Bulletin Board 2009 & 2010

Archive


Posting #295 – Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission 2010 Report

Posting #294 – The 111th Congress (01/2009- 12/2010) Comes to an End

Posting #293 – U.S. House Bill HR6547, To Require Criminal Background Checks for School Employees

Posting #292 – My College Acceptance Offer Rescinded, by Dean

Posting #291 – A Fateful Day, by Kristi

Posting #290 – Employers Don’t Want to Be Listed on the VSP Registry, by Henry

Posting #289 – A Mistake that Could Have Sent Me to Jail, by David

Posting #288 – Retroactively Placed on the Internet Registry, by Mickey

Posting #287 – The Charges Listed on the Registry Do Not Reflect My Federal Charges, by Benjamin

Posting #286 – A Women Scorned and an Accusation, by Tracey

Posting #285 –U.S. Senate Bill S4029, To Prevent Sex Offenders from Being Employed ANYWHERE they Might have Contact with Minors

Posting #284 – The Upcoming 2011 Virginia General Assembly

Posting #283 – It Was Bound to Happen

Posting #282 – The Messages Project

Posting #281 – This Holiday Season

Posting #280 – HR6416- American Traveler Dignity Act. TSA Employees Could Become Registered Sex Offenders!

Posting #279 – It Was Suppose to be for 10 Years, Then the Law Changed and Now it’s Forever, by Ruth

Posting #278 – The Brochure Project is Done

Posting #277 – Being Held Accountable For A Computer Virus

Posting #276 – I Never Had to Register Until 2008 Came Along, by Paul

Posting #275 – I Was Added to the Public Registry in 2008 and Have Lost Jobs, by Todd

Posting #274 – I’m Just So Glad You All Exist

Posting #273 – Railroaded Into SVP Status, by Betty

Posting #272 – Things Have to Change and I’m Not Afraid to Say So, by Tracey

Posting #271 – I Want to Help, I Want to Do Something, by Rick

Posting #270 – We Trust No One, by Felice

Posting #269 – Sabrina’s Story

Posting #268 – A Message From Our Chairman.

Posting #267 – The RSOL of Virginia Observes Their Second Year!

Posting #266 – Contact Your Representative in Washington DC Today!

Posting #265 – Virginia ACLU Takes a Stand on Teen Sexting and Wins!

Posting #264 – Virginia Probation: Punishment, Rehabilitation or a Business?

Posting #263 – My VSP Trooper Told Me….. By Troy

Posting #262 – My Facebook and MySpace Accounts have been Disabled, by Kelly

Posting #261 – My Mail Delivery Person Refuses to Deliver My Certified Letter, by George

Posting #260 – Being Setup to Fail

Posting #259 – If He Was a True Threat and Deserved to Be Labeled an SVP, Would it Take the Virginia Attorney General’s Office 15 Months to Build a Case?

Posting #258 – Halloween is Around the Corner

Posting #257 – Denied Employment Because of Who Your Fiancé Is

Posting #256 – U.S. Congress Passed HR5297 Small Business Act of 2010 that Will Deny Tens of Thousands of RSO’s from Applying for a Loan

Posting #255 – Recent Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission Meeting

Posting #254 – The RSOL of Virginia is an official 501(c)(4) Non-profit Organization

Posting #253 – The VSP Coming to Your Place of Employment

Posting #252 – Governor McDonnell’s Prisoner & Juvenile Reentry Council

Posting #251 – Formation of Virginia Department of Corrections Sex Offender Task Force

Posting #250 – Employment as a Registered Offender and as the Spouse of a Registered Offender

Posting #249 – Counterpunch Article

Posting #248 – Virginia’s YWCA’s are Terminating Memberships Left and Right

Posting #247 – A Daily Burden to Live, by Dennis

Posting #246 – It is Possible to Have Your Rights Restored as a Registered Offender in Virginia

Posting #245 – My Sons Life is Ruined By Federal Sex Offender Laws, Sign the Petition

Posting #244 – The Actual Costs of the International Megan’s Law

Posting #243 – Contact the ACLU of Virginia, IMMEDIATELY!

