Janice’s Journal: Registrants Have Rights

Registrants have rights.  Rights that are protected by the U.S. Constitution as well as state constitutions.  This fact is often overlooked or misunderstood. For example, a police officer recently told me that it was lawful that he and a fellow officer climbed over a four-foot locked gate outside a registrant’s home and then used a public address system to identify a registrant during a compliance check.  The officer attempted to justify his actions stating that the registrant had no constitutional rights. The officer’s statement was false.  The registrant, who is…

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