When can you get your passport back?

Anyone on here know?

yousodumb,

You will not be able to travel without permission from your PO.

I would doubt very much if you PO will allow you to travel out of the country.

I do not know the length of time you were sentenced to supervised release, but after you have done a good percentage of it you can apply for early termination. If you are successful with that, then you could travel.

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Thank you so much. Do you go before the original judge to apply for early release? It is 10 years, so stupid. Too old to do anything by then. 73...

Here is what I would do. After completion of half of your supervised release and after paying off all my fines, I would ask your PO and discuss it with him. If he has no problem, I would file a motion with a judge for an early termination.

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Let me add that you could just bypass the PO and apply to the judge, but you then risk making the PO mad, which you never want to do. And I do not know how successful you would be if the PO fought it.

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@rew.. in AZ most crimes that land you on the registry are also almost always given lifetime probation. I think that part is probably the hardest thing to accept of this entire ordeal. Lifetime ankle monitor as well. It seems so outrageous to me. Like absolutely no light at the end of the tunnel. Can someone petition to get off probation early under these circumstances? I almost think the fact that the state can look forward to recieving probation fees for an offenders entire life would be incentive enough to keep them on

Sorry – folks are here have been a little quiet for the last few days. There is no straight forward answer to your question. I think it probably depends on the state where you live, your probation officer, and where you want to go. I am in Florida and I know the SO that lives next door to my son got married last year and the probation allowed him to go on a state hopping honeymoon.

Amynmesa Wow I thought Florida was bad! I had no idea AZ had lifetime probation as well! I would think that is definitely something that could be fought in court! Probation is most definitely punishment because it is part of a sentence. That makes it cruel and unusual punishment which is extremely unconstitutional. Someone needs to push that to the Supreme Court.

Amy,

I have an acquaintance who is now a defense attorney but used to be a federal prosecutor some years ago. So I just picked up the telephone and called him regarding your question. He used to be a customer of mine, so he still likes me well enough to carry on a conversation. Ha ha

I will tell you exactly what he told me. He said, “I would be absolutely shocked if they tried to keep any first time offender of a non violent crime, including a sex offender, on probation or supervision for an entire lifetime. The PO’s are so overworked and they have so many on the waiting list, that there is a big push right now to modify probation requirements. He went on to say that your brother needs to have an excellent clean record and to have paid all his court fines, etc. Then after a few years (he did not say how many), with the backing of your PO (he said having the PO on your side is imperative), file a motion with the court to have the probation or supervision modified or limited. He went on to say that your brother might get denied several times (probably will not make it the first time), but keep trying. He also told me that PO’s have so many ex-offenders with worse charges than child pornography that he did not think your brother would have a problem---but be persistent and keep trying. He then remarked, “This lifetime probation is only symbolic, and not practical.”

Another interesting thing he told me was, “Judges in general are fed up with the lengthy sentences for simple child porn crimes, and they might be more willing than you realize to cut your brother some slack.

So, Amy wait a few years and then make your move. I think your brother will get off this paper time at some point, maybe sooner or easier than you realize.

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At least, Amy, this will give your family some hope that there is light at the end of the tunnel. And it should get your spirits up to hear this from a former federal prosecutor.

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Thank you for looking into that Rew, i will print this out and give it to my brother!

It is possible to get off of probation in AZ but not easy. We waited 10 years and now thinking about it. You need to go through the sex offender treatment program and try to keep a clean record which is not easy. Every third Friday of the month at 1:00 there is a court which handles guys trying to get off probation. We went to it once and will go again. One guy actually got off the rest didn't.