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"Release of sex offenders delayed"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post comes from the title of this new entry at SCOTUSblog.  Here are the particulars from the start of a long and effective post by Lyle Denniston: Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., put on hold on Friday a federal appeals court ruling that the federal government contended would lead to the early release of ?the great majority? of ?sexually dangerous? inmates now held in federal prison.  In a brief order, the Chief Justice said there was ?a presumption of constitutionality? of the 2006 federal law that the Fourth Circuit Court struck down.  He thus blocked temporarily the Circuit Court ruling, until the Justices act on a new government appeal filed Friday (U.S. v. Comstock, et al., 08-1224). Roberts took little time to act...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 03, 2009 (boomark / email).