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WI - Wisconsin Supremes Okay Non-Sex Offenders for Sex Offender List

Original Article Like I've said before, eventually everyone will be on a registry of some sort. 12/29/2010 By Tom Hymes MADISON - In a case that proves the actual slipperiness of some potential slippery slopes, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has said that it is permissible to add people to the state?s sex offender registry who have committed no sexual crime. The case in question is not new, but the reminder that some high courts have lost their way cannot be mentioned frequently enough, especially where due process is concerned. Wisconsin v. Smith (PDF) involves a 17-year-old who forced another 17-year-old to go with him to pick up a drug debt. According to the High Court?s opinion, ?Smith and others forced a minor to ride around with them in a vehicle in order to collect a drug debt from the minor's friend...continue to full post

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