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SORNA's Registration Requirements Do Not Apply to Convictions Involving the Transfer of Obscene Materials to a Minor by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On January 14, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided that the registration requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) …
U.S. Supreme Court Asks Montana Supreme Court to Address Whether FJDA Conviction Requires Registration Under Montana Law by On June 7, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court certified a question to the Montana Supreme Court in order to decide whether a petition for writ of certiorari currently pending before the Court …
Second Circuit Rejects Due Process Challenge to SORNA Conviction by On December 16, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a sex offender’s conviction under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) against a due process challenge. Travis Hester was convicted of a sex offense …
State Law Registration Requirements Trigger SORNA by On December 15, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld a sex offender’s conviction under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). David Griffey was convicted of a sex offense in Illinois, but later moved to Alabama after …
Virginia Issues Report on Monitoring of Sex Offenders Subject to Registration by by Matt Clarke In January 2010, the Virginia State Police (VSP) issued a report on the monitoring of sex offenders who are required to comply with registration laws. The report noted a high rate of compliance (94%) with …
SORNA Challenges Produce Mixed Results; Supreme Court Weighs In by Brandon Sample Over the past several years a split has developed between the federal courts of appeal over the scope and constitutionality of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), a component of the federal Adam Walsh Child Protection …
Only Three States in Compliance with Unfunded Federal Sex Offender Mandates by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2006 Congress enacted the Adam Walsh Act, which requires states to institute stricter monitoring of sex offenders or face losing 10% of their federal crime-prevention grants. Although all states were supposed to …
False Sense of Security: The Real Cost And Benefits Of The Adam Walsh Act by Brandon Sample The Adam Walsh Act (AWA) was enacted by Congress in 2006 with much fanfare. Proponents argued that the law, which requires the establishment of a national sex offender registry, would help protect children …
Attorney General’s SORNA Regulations Violate APA; Law Cannot be Applied to Offenders Convicted Before Its Enactment by The Sexual Offenders Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) may not be applied to offenders who were convicted of sex offenses before the statute’s enactment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit …
Eighth Circuit Upholds SORNA Against Constitutional Challenges by On July 31, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit rejected numerous constitutional challenges to the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). David Louis May was convicted of failing to register as a sex offender in violation …
Brief • November 25, 2008
Bradshaw v State, GA, Sex Offender Life Sentence Ruling, 2008 In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: November 25, 2008 S08A1057. BRADSHAW v. THE STATE BENHAM, Justice. Cedric Lavell Bradshaw was found guilty in a bench trial of failing to register as a convicted sex offender in that, he had …
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