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"Live Free or Die," but be sure to pay up NH sex offenders

By Douglas A. Berman

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The official motto of the state of New Hampshire is "Live Free or Die."  But, as detailed in this local article, it is apparently fine in the state to charge a fee for sex offender as they make this choice:The state Supreme Court has upheld the state's practice of charging convicted sex offenders $34 a year to pay for the state's sex offender registry. Philip Horner, a former Barrington doctor who was convicted in 2000 of five counts of felonious sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl, had challenged the expense as an illegal disproportionate tax.... Horner's appeal challenged the twice-a-year $17 fee convicted sex offenders must pay each time they register their address and other particulars with their local police department...continue to full post

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

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