Posting #242 – Trapped in the U.S.A

Posting #241– Va. Corrections Head: Stop Locking Up Those ‘We’re Mad At’, by Dena Potter

Posting #240 – Two Great Economist Articles

Posting #239 – Thousands of Sex Offenders Receive U.S. Passports, By Abbie Boudreau and Scott Zamost

Posting #238 – The Systematic Destruction of Freedom. Federal Bills HR5618, HR5297 and HR5072.

Posting #237 – After 30 years in a Virginia Prison a Paralyzed Man is Released and Then Sent Back Because No Nursing Home Will Take Him.

Posting #236 – Romeo, Romeo, A Sex Offender? Or Merely Young? By Norm Pattis

Posting #235 – Congressional Bill HR5072- The FHA Reform Act of 2010 has Taken a Hateful Turn

Posting #234 – Scam Looking for Money from RSO’s Promising to Remove Them From the National Registry!

Posting #233 – Congressional Bill HR731 – Jenny’s Bill

Posting #232 – HUGE NEWS! Ohio Supreme Court Says it’s Unconstitutional to Reclassify Sex Offenders. 26,000 RSO’s Will Now Be Returned to Their Original Classification.

Posting #231 – What Do I Do When the Virginia Authorities Won’t Take My Registration Information?

Posting #230 – U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Retroactively Apply 2006 SORNA Requirement.

Posting #229 – My Experience Since Leaving the VCBR, by Donald.

Posting #228 – States Struggle To Control Sex Offender Costs as AWA Compliance Deadline Approaches, Again.

Posting #227 – Everyone’s Right to an Education.

Posting #226 – Judge Weinstein Takes on Child Pornography Laws

Posting #225- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General has Proposed Changes to the Adam Walsh Act/SORNA Guidelines for the States to Follow. Public Comment is Needed!

Posting #224 – New Photo Requirement Every 2 Years for the Virginia Registry

Posting #223- When Ignorance of the Law is Not a Defense but the State of Virginia Won’t Tell You the Rules

Posting #222- Man Mistaken for Sex Predator Fatally Beaten

Posting #221 – It Takes Half a Million Dollars, the National Media Getting Involved and Two Years of Your Life to Get Acquitted in a False Sexual Allegation Charge in America Today. Tonya Craft, Kindergarten Teacher.

Posting #220 – Life Sentence for Second Base: Does Punishment Fit the Crime?

Posting #219 – Inside Edition’s Lisa Guerrero is Harassing RSO’s While They are at Work and Congressman Issa Wants the U.S. Postal Service to Fire Them.

Posting #218 – HR1623, now HR5138 International Megan’s Law Will Be Voted on by Congress Soon!

Posting #217 – RNC Accuses Obama Of Shredding Constitution, Nominating Sex-Offender Defenders

Posting #216 – Section 9.1-909, Code of Virginia, Provides for Relief from Certain Re-Registration Requirements

Posting #215 – Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli Wants to Uphold the U.S. Constitution in Virginia. That’s Great News, Everybody Please Write to Mr. Cuccinelli!

Posting #214 – Vacation Time is Right Around the Corner. Do You Know What the Laws are in the State You’ll Be Visiting?

Posting #213 – I Never Received My Probation Rules, by Brent

Posting #212 – Try Calling in Your E-mail Updates to the VSP and Let Us Know if it Works!

Posting #211 – Dear ACLU of Virginia, by Erin

Posting #210 – Maybe if I Saved a Life or Stopped a Speeding Bullet I’ll be Classified as Human Again, by Troy

Posting #209 – Why is the U.S. Media Now Claiming Somer Thompson’s Murderer Was a Sex Offender, When He Wasn’t?

Posting #208 – Article, Patty Wetterling Speaks on Sexual Violence Costs

Posting #207 – When the VSP Refuses to Assist What is a Virginian to Do?

Posting #206 – Does HB706 Fix the 3 Days to Register over a Weekend or a Holiday?

Posting #205 – Information that Assisted the Registered is Removed from the Virginia Sex Offender Registry

Posting #204 – Information that Assisted the Registered is Removed from the Virginia Sex Offender Registry

Posting #203 – Summary of the 2010 Virginia General Assembly

Posting #202 – HR4727 Keep Kid’s Safe Act 2010- Takes Away Your Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms!

