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Kentucky Supreme Court: Retroactive Application of Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Unconstitutional
Loaded on May 15, 2010
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2010, page 44
On October 1, 2009, the Kentucky Supreme Court held that retroactive application of sex offender residency restrictions violated prohibitions against ex post facto laws in the U.S. and Kentucky constitutions.In 1995, Michael Baker pleaded guilty to third-degree rape for unlawfully touching a teenage girl. He received five years probation ...
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