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The False Imprisonment of a Minor Problem

By Corey Rayburnyung

There have been several news stories recently outlining the problem with state registries in that imprisonment of a minor is an offense justifying listing. That means an offender who robs a store with a minor present or someone who termporarily restricts movement of a minor during a fight might be a "sex offender" for registry purposes. Jessica Slavin, at the Marquette Faculty Blog, writes about a challenge in such a case in Wisconsin:One of the criminal cases, State v. Smith, 2008AP1011, asks the court to determine whether the sex offender registration statute, Wisconsin Statute section 301.45, is unconstitutional in its application to a defendant whose crime, false imprisonment of a minor, concededly had no sexual component whatsoever.  The Defendant Smith was convicted of falsely imprisoning a minor in connection with a drug crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on March 25, 2009 (boomark / email).