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Tentative Progress from the Maine Legislature on SORNA

By Smith Law Offices,

From the BDN:As the Legislature?s Criminal Justice Committee begins the difficult and emotionally charged task of remaking the state?s sex offender registry in the wake of a Maine supreme court ruling and changes to federal law, lawmakers must ensure that the public is protected without excessive punishment or shaming. Creating a tiered registry and not making public information about low-level offenders is a good way to achieve this. Last year, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court raised significant questions about the state?s sex offender registry. The court was especially concerned about changes made in recent years to require Internet posting of personal information about offenders, to restrict where offenders can live and to require fingerprinting every 90 days for offenders convicted since 1982...continue to full post

Full post as published by SexCrimeDefender on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).