i could. Obviously the US doesnt want me here
Vote? Cant vote!
I went to both ACSOL and NARSOL conferences in order to be able to compare them side by side; had never been to either. Was good to meet the FAC people at NARsOL!
My thoughts: ACSOL has more professional feel with attorneys leading, was much more upbeat in the main sessions, and had much better plenary speakers (except Paul Dubbeling who was excellent at NARSOL). ACSOL plenaries were amazing. Must watch the videos once they post them.
NARSOL has a more family feel, and had better breakout sessions, more support options, and much better regional connects since ACSOL wants to be national but is still pretty CA focused. But thats because it’s full of attorneys actually filing stuff so they are CA attorneys! Very glad ACSOL is moving on IML.
Glad both do video taping. BTW, I visited both because they had given the videos away from prior years so I expected good content.
” September 11, 2019, in Washington, D.C., in order to educate federal elected officials and policy makers. ”
This one should be interesting.
I’m going to see if I can go next year. Particularly the one in Sacramento. I can go and then visit an old friend of mine I grew up with here in Florida, but lives now in the bay area(San Jose). Kill two birds with 1 stone. I just don’t know how long I have to be there until I have to register. Also interested in the one in Washington DC. in September.
Alex, please post on here if you learn the requirements of registering in that area. I have family who live in San Ramon who I would like to visit this year and am curious myself. I’ll start the research and will post same what I learn. I have found that each stares bureau of investigation seems to be the best resource. Good luck to you.
Tryin’2heal, Ok, will do. If it’s about 5 to 6 days as PJ mentions below, then it’s doable for me. If it’s more even better. I think I remember some states having 10 to even 30 days. I’m not sure about that 3 day rule you mentioned below though. I thought that was to vacation here in Florida, but I’m already here. As I understood it, you don’t have to report to Florida for state to state travel unless you’re moving permanently or vacationing outside the U.S. (International). All of this confusion just plain sucks when you’re a simple regular person wanting to do simple things.
Hey Alex. We at Sex Law and Policy Center are cataloging state requirements. From our research, current CA law is that if you visit for 14+ days or a anymore than 30 days in a calendar year, then you must register within 5 working days of arriving in the state
Hey David, that’s great! Thank you for this information. Most appreciative.
David, is this a resource that we can locate, that we can access? That would be very resourceful information for all of us I believe. Thank you for doing that and for letting us know. I have emailed California request for the information but have yet to hear. You are much appreciated!
Once we have all fifty states done, we’re creating a guide that will be available to the public.
I hope this doesn’t start something, lol, but can you tell me what Nevada and New York say? I have a 50th bday to celebrate coming up and would like to take my spouse to a hockey game at one of these locations. Thank you
chose NY – Nevada is 48 hours
What is New York? Anyone?
Email us at [email protected]. We have two-pagers on most states done. NY is complete, but I’ll have to check on NV.
So if I understand this , you can be there for 10 to 14 days tops and you’re safe. Cool. I wonder if they add up your total through the year. Like lets say, you are in California for 12 days in January, you go again for 12 days in June and then you go again in November for 12 days all in the same year (a sort of split time visit ) that’s more than 30 days total you visited there in the same year, so then you have to register ? or does it reset every time because of the split ?
John/David, from what I gather from David, any more than 30 in a calendar (aggregate) you need to register BUT is that 30 at the same address or just 30 anywhere in CA? Great question.
Calender year!
Would love to attend February(Sacramento) and June(Los Angeles) of next year. It all depends on the finances and other circumstances of mine.
I wonder how long do you have to be in California before you have to register with the police over there and do you have to notify Florida as well ?
Always have to notify Florida if you are leaving for 3 days or more. That’s not 3 nights, that’s 3 days..I.e. Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Tryin’ where did you get that information? How do you know it’s not 3 nights and inclusive of the days you arrive and leave?
I spoke with my local sheriffs office. I specifically and repeatedly asked for clarification and was told, ‘why would you risk it. Cover your butt and report 3 days, not nights.’ So, again it’s a case of one hand not knowing the other but to avoid us getting in trouble, it’s a cya, because it sounds like it’s up to the officer who could arrest you. And we’ll…..
we need to know definitively what the law is, not what a local sheriff suggests. Broward suggests you report in person when leaving the state for one day, but that’s not the law.
so… i’m confused … if i leave florida for 3 or more days, i have to register out /in.. is that 3 days period or if i stay at SAME place for 3 days
Same place
Ah so i dont have to register just because i leave the state its if ill be somewhere else for three days. So if i overnight in nyc and come back no need to report?
CORRECTION 10 pm to 6 Am constitudes the dsy
@ Alex and John
I believe it’s 5 to 6 days. I’m not sure exactly, but along those lines. I would definitely let Florida know of it just in case.
Thank you for your e-mail dated June 19, 2018, which you sent to the California Department of Justice (DOJ).
Due to the heavy volume of inquiries being received by the DOJ, we are experiencing a delay in responding to all e-mails. We apologize if this has caused you any inconvenience.
