Criminal Law

SORNA Challenges Rejected
US v. Lawrance, -- F.3d --, 2008 WL 5123846 (10th Cir. 12/8/08) - no dice on SORNA challenges. The 10th reaffirms prior holdings that prosecution under SORNA does not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause because it is civil in intent and nonpunitive in purpose...

FL- Dumont: SORNA criminalizes failure to register, not interstate travel
Decision is available in our SO-News Group 1-27-2009 Florida: In U.S. v. Dumont, No. 08-11187 (Jan 26, 2009), the Court upheld a conviction for failing to register as a sex offender, as required by 18 U...

SORNA Does Not Apply to Someone Who Only Traveled Interstate Before Effective Date of Statute
U.S. v. Husted, 2008 WL 4792339 (11/5/08) (Published) - A SORNA win for the defense. Under a plain language analysis, SORNA ("Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act") does not apply to someone who only traveled interstate before SORNA's effective date...

What Does Comstock Mean for SORNA
With the 4th Circuit's opinion in Comstock striking down part of the AWA on Commerce Clause grounds, a logical question is whether the decision has any relevance as to other parts of the AWA, mainly SORNA...

SORNA Featured in ABA Journal
In the ABA Journal, there is an interesting piece in this month's issue about the problems with the AWA registry system embodied in SORNA. The article quotes Wayne Logan who has written extensively and persuasively about sex offender policy and...

11th Circuit Issues a Puzzling SORNA Opinion
There has been a lot of federal appellate court action in relation to SORNA lately (I'll be covering the 8th Circuit's notable Howell opinion later today). Normally, the cases go in favor the government...

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