MD: Retroactive registration of juvenile sex offenders OK’d

October 4, 2015 Admin

A juvenile court did not violate a convicted teenager’s constitutional rights by requiring him to register as a sex offender, though he committed the sexual assault before the registry’s enactment, a Maryland appeals court held Tuesday. Article with Paywall

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td777

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October 5, 2015 9:22 am

More stupidity that needs to be overturned…

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October 5, 2015 9:48 am

I thought these registries were to protect kids; not totally destroy their lives.

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The Anon

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October 5, 2015 8:35 pm

Didn’t the Maryland Supreme Court recently say that ex post facto registration was unconstitutional?

G4Change

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October 5, 2015 10:11 pm

Sick!

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