In your e-mail, you request information concerning a registered sex offender vacationing in California.
As background information, California Penal Code section 290 requires a registrant who is residing/visiting in one location for more than five (5) working days to register with the law enforcement agency (Police or Sheriff Department) having jurisdiction over his/her location.
Unfortunately, under existing law it has not been determined whether a person visiting is actually “residing” in a temporary location while visiting. As a result, it is at the discretion of law enforcement to decide when a person is visiting on a temporary basis must register in their jurisdiction. Since you are aware of this person’s travel plans, we suggest you contact the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the California location you are visiting and provide them with the same information.
If you have any additional questions you can contact the DOJ’s California Sex Offender Registry at (916) 210-3113.
Thank you for your inquiry.
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Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 2:05 PM
To: MegansLaw
A new Governor will be elected this year. Does anyone know which one will help our cause and change these laws that Rick Scott passed. I already know that Adam Putnam is against us. I can’t vote but I know a lot of people who do. As offenders we need to get out there to all our families and friends and get them to vote for a candidate that will help us.
I would think Philip Levine is the lesser evil of both.
What do you mean? What is his stand an sex offender registries and laws?
I’m not really sure where he stands with sex offender registries to be honest, but he seems to be preoccupied with the assault weapons and gun violence issues – strike it while it’s hot for politicians I’m sure. What I like about Levine is that he funds his own campaigns and doesn’t take money from special interest groups. (That I know of ).
Philip Levine is currently the Mayor of Miami. He is probably in Ron Book’s pocket like many government officials are down there in Miami. We already know how offenders are treated in Miami.
he was never the Mayor of Miami
He was the mayor of Miami Beach – 2 different cities.
Vote democrat. Period. Republicans have been in power for 20 years here in florida!!! How well has that been working out? Governor is only one choice. There are 13 ballot amendments , state senator etc….
Don’t forget that it was Obama a Democrat that signed IML into law. I wish I could find somewhere how the candidates feel about sex offender registries and laws.
We can put together a volunteer list of people to contact the candidates to get their positions. We will work on that.
We discussed the same approach last night at our meeting. Take advantage of our voting block. 904,000 registrants which does not include juveniles in some states (Missouri) which impacts 2.5 million family members. Keep in mind that Rick Scott is running for the FL senate…
You can usually go to the state legislature site and look at your senator and representatives voting record on various bills.
Obama signed the law, that’s true. He’s a coward. But the bill was written by a Republican and pushed every year by Republicans and only succeeded once the Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress. Both parties have been terrible for us but the Republicans have been distinctly worse for us and, most importantly, are CURRENTLY much worse for us. Democrats in their present form are far more likely to give us a break than are Republicans. Them’s the facts and I say this as one who identifies with neither party, hates them both and has been a Libertarian for forty-years.
No politician ,democrat or republican,is going to committ political suicide supporting rollbacks of the registry. Obama included. IML was passed in congress 435-0. We have a long tough challenge ahead.
I would definitely vote for a democrat. There is one guy I believe his name is jeff green, correct me if I’m wrong, seems ok. These republicans will have us all in chains again soon if they are not held in check.
if you look at the voting records, BOTH parties have voted unanimously for these RSO legislative bills. Bills have introduce by BOTH sides. its not as simple as dem or rep, we need to know where each candidate stands individually
Vote on positions not affiliation, you are just fooling yourself if you believe that there is still a two party system.
It doent matter never a desenting vote on Unconstitutional, de ex facto, punitive, retroactive punishing compliances, either way.
I wouldn’t p*ss on anyone endorsed by Gravy Jug, so Putzman is definitely a big “NO” vote:
Be sure to down vote this sickening video.
Okay, since my first reply wasn’t posted……
Putzman has been endorsed by none other than Gravy Jug, so he should receive NO support from registered citizens’ families, friends, and advocates:
Be sure to down vote this sickening video!
There is a lot of potential promise I’ve been reading and I am looking forward to several outcomes into year 2019 and beyond. I only have one question: Since we have no voting rights for 7 years in the state of Florida, what kind of pull or influence can we make. We certainly can’t vote the “bad guys” out of office. How can we tell people to vote on issues placed before them when we, ourselves, cannot?
In Florida you no longer have voting rights if you’re convicted of a felony !. Don’t know where you heard that you get them back after 7 years, But that’s wrong Info !!. You have to either go to a Clemency hearing and Win, Or move to a state that doesn’t revoke your rights after a conviction !!. Some states even allow a Felon to have a firearm at home after so many years !!. FLORIDA is EVIL, NASYY AMD WOULD HANG EVERYONE IF THWY COULD !!.
My question still stands.
I think it’s 7 years starting from post sentence and then you can apply for a clemency hearing. It’s not 7 years and it is automatically restored. Not on Rick Scott’s watch. May change with a democratic governor. That current clemency board is just pure viciousness.
Cant vote for life if murder or yes of course, a sex offense