“On September 9, 2026, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that the 2021 Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) amendments cannot be used to retroactively extend the registration requirements of anyone who committed their relevant crime prior to July 1, 2011, because doing so would be unconstitutional,” said Col. James F. Grady II, director of the Michigan State Police (MSP). “The MSP did not make this change to the law. However, the department maintains the database, is required to comply with the Court’s order and is taking the necessary steps to implement the ruling. Any concerns about or efforts to change the law should be directed to the state Legislature.”
Background:
At the time of the order, approximately 43,000 offenders were actively registered or required to be registered.
As of Friday, September 11, the MSP has removed more than 20,000 offenders. As the review process continues, these numbers could change.
If you are aware of an error or issue regarding information for an offender who remains registered for offenses committed on or after July 1, 2011, please contact the Sex Offender Registry Unit or contact the local law enforcement agency where the offender’s registered address is located.
The Sex Offenders Registration Act, MCL 28.721et seq. directs the MSP to maintain a computerized law enforcement database of registrations and notices required under the SORA, maintain a public internet website separate from the law enforcement database, and provide guidelines on the type of offender information available to the public.
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So, when will it happen in NY?
Any day now, this will make national headlines and hopefully have comment sections. “Idiot Michigan Supreme Court deletes half of the s** o*****r registry! All s** o*****rs are going to flood into Michigan! All Michigan women and precious children are going to be r***d on every corner any day now! Oh, the horror!”
Of course, that will never happen. Statistically speaking, a handful of those de-registered might end up committing another s** crime, and the implication will be that if he were registered, the new s** crime would never have happened. Rather than bemoan the defendant, it would be better to show that it follow the obvious trend of s**ual recidivism – that they’re always perfectly registry compliant. And even if not, the violation had nothing to do with the new crime.
Bottom line – flood comment sections with sanity when this story goes viral.
Now let’s see this happen across all US states! My conviction dated back to ’98 and since then, there’s been heaps and heaps of new laws and requirements that I must comply with, including “scarlet letter” taggings on passports
Congrats to Michigan registrants and their families! Hope the other 49 states get off their soap boxes and follow suit.
If this is taken to the US supreme Court it could snow ball into the other states if I’m right, and I bet the Attorney Gen would appeal this
I’m not from Michigan and I know those PFR’s from there are so happy right now even though it took forever. Yay!
So is this a different case than the one that the ACLU is fighting? I’m confused!
I asked google and it said i cannot sue the state of michigan financialy over expo facto violation. Thats bull crap.
Waiting for Janice to weigh in on this as to if there is any potential benefit to PFRs in California.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR EVERYONE ON THE REGISTRY TO VOTE WITH THEIR FEET!!!
EVERYONE MUST MOVE TO MICHIGAN!!!
*CONFUSED* I am confused by this and would appreciate any explanation someone could provide. The amendments were made in 2021 and yet the court is allowing them to be retroactive to 2011. How is that not retroactive punishment? Why wouldn’t those amendments not be allowed to be applied to anyone prior to the 2021 date of the amendments? I don’t understand how they’re allowed to reach back if, for example, someone’s conviction was in 2019 or 2020, again, prior to the date of the amendments themselves? 🤷🏻♂️
Here’s my question, say I move to another state and they deem my case so minor I’m removed from the registry, but then I move into another state say a few days and I trigger their registry and have be on it. Wouldn’t being taken off the registry then being put back on be violation of ex post facto as well?
@everyone, if any on is interested I email MSP about confirmation letters and they sent me a encrypted message for some reason. This what they sent me, for any one that is curious to what they sent me.
At this time, we are awaiting guidance from our legal department as to how to address the topic of a written correspondence for those who have been removed. If you would like confirmation, please give us a call and we can confirm or deny your registration status after verifying your identity.
Thank you,
Hi everyone
I want to give a positive update. I had to go to my kids school to talk to his teacher. I had an agreement with the principal that when I came to the school I would call and let him know. Today I talked to him and told him I was no longer on the registry and I could give him a copy of the court order. He asked me if I had anything in writing with my name on it and I told him no. They have a verification system and he told me to try it and I did not come up flagged and now I no.longer have to contact him when I come to the school.