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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Commonwealth Must Prove Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Offender Knew of SORNA Registration Obligations for Failure to Register Conviction by Sagi Schwartzberg by Sagi Schwartzberg The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that, to support a conviction for failure to register as a sex offender, the Commonwealth is …
Federal Court Rules Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Laws Violate Constitution by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell For nearly a decade, the ACLU has fought Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Act (“SORA”), challenging provisions it claims violate constitutional rights. Despite repeated rulings declaring earlier versions unconstitutional, Michigan enacted a revised SORA in …
Article • October 1, 2024 • from CLN October, 2024
California Court of Appeal Announces Crime Defendant ‘Was Convicted’ of, Not Crime ‘Could Have Been Convicted’ of Today, Governs Eligibility for Removal From Sex Offender Registry by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, held that a defendant convicted in 1985 of lewd …
Eighth Circuit Announces ‘Categorical Approach’ Applies to SORNA Tier Analysis by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit announced that the categorical approach applies to the tier analysis of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), …
Brief • December 21, 2023
Greenwald v. Cantrell, LA, Order and Reasons, Failure to Comply With SORNA, 2023 Case 2:22-cv-02371-JTM-DPC Document 98 Filed 12/21/23 Page 1 of 12 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA KENDRA GREENWALD CIVIL ACTION VERSUS NO: 22-2371 LATOYA CANTRELL ET AL. SECTION “H” ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court …
Mitchell Hamline School of Law-The Sex Offense Litigation and Policy, 2022 MITCHELL HAMLINE Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center SORNA 2022: A Guide for Practitioners to New Federal SORNA Regulations Effective January 7, 2022 The Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center (SOLPRC) at Mitchell Hamline School of Law …
Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022
Michigan Supreme Court Announces 2011 SORA May Not Be Retroactively Applied to Registrants Whose Offenses Predated Its Enactment Because Doing So Violates Prohibition on Ex Post Facto Laws by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Michigan held that application of the state’s Sex Offenders Registration Act, MCL …
Publication • September 21, 2021
The Effectiveness of Sex Offender Registration and Notification, Sept. 2021 Journal of Experimental Criminology https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-021-09480-z The effectiveness of Sex Offender Registration and Notification: A meta-analysis of 25 years of findings Kristen M. Zgoba 1 & Meghan M. Mitchell 2 Accepted: 1 July 2021/Published online: 21 September 2021 # The Author(s), …
South Carolina Supreme Court: Lifetime SORA Registration Requirement Unconstitutional Absent Opportunity for Judicial Review of Risk of Re-offending by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In an opinion filed June 9, 2021, the Supreme Court of South Carolina upheld a lower court ruling allowing a lower-risk sex offender to be …
Sex Panic: The War on Sex Offenders as Public Enemy Number One by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. Fueled by a “moral panic” that evolved through the 1990s and into the mid-2000s, the war on “sex offenders” paralleled the war on drugs and was slated to eventually replace …
Article • November 15, 2020 • from CLN December, 2020
Maine Supreme Court: SORNA Ruled Ex Post Facto Punishment for Defendant by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso In a decision issued August. 13, 2020, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court held that the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 1999 (“SORNA of 1999”) was unconstitutionally applied to a defendant in …
Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019
7th Circuit Announces SORNA Requires Hybrid Approach in Comparing Underlying Conviction to Determine Tier Classification by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit joined the Fourth and Tenth Circuits in holding that tier classification under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”) …
Article • September 17, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019
Fifth Circuit Announces that Categorical Approach Applied to SORNA Doesn’t Permit Circustance-Specific Inquiry Into Offender/Victim Age Differential by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the text of the Sexual Offense Registration and Notification Act …
Forced Self-Incrimination by Larry N. by Larry N., NARSOL Maybe authorities will finally accept that the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution really protects individuals from compelled self-incrimination. At least it does in the state of Indiana, according to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. …
Knowing Sexual Offense Facts Important; Paying Attention to Them Critical by Sandy Rozek by Sandy Rozek The Arkansas legislature recently passed a law imposing various restrictions on those who are on a sexual offense registry in regard to Halloween. The primary provisions make it a crime for anyone on the …
Georgia Supreme Court Announces Statute Mandating Lifetime GPS Monitoring of ‘Sexually Dangerous Predator’ Even After Completion of Sentence Is Facially Unconstitutional by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Georgia held the state statute authorizing the lifetime global positioning system (“GPS”) monitoring of persons determined to be a …
Third Circuit: Pennsylvania’s SORNA Requirements Sufficiently Restrictive to Constitute Custody for Habeas Jurisdiction by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the registration and reporting requirements of Pennsylvania’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”) are sufficiently restrictive to constitute custody …
Georgia Supreme Court Holds Statute Authorizing Lifetime GPS Monitoring of ‘Sexually Dangerous Predator’ Is Unconstitutional by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Georgia held that the state statute authorizing the lifetime global positioning system (“GPS”) monitoring of persons determined to be a “sexually dangerous person” (“SDP”) but …
Destroyed Lives by Sandy Rozek by Sandy Rozek, NARSOL In 1969, a man named Peter Yarrow, a musical pop star, opened the door of his dressing room to two sisters, ages 17 and 14, who were seeking his autograph. He was nude and proceeded with sexually suggestive and apparently aggressive remarks …
Appeals court provides new vehicle to challenge registration by Larry N. by Larry N., NARSOL We are excited to report that registrants in Pennsylvania now will have a new vehicle to challenge sex offender registration. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court handed down a precedential …
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