State Courts

Common Law: Not only a sex offender registry

By Ron Sylvester

It used to be only sex offenders had to register their addresses. Since 2006, people in Kansas convicted of some drug and weapons offenses also have to keep their whereabouts current with the sheriff’s department. Judge David Kaufman explains how this causes people with otherwise minor sentences to face prison.

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Full post as published by What the Judge Ate for Breakfast on November 10, 2009 (boomark / email).