Source: tennessean.com 11/29/23
Eight people on Tennessee’s legally troubled sex offender registry filed a federal class action lawsuit last week asking that thousands of people with decades-old convictions be removed from the registry.
The eight plaintiffs, who are using pseudonyms in the lawsuit, all have convictions from before or shortly after 2004, when the state’s current sex offender registry law, the Tennessee Sexual Offender and Violent Sexual Offender Registration, Verification, and Tracking Act, was passed. They are seeking class status for people on Tennessee’s sex offender registry whose convictions predate the law or one of its “later-enacted, punitive requirements.”
The lawsuit argues that the law violates the U.S. Constitution’s protection from retroactive punishment. Federal courts have repeatedly ruled against the state on that issue, Tennessee, “however, refuses to follow the law,” the lawsuit says.
🤞🤞🤞🤞 hopefully this goes the same as Montana and they use Montana Supreme Court ruling to help show that this trash nazi list is punitive and punishment!!
This has Janice’s name ALL OVER it. Wonder if she could somehow partner up on this?