JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to send a Boone County woman’s case back to circuit court after she said she should be removed from the sex offender registry.
The 4-3 decision by the Court reversed the circuit court’s judgment and sent back the case for further proceedings.
Curious that the reporter of this article didn’t summarize the majority opinion, but still found it necessary to summarize the dissent.
Nice!
Sending the case back will educate everyone involved. Increasingly what is deemed constitutional behavior and what is not deemed constitutional behavior is very much dispute as evidenced by the 4-3 split here. People blow off such dispute as inconsequential to the day to day and the civility of society, but nothing is further from truth. What all these conflicted splits prove is the desperate perceptions of the constitutional is muddied by political idealism and not black and white law.
All evidence of end stage democracy.
It’s unsurprising – though no less disappointing – that the article did not quote the majority opinion, but chose instead to focus on the dissenting opinion (and comment) from Judge Zel. 😒
I strongly suspect that the reason that the article did not summarize the majority’s opinion is because the authors’ of the article lacked the necessary skill to do so. The article was penned by “KOMU 8 Digital Staff” (no person was brave enough to put their own name forward, it seems). None the less, a summary of the majority opinion would have necessitated that (a) the authors of the article possess a higher degree of literary accumen, and (b) could objectively summarize that opinion without prejudice or bias. The fact that there is not even an attempt at summarizing the majority opinion obviates that these “writers” not only do not possess a four-year degree in journalism from an accreditted university or college, but are likely of the hillbilly MAGA persuasion found in Missouri trailer parks (think Lauren Boebert, MTG, etc.)
Here’s the important part of the Court’s Opinion:
“This Court holds a genuine issue of material fact exists regarding whether the sex offender treatment programs MacColl completed during her probationary period qualified as a program certified by a jurisdiction or the attorney general to entitle her to a reduction in her registration period, which would resolve whether MacColl ever was required to register under state or federal law.”
Hope that’s helpful. 👍🏻