Sex Offender Laws & Treatment

Sex offense registration for life unconstitutional, says SC Supreme Court

By Meg Kinnard . . . South Carolina’s Supreme Court says a state law requiring sex offenders to register for life without prior judicial review is unconstitutional . . .

Laws driven by misinformation or by facts — which should we strive for?

By Dwayne . . . You may know someone or have heard through news sources of individuals ordered by courts to attend sexual offender treatment. It is relatively common for courts to mandate forms of “therapy” such as polygraphs, group sessions, and elaborate treatment programs claiming efficacy. While the science community is skeptical of the effectiveness of such schemes, there are defenders with artificial data that cling to it fanatically.

RULING: A sex offender’s obligations under Federal SORNA are independent of any duties under state law.

The Sixth Circuit affirmed. A sex offender’s obligations under SORNA are independent of any duties under state law. The court rejected Willman’s arguments that SORNA is unconstitutional as an ex post facto law, as double jeopardy, as violating the Fifth Amendment, as cruel and unusual punishment, as overbroad and vague, as violating his privacy rights, and as violating his right to travel.  (Terrible Rulling with huge potential consequences.)

Massachusetts Registration Decision COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS X. HARDING, JR.

This  is one of the most logical, sensible court decisions I have ever read on registration issues.  We actually have the same idiotic prohibitions here in NH and people who have faced consequences for the same issues that were overturned in this Massachusetts decision.
Syndicate content