INDIANAPOLIS — A federal court appeals ruling may push state legislators into finding a fix for some long-standing problems with Indiana’s sex and violent offender registry. On Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled the state’s registry was unconstitutional because it violated the due process rights of ex-offenders in the registry who have no way to correct mistaken information.
The registry is a publicly accessible database that contains personal information, including the photographs and addresses of sex and violent offenders who live in Indiana. Full Article
Wow, there are errors on the registry secondary to lack of funds? So, lets see, you were convicted of sexual battery and all the charges were dismissed/expunged, but yet they still show online? Or, maybe you were arrested for rape and plead to a battery and your profile stated you were convicted of rape? Great! This article is in a sense a great example of whats wrong with the registration process! Very disturbing