Posting #201 – Mark Lunsford, Above the Law

Posting # 200- Maryland’s 2010 General Assembly

Posting # 199- Standing Ovation Instead of Sex Offender Label for Utah Legislator. Another Free Pass, for a Politician, No Surprise!

Posting #198 – Message to John Walsh, by James

Posting #197 – Study: Actuarials Fail to Predict Sexually Violent Recidivism

Posting #196 –The Allen Hunt Radio Show and Sex Offenders

Posting #195 –Gordon’s Story

Posting #194– My Virginia DOC S.O. Treatment Program & G.A. Bills SB528 & SB529, by Charles

Posting #193 –Why Employer/Company Names Should Not Be Publically Posted, by Jolene

Posting #192 – Ricky, No Longer a Registered Sex Offender, But the Stigma Remains – A Must Read!

Posting #191 – HB967 Legislation from Delegate Chris Peace- Mechanicsville

Posting #190 – Why does the State of Virginia Want to Lock Josh Away as a Sexually Violent Predator?

Posting #189 – HB1366 Legislation from Delegate Ben Cline – Amherst

Posting #188 – HB1328 A Great Bill That Needs Your Support!

Posting #187 – SB635 A Great Bill That Needs Your Support!

Posting #186 – HB1004 Legislation from Delegate Clifford Athey – Front Royal

Posting #185 – HB912 & HB919 Legislation from Delegate Rob Bell – Charlottesville

Posting #184 – Video from Four Recent Ohio Supreme Court S.O. Cases

Posting #183 – Michigan Messenger’s Recent Articles, by David Alire Garcia

Posting #182 – Have Sex Offender Laws & Registries from 1996 to 2006 Reduced Assaults? No!

Posting #181– To Delete or to Keep, That is the Question. Both are Illegal.

Posting #180 – Out-of State Employment

Posting #179 –Virginia Crime Commission Public Comment December 15

Posting #178 –RSOL of VA’s “Book Project” is a Great Success

Posting #177 –John Walsh Switched from Missing Children to Sexually Exploited Children after a 1985 Pulitzer Prize Winning Expose, Exposed Him

Posting #176 –Award Winning Photographer Arrested for Photographing Children on Santa’s Lap

Posting #175 –Sex Offender Laws and the U.S. Constitution, by Kathy

Posting #174 –The Morphism of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act

Posting #173 – Information You Need To Know!

Posting #172 – The Post Office is Not Your Friend, by Darryl

Posting #171 – A Continuous Nightmare, by Dave

Posting #170 – Dear U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Posting #169 – The Intent of the Registry

Posting #168 – Restoration of Voting Rights

Posting #167 – Take a Stand and Be Heard!

Posting #166 – Victim or Perpetrator?

Posting #165 – Framed for Child Porn- by a PC Virus

Posting #164 – Questions Surround Lunsford’s Advocacy

Posting #163 – Inmate Petition – Piedmont Regional Jail, Farmville VA

Posting #162 – Onesimus Ministries for the Holiday Season

Posting #161 – Elated to Have Him Home, by Corrine

Posting #160 – A Living Hell, by Christa

Posting #159 – Halloween “Security Theater” Endures

Posting #158 – Due Process in North Carolina

Posting #157 – We’re All Felons, Now

Posting #156 – It All Comes Down to This, by Robert

Posting #155–Virginia Social Services is at it Again!

Posting #154 – A Disclaimer From God Would be Required

Posting #153 – I Am Still at the VCBR, by Donald

Posting #152 – Why Would an Innocent Person Take a Plea Deal?

Posting #151 – Election Day and the Raptor System. What Will Happen?

Posting #150 – The VSP Phantom Handout

Posting #149 – Tom’s Thoughts

Posting #148 – What is SORNA? What is SMART?

Posting #147 – Virginia’s Halloween Restrictions

Posting #146 – The Monster as Played up in the Media

Posting #145 – Virginia’s Children as Pawns.

Posting #144 – Dorothy’s Story.

Posting #143 – We Care

Posting #142 – Justice Policy Institute Re-Releases Report

Posting #141 – Donald Robinson as Ex- Sex Offender. If Not Here, Where?

Posting #140 – This So-Called “Therapy” May Well Be the End for My Son.

Posting #139 – A Follow-up on Posting #92, Dear Virginia State Police, what is the process for the re-registration letters?

