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Administrative Hearings and Judicial Reviews Mandated for Sex Offender Classifications Without Current Felony Conviction.
Mandating administrative hearings
and allowing for judicial review, the Colorado Court of Appeals has reversed a state district court's dismissal of a prisoner's challenge to his Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) sex offender classification.
Albert Fisher, serving time in the CDOC for aggravated motor vehicle theft, was classified without a ...
and allowing for judicial review, the Colorado Court of Appeals has reversed a state district court's dismissal of a prisoner's challenge to his Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) sex offender classification.
Albert Fisher, serving time in the CDOC for aggravated motor vehicle theft, was classified without a ...
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