Asked 10/1/2016 – Houston, TX

I was in the army in 1995 met a lady who was a little older than me she had three kids 2 in state custody one with her parents we dated less than 6 months being in Virginia from Texas I decided to get married despite my family telling me to wait. once married went through parenting classes and everything to help get her two kids back while I was in Kentucky to do more training before heading to Germany I found out she told Virginia police I touched her daughter at a birthday party we didn’t have a party and I was not there I was in Kentucky. got back and the little girl had told a school nurse and teacher she had been touched by her daddy she called me and two other guys daddy I ended up being general court martialed and pled not guilty no evidence other than the little girl she was promised pony rides and other things by her mom and grandparents to say it was me I found this out afterwards my counsel didn’t call anyone I was found guilty of commit indecent act female under the age of 16. i got 54 months. came home in 2002 Texas says life is that right because it is so hard to figure out what the federal is compared to Texas I wasn’t convicted Texas it was federal

Answer

It is possible for the duty to register as a sex offender be terminated under Federal Law, but that depends on the level of sex offense you were convicted of. For example, a level I sex offense has a 15 year registration period requirement, a level II offense has a 25 year requirement, and a level III offense has a lifetime period (you can never be removed from the duty to register if your conviction was a level III offense). Contact an attorney who practices in federal criminal law to see what can be done.