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How SCOTUS Promoted Pernicious Myths About Sex Offender Registries

March 1, 2023 Dwayne Daughtry 186 Views 1 Comment dissent, high-risk offender, NC Sex Offender Registry, punitive, recidivism, Registry, SCOTUS, smith v doe

Twenty years ago, the justices deemed registration nonpunitive, accepting unsubstantiated assumptions about its benefits and blithely dismissing its costs. JACOB SULLUM — This Sunday marks the 20th anniversary of Smith v. Doe,

Opinion

Supreme Court’s sex offender rulings are polluted by false facts

September 13, 2017August 2, 2019 Admin 4645 Views 1 Comment david feige, frightening and high, longo, mckune v lile, psychology today, SCOTUS, sex offenders, snyder v doe, statistical fraud, supreme court, untouable

By DAVID FEIGE . . . This month the Supreme Court will have a rare opportunity to correct a flawed doctrine that for the past two decades has relied on

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New York Times: “Vanishingly” little evidence of high re-offense rate

March 6, 2017August 2, 2019 Admin 9502 Views 6 Comments justice kennedy, misinformation, new york times, packingam v north carolina, psychology today, recidivism, repeat offenses, SCOTUS, sex offenders, statistics

By ADAM LIPTAK . . . Last week at the Supreme Court, a lawyer made what seemed like an unremarkable point about registered sex offenders. “This court has recognized that

Legal NC News

North Carolina versus First Amendment: SCOTUS to decide

February 21, 2017August 2, 2019 Admin 9067 Views 5 Comments actus reus, Facebook, First Amendment, free expression, free speech, mens rea, north carolina, packingham, SCOTUS, sex offenders, social media, speech rights, strict liability, twitter

By ANDREW COHEN . . . Lester Gerard Packingham was having a really good day back on April 27, 2010. The North Carolina man had just learned that a traffic

Opinion

Too little, too late from the Wilson Times editorial board

November 12, 2016August 2, 2019 Robin Vander Wall 8864 Views 4 Comments bob edmunds, certiorari, eugene volokh, Facebook, First Amendment, fundamental rights, nc legislature, NC supreme court, packingham, SCOTUS, sex offender registries, sex offenders, social media, US supreme court, wilson times

By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . While we’re happy to see that the editors at The Wilson Times understand the danger of legislative overreach when it comes to First Amendment

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UPDATE: SCOTUS grants cert; will hear NC Facebook case

October 28, 2016August 2, 2019 Robin Vander Wall 10955 Views 4 Comments constitutional rights, Facebook, First Amendment, free expression, free speech, justice bob edmunds, justice robin hudson, NC supreme court, packingam v north carolina, petitions, SCOTUS, social media, US supreme court, writ of certiorarI

By ROBIN VANDERWALL . . . The United States Supreme Court has accepted the petition for a writ of certiorari from Lester Gerard Packingham who was arrested in 2012 for