Comments on: The Asylum Affidavit, Part 3: TMI https://www.asylumist.com/2012/10/11/the-asylum-affidavit-part-3-tmi/ Asylum and Its Discontents in the United States Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:59:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: slave https://www.asylumist.com/2012/10/11/the-asylum-affidavit-part-3-tmi/comment-page-1/#comment-4343 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:59:11 +0000 http://www.asylumist.com/?p=2643#comment-4343 Thanks for the suggest, Mr. Dzubow, but the normal avenues are not available and even if I could obtain a pardon or some type of remedial relief it wouldn’t eliminate the blacklisting I’m subjected to due to my activism on the issue I described above.

]]> By: Jason Dzubow https://www.asylumist.com/2012/10/11/the-asylum-affidavit-part-3-tmi/comment-page-1/#comment-4338 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:48:18 +0000 http://www.asylumist.com/?p=2643#comment-4338 In reply to slave.

I do not think you could get asylum for the problems you are describing. You might want to consult a criminal attorney. Sometimes it is possible to have old convictions pardoned and erased from your record.

]]> By: slave https://www.asylumist.com/2012/10/11/the-asylum-affidavit-part-3-tmi/comment-page-1/#comment-4335 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:18:47 +0000 http://www.asylumist.com/?p=2643#comment-4335 Would you have any information regarding ex-offenders seeking political asylum due to the second class citizen status we have upon conviction for a criminal offense? I have absolute remorse for my conduct 26 years ago when I was a teenager, but now as an adult with a child to raise I am subjected to many forms of state-sponsored civil punishments which not only create barriers in my efforts to remain “free”, but also imposes significant burdens upon my daughter who must suffer the affects of state sponsored punishment for something I did a quarter century ago.
While in prison I attempted to be transferred to Germany under the Sentenced Persons Treaty, and submitted a petition to the Mexican Embassy denouncing my american citizenship which had already been removed under the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Const. My claim has always been that I am subjected to civil punishments forever due to a prior dated criminal transaction. For example, the state of Ohio uses the euphemism “collateral consequences of criminal conviction” to describe over 800 civil punishments or restrictions imposed against anyone convicted of a criminal offense albeit mainly felony offenses. These restrictions come in the form of being denied licensure/certification regulated by the state to perform any number of trades, occupations, or professions. Housing, social service assistance, education, driving privileges, etc., are all included as well. These restrictions exclude the ex-offender from the fundamental right to life as traditionally recognized in this country. It puts the ex offender in a second class category, similar to how slaves were treated before slavery laws were abolished.
Responsibility has been accepted for the commission of the offense and remorse is an everyday occurrence, but the constitution at the very least and just general human rights dictate that a person should not forever be persecuted for prior conduct, especially when such conduct is over a quarter century old.
If you have any suggestions or thoughts on this subject I would appreciate it and be interested.
Thank You

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