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First Circuit Vacates Supervised Release Conditions for Sex Offender
Loaded on Dec. 27, 2017
by Christopher Zoukis
by Christopher Zoukis
The Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has vacated two onerous conditions of supervised release and reversed the imposition of a 20 year term of supervised release on a sex offender for violation of the Sex Offender Notification and Registration Act (SORNA).
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