(Eugene Volokh) A sad question, which is the subject of today’s Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board (Mass. App. Ct. Apr. 27, 2012): The plaintiff, who was at the moment of interest a ten-year-old boy, appeals from a Superior Court judgment affirming his classification as a level two sex offender. That publicly available classification required the youngster [...]
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(Eugene Volokh) The case is People v. Moreno (Mich. Apr. 23, 2012) (5 to 2). A 2004 Michigan Court of Appeals decision had held the contrary, but the Michigan Supreme Court overruled that precedent. Under the old common law rule, pe... Read Post
The DC Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a challenge to the DC Sex Offender Registry on Tuesday. In its decision, the court concluded that the registry was not created as a punitive measure, thus mandatory registration for sex offende... Read Post
(Eugene Volokh) Arnzen v. Palmer (N.D. Iowa Apr. 12, 2012) deals with an interesting and unusual questions: To what extent, if any, does the Fourth Amendment restrict searches in civil commitment units for sex offenders? After sex o... Read Post