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District Judge finds AWA registration provision unconstitutional

By Douglas A. Berman

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Thanks to this piece from the Orlando Sentinel, I see that US District Judge Gregory Presnell late last week reach a notable constitutional conclusion about the Adam Walsh Act's sex offender registration provisions. From the news report: An Orlando federal judge has ordered the release of two jailed, out-of-state sex offenders who moved to Florida, ruling that part of the Adam Walsh Act requiring their registration is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell on Friday ruled that the 2006 federal law requiring state sex offenders to register with law-enforcement officials when they move across state lines was largely a local issue. The ruling, made in two unrelated sex-offender cases pending in Orlando, led to the dismissal of charges against Robert D...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 20, 2008 (boomark / email).

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