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I am looking to move out of Michigan. I am a RSO (registered Sex Offender) I have been since 2000 when I was 16. I was convicted of 2nd degree CSC a gurl under the age of 13 was dared by one of her friends to touch my penis and because I let her I was charged. I was sentenced to one year probation and registration for 25 years. Well since Michigan changed the laws I now have lifetime Registration.
I was wondering what some good "sex Offender Friendly" state are out there. Ones with no residency Restrictions, One where I may not have to register for life, One where I don't have to give every last big of my life information (job, cell phone, car info) . Does such a place exist where a RSO can live a normal life and not be treated like everyone is going to reoffend.
Thanks,
Josh
I was wondering what some good "sex Offender Friendly" state are out there. Ones with no residency Restrictions, One where I may not have to register for life, One where I don't have to give every last big of my life information (job, cell phone, car info) . Does such a place exist where a RSO can live a normal life and not be treated like everyone is going to reoffend.
Thanks,
Josh
One place you DONT want to come to is NJ. They are as corrupt as you can get. P.O. can lie and get away with it to have your parole violated.
However, you can argue ex post facto about your time to register. Other states have been successful in over turning the increased punishment of registration.
Regarding what states don't have residency restrictions or don't ask for everything to list on your registration - others may be able to chime in on that. I can say, don't go to the Bible Belt states or CA.
Florida is toxic to registrants so don't even think about moving there. Moving to Florida would be one of the worst decisions you could ever make. Arizona is almost as bad. California is another state that is not good for registrants.
The problem with the Bible Belt states and the deep south is that every legislative session they pass more and more laws that place more restrictions on sex offenders and most of those laws are made retroactive, so they will affect all sex offenders.
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois are also not the best places for registrants.
I am not sure about Kansas, but Missouri also has a lot of restrictions.
The New England states are more progressive and I think their laws are more reasonable. Utah is not too bad and I heard that Oregon is decent.
You will have to do some research and determine which state might be best for you. Here are a couple of links that will help you make your decision.
http://tinyurl.com/k6vf2hf
http://tinyurl.com/l6myklf
Good luck,
rewdiazepam
If you were convicted as a minor I would stay in MI and see if you can get it expunged?
Otherwise... For those off probation / parole I've found MN to be nice because it still has a private registry for the first two tiers (I'm not sure where you'd fall in their tiers - but do research as they also have civil commitment).
PA seems fair. Ironically MI is on my list of better states...
There are only residency restrictions for RSOs who are Level 3 AND have the sentence enhancement of "Dangerous Crime against Children".
As far as the public registry goes: only Level 2's or Level 3's are made public.
I have NEVER had a compliance check (with the exception of when I was on Parole) from any law enforcement officer here.
@joshmurdoch8 - it looks like you were convicted as a minor and Arizona has a process to remove people from the registry here who were convicted as minors. So I am pretty sure you would be a Level 1 here worst case scenario and you would not be subjected to residency restrictions. BUT Arizona is lifetime registration unfortunately.
Just putting my 2-cents in. Have a good day.
having lived in ME before, the daughter and i both loved it, but it can be very expensive to live in some areas. we lived in the southern part near the beaches, which is a high tourist area. NH is another state that i have a huge fondness for, having spent many younger years visiting family and spending the summer. tho i wouldn't really enjoy moving back into the freaking cold and snow, it wouldn't be a deal breaker. we both grew up in upstate NY so we know well what it's like. being on SSD does mean that i can live anywhere and have a guaranteed income. and having a travel trailer and a something to pull it with means that i could easily go, stay in a campground or trailer park to look around for an apt or such. sure wouldn't want to live in the RV during the winter up there! we'd turn into popsicles! brrrrr.... LOL
I know there are those here that no more than I do - I agree do not under any circumstance come to FL! I can tell you only that about 4 years ago I wrote to a couple of states to find out the scoop about my son possibly moving there - I stumbled across the state page for ND. I liked what they said on the page about living restrictions (it actually says on the page that everyone has the right to live somewhere!) and I sent an email - I will try to look for it - but I asked what would be the course of action if my son moved there and they said he would be evaluated according to their standards and then his case treated according to ND laws - I will see if I can find the email answer and will follow up - I do know that if you are on paper the state where you move follows the supervision laws of the state you came from. meanwhile here is a link to the FAQs page - http://www.sexoffender.nd.gov/FAQ/faq.shtml See question # 6 and #19 - ND does put even contact crimes if first offense on the public registry and after risk assessment they decide if an SO should be on there (no matter the state of conviction)