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Georgia Life Sentence for Failure to Register is Unconstitutional
by Mark Wilson
With one Justice “strongly dissenting,” the Georgia Supreme Court held that a mandatory life sentence for failing to register as a sex offender violates the proportionality clause for the United States Constitution.
In 1996, Georgia first enacted its sex offender registration law. It punished the first failure …
With one Justice “strongly dissenting,” the Georgia Supreme Court held that a mandatory life sentence for failing to register as a sex offender violates the proportionality clause for the United States Constitution.
In 1996, Georgia first enacted its sex offender registration law. It punished the first failure …
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