News Sharing and General Commentary

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849 thoughts on “News Sharing and General Commentary

  • June 9, 2023

    I have a question about the registry, if I were to go visit someone and I go to my local registration place or the sheriff department and let them know where I’m going to be, my question is will my information pop up where I might go where it could potentially jeopardize my friends lease since I’m on the registry, will her neighbors find out and most importantly will her landlord find out? The person I wish to see is handicap and in a wheelchair and the last thing I want to happen is for her to get evicted and end up on the streets…any thoughts on this matter please would be greatly appreciated thank you…Will

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    • June 6, 2023

      Did you read the fine print,,,,,,,,Except sex offenders.

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      • June 6, 2023

        Where do you see the exception? I would love to hear from a lawyer. Because this bill/law raises the question of whether our registration requirements are actually public or private?

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    • June 6, 2023

      FAC did not oppose this bill. Where is the bill language that we object to?

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  • June 1, 2023

    Has anyone traveled to Europe since the new SO passports came out? I know england won’t allow any SOs but I’ve heard other countries such as Germany, Sweden and France is ok. Can anyone give some feedback on personal experience traveling?

    Thank you

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    • June 8, 2023

      I went to Gambia (west African) for the last 2 weeks of May. My stop over both ways was in Türkiye where I also stayed in a hotel due to the almost full day stop over.
      I got my Turkish visa at the Istanbul airport for $40.
      When I got to Gambia, I also obtained the Gambian visa at their airport for $150 (good for 5 years).

      I had no issues. Not even upon arrival back in the USA. None.
      Although I’m off the registry since 2018 (Connecticut) I was certain the felony record would give me problems, but alas, it did not.

      Maybe it’s the countries I went to? I don’t know for sure.
      I chose the Turkish Airlines route as it was slightly cheaper than Air France which would have made a stop over in Brussels, Belgium. I don’t know if that would have made a difference.

      I got my first passport while on probation in 2008. My passport, probation and registration all expired in 2018. I had not used that passport but I also never got any notification that I has to surrender it for any “unique identifiers”.
      When I updated my passport in 2018, still no identifier.

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