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Justice Department's SMART Case Law Update #27

By Corey Rayburnyung

As previously noted, the Justice Department's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART) occasionally posts updates on case law developments in the sex offender realm. You can view the latest update here. Here are some of the cases from Update #27:Doe v. Keathley, 2009 Mo. LEXIS 131 (June 16, 2009) Petitioners were all convicted of sex offenses prior to any sex offender registration requirement for said convictions.  The court held that 42 U.S.C. §16913(d) applies directly to these state-convicted petitioners (and at least one military-convicted offender) and directly imposes a registration requirement on them.  Because of this direct application of federal law, the court held that there are no State Constitutional concerns, and that the petitioners were required to register...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on July 17, 2009 (boomark / email).