Posting #138 – A Follow-up on Posting #13, A Tragic Example

Posting #137 – Virginia Crime Commission September 16 Meeting and Power Points

Posting #136 – US v. Juvenile Male. (Ex Post Facto Ruling for Juveniles)

Posting #135 – The Ultimate Lie of Adam Walsh

Posting #134– Bob McDonnell’s Old Friend and Campaign Manager is a Registered Sex Offender

Posting #133– How Do We Pass Rational Sex-Offender Laws With Psychos Like Phillip Garrido on the Loose?

Posting #132– Multiple Supporters Responses to MSNBC’s Hard Ball with Chris Matthews

Posting #131– Who’s Fault, Mine or Theirs?

Posting #130– Video from the National RSOL Conference in Boston

Posting #129 – Multiple Supporters Responses to MSNBC’s Hard Ball with Chris Matthews

Posting #128 – The Economist, U.S. Sex Laws: Unjust and Ineffective

Posting #127 – The Time to Take a Stand is NOW! URGENT

Posting #126 – Return to Reasonableness. Response to Bob McDonnell’s Plan for Lifetime GPS Monitoring.

Posting #125 – Why is our Government Baiting its Citizens?

Posting #124 – Congressional Bill to Restore Voting Rights

Posting #123 – Tonia’s You Tube Videos

Posting #122 – Virginia General Assembly Special Session due to US Supreme Court Ruling on Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

Posting #121 – Virginia Social Services Decimates Families

Posting #120 – Slightly Appalled by Today Show Interview

Posting #119 – The Yellow Star – Again!

Posting #118 – Second Chances (What America is suppose to be about)

Posting #117 – Katrina’s Story

Posting #116 – Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act

Posting #115 – Show Your Support with the Pink Triangle Pin

Posting #114- Layne’s Story

Posting #113 – Will’s Story

Posting #112 – Jessie’s Story

Posting #111 – Being Managed

Posting #110 – Carter’s Story

Posting #109 –Why There Won’t Be a Sandra’s Law….and Why There Should Be, by Jonathan

Posting #108 – An Update from Maury at the V.C.B.R

Posting #107 – Virginia’s Homosexual Gitmo

Posting #106 – Virginia Crime Commission’s May 11 & June 25, 2009 Meetings and Power Point Presentations

Posting #105 – Shannon’s Story

Posting #104 – Blake’s Story

Posting #103 – The Magic 8 Ball

Posting #102 – HR-1623 International Megan’s Law, by Sandy

Posting #101 –Supporters Responses to Virginian Pilot Article

Posting #100 – Responses from Governor Kaine’s Office

Posting #99 – More Bad Days, Than Good, by Maggie

Posting #98 – My letter to the Virginia Legislators in regards to Polygraph Tests, by Donna

Posting #97 – Americas Reality Check Live Radio Show, From the Julia Tuttle Causeway Bridge in Miami

Posting #96 – Two Recent News Items that are Real Eye Openers

Posting #95 – Bill HR-2674 Protect America’s Children 2009

Posting #94 – My Son Waldo, by Hilda

Posting #93 – Marley’s Story

Posting #92 – Dear Virginia State Police, what is the process for the re-registration letters?

Posting #91- Randall’s Story

Posting #90 – Loni’s Story

Posting #89 – Polygraph Test, by Missy

Posting #88 – Joseph’s Story

Posting #87- Colby, a Tier 2 Sex Offender for “Sexting”

Posting #86- I Have Been Threaten and My Home Has Been Vandalized

Posting #85-My Re-Registration Notice, by Felix

Posting #84-Wondering Where My Son’s Re-Registration Notice is?

Posting #83- Dear Enough is Enough Organization, by Jackson and RSOL of Virginia

Posting #82- My Brother Ronald, by Sharon

Posting #81- How has Being Listed on the Public Registry Harmed You or Your Family?

