McNeill v. State Nevada challenge to lifetime supervision of offenders. Summary: Appellant was a convicted sex offender on lifetime supervision. When Appellant had been on lifetime supervision for five years, the State Board of Parole Commissioners imposed additional conditions that…
OAKLAND, Calif (CN) — At a hearing Wednesday, registered sex offenders urged a federal judge not to dismiss a constitutional challenge to a new law that will mark their passports and notify foreign governments of their travels. “We know there…
From: JOHN DOE v. STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Argued: May 8, 2014 Opinion Issued: February 12, 2015 The Supreme Court noted that shame or stigma was not the objective of these laws, as it was for the historical punishment of…
Federal laws protecting the internet did not give the owner of several sex-offender websites license to post false and harassing information, a jury in U.S. District Court in Phoenix decided Friday. The eight-member federal court jury rejected claims by Charles “Chuck”…
From Las Vegas Review-Journal By SANDRA CHEREB LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court on Friday put the brakes on a law that imposes new registration requirements on sex offenders and subjects thousands of them to community…
CARSON CITY — A judge Thursday will consider an emergency motion filed by lawyers for 17 unnamed plaintiffs seeking an 11th-hour stay of a Nevada law implementing new sex offender registration requirements. Clark County District Judge Douglas Smith scheduled the…
CARSON CITY — An amended lawsuit has been filed challenging a 2007 Nevada law governing registration and community notification of sex offenders and seeking to block its implementation next month. The lawsuit filed late Tuesday in Clark County District Court…
State laws denying bail to accused sex offenders are unconstitutional, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. In a split opinion, the majority said it may very well be appropriate to keep individuals who are charged with having sexual contact…
Most everyone in AZ is familiar with Hunter Osborn, a 19-year-old student at Red Mountain High School in Mesa who exposed a private part in a picture of the school’s yearbook. His “case” was presented on the Dr. Drew show,…
In the last few years, Pennsylvania’s courts have taken an active role in defining the propriety and scope of the state’s sex offender registration program. Following on the heels of a December 2014 decision striking down sex offender registration for…