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NC justices uphold monitoring some sex offenders

By "eAdvocate"

Another law which will wind up in the U.S. Supreme court, this conflicts with at least Massachusetts (see Commonwealth -v- Cory) on the same issue. 10-9-2010 North Carolina: RALEIGH, N.C. -- Sex offenders in North Carolina can be electronically monitored even if they were convicted before the tracking law was passed, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The justices ruled 4-3 the satellite-based monitoring doesn't amount to an additional unconstitutional punishment for three men convicted of taking indecent liberties with children before the monitoring law took effect. Under the monitoring, people convicted of certain sex crimes must wear an ankle bracelet and a miniature tracking device that uses GPS technology so Department of Correction officials can know their whereabouts on a near real-time basis...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on October 09, 2010 (boomark / email).