Posting #80 –Texas Teen gets 60 Years in Prison for Consensual Sex with Girlfriend

Posting #79 –Dear Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates, by Sandy

Posting #78- Jay’s Story

Posting #77 – Another Bill in Congress where our Lawmakers are Grandstanding to their Constituents under the Guise “To Protect the Children”

Posting #76 – Great News from the RSOL Texas Affiliate Regarding the Law and Consensual Offenses

Posting #75 – My Right to Worship, by Jonathan

Posting #74 – Marvin’s Story

Posting #73 – The Simple Fact Is, By Luis

Posting #72 – “Sex Offender” by definition

Posting #71 – Jim’s Story

Posting #70 – Movie Narrated by Sean Penn, “Witch Hunt”

Posting #69 – Sara’s Story

Posting #68 – Brian Moran was my Attorney

Posting #67 – The Virginia Center for Behavioral Rehabilitation, by Corey

Posting #66 –An Interview of Patty Wetterling by Dr. Richard Wright

Posting #65 – How to Get Permission to Attend your Child’s School Events, by Ann

Posting #64- Dear Oprah and John Walsh

Posting #63 – Dear Today Show, Enough is Enough and Vt. State Senator

Posting #62 – The Lost; the Forgotten; the Unknown, by Mary Duval

Posting #61 – From Predator to Person and Back to Jail Again

Posting #60 – Civilly Committed by the Static 99 Evaluation, by Maury

Posting #59– Dear Secretary of the Navy

Posting #58 – …and our Government says the Registry is Administrative, not Punitive

Posting #57 – Veronica’s Story

Posting #56 – Probation Restrictions in Virginia Beach

Posting #55 –Congressman Poe of Texas

Posting #54 –Doug’s Story

Posting #53 –RSOL National Need’s Funds for the Hotline

Posting #52 –No one Knows How I Feel, by Missy

Posting #51 –The Energy to Fight, by Diane

Posting # 50 –The Registry Run-Around

Posting # 49 –RSOL of NH summary of March 10 SORNA Hearing

Posting #48 –Chip’s Story

Posting # 47 –Dear US House Judiciary Committee Members

Posting # 46 –Branded for Life, by Don

Posting # 45 –RSOL of NH, Testimony Submitted at March 10, 2009 Congressional Hearing on SORNA Compliance by the States

Posting # 44 – Letter to the US Judiciary Committee regarding SORNA, by Bob

Posting # 43 – Jeremy’s Story

Posting #42 – Mitch’s Story

Posting # 41 – SOSEN Announcement, Criminalizing of Childhood Sexuality

Posting #40 – 2009 General Assembly Bill HB1843

Posting #39 – Rick’s Story

Posting #38 – 2009 General Assembly Bills HB1898, HB1962 and HB1928

Posting #37- Murder’s of S.O.’s Escalate

Posting #36- Dan’s Story

Posting #35 – The Ultimate Price: Sanity

Posting #34 – Mark’s Story

Posting #33 – Who’s the Victim?

Posting #31 –Tonya’s Story

Posting #30- Isn’t it Ironic?

Posting #29 –The State Police Sex Offender Task Force Representative at the 2009 General Assembly

Posting #28 – Ben’s Story

Posting #27 – The Impossible Law

Posting #26 – Where’s my re-registration notice? By Jonathan

Posting #25 – Letter to my Virginia Lawmakers, by Bob

Posting #24 – Letter to my Virginia Senator, by J.T.

Posting #23 – David’s Story

Posting #22 – We’re losing our business, we’ve applied for food stamps and our home is in foreclosure, J.T.’s Story

Posting #21- …and you claim to protect the children

Posting #20- Letter to Virginia Lawmakers regarding HB1582, by Barry

Posting #19- I am not the same person I was eight years ago, by Ted

Posting #18 – Terry McAuliffe, running for Governor

Posting #17- Criminalizing the ability to earn a living & support a family

Posting #16- Brian’s Story

Posting #15- An essay; On Truth

Posting #14- Shelia’s Story

Posting #13 – A tragic example

Posting #12 – If we don’t try to make a difference, who will?

Posting #11 – Dissemination of Information

Posting #10 – Torches and Pitchforks; (Bob’s Story)

Posting #9 – The Reality of the Registry; (A’s Story)

Posting #8- Jeff’s Story

Posting #7- Rebecca’s Story

Posting #6 – Jonathan’s Story

Posting #5 – Hate Crimes & Intimidation Tactics

Posting #4 – Announcement of the RSOL of Virginia

Posting #3 – Dignity & Respect

Posting #2 – Virginia Changed the laws and no one bothered to notify us

Posting #1 – Proposed Bill, International Megan’s Law (HR-5722)