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Federal judge calls Alabama sex offender registration scheme debilitating

February 13, 2019March 9, 2019 rwvnral 19 Views 3 Comments alabama, First Amendment, judge keith watkins, license marking, public shaming, sex offenders

By JACOB SULLUM . . . “Sex offenders are not second-class citizens,” writes U.S. District Judge W. Keith Watkins in a recent decision overturning two provisions of the Alabama Sex Offender Registration

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MI attorney general calls registries punishment and ineffective

February 10, 2019March 9, 2019 rwvnral 9 Views 1 Comment banishment, dana nessel, excessive punishment, michigan, public safety, sex offender registry, SORNA

By GUY HAMILTON-SMITH . . . Michigan’s Attorney General has entered the cultural and legal conflagration of how we reckon with sexual violence in our society with a remarkable (and compelling) argument:

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Federal court slams NC’s registration procedure for lacking any process

November 24, 2018March 9, 2019 rwvnral 19 Views 5 Comments fourteenth amendment, out-of-state convictions, procedural due process, sex offender registry, substantial similarity, terrence boyle

By ROBIN . . . Jonathan Merideth moved to North Carolina in 2004 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor sexual offense in the state of Washington. Upon arriving, Merideth checked