Criminal Law

preemption sinks Rockland County sex offender residency law
We’ve been lax covering sex offender residency news since our marathon posting in 2007.  I’m pleased to report tonight, however, that Supreme Court Justice William Kelly struck down the Rockland County sex offender residency law, in a decision released today...

A new note on sex offender residency restrictions
Thanks to this post at CO, I see a new note on sex offender residency restrictions from the Northwestern University Law Review. This piece ? Sarah E. Agudo, Irregular Passion: The Unconstitutionality and Inefficacy of Sex Offender Residency Laws, 102...

New Jersey court rejects municipal sex offender residency restriction
As detailed in this Newark Star Ledger article, a state intermediate appeals court ruled yesterday that local towns cannot enact their own sex offender restrictions within New Jersey...

Exactly when and how will SCOTUS confront sex offender residency restrictions
It is clear based on lots of lower court litigation that the constitutionality of sex offender residency restrictions will come before the US Supreme Court sooner or later. It is thus interesting to speculate exactly when and how these issues...

"New on LLRX.com: Sex Offender Residency Restrictions, Lessons From An E-Discovery Disaster"
Posted by Sabrina Pacifici: • "Criminal Justice Resources: Sex Offender Residency Restrictions - Ken Strutin's guide collects recent court decisions,...

The broad reach of sex offender residency restrictions
This article from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, headlined "Law would evict female 'offender' for teen sex," spotlights the broad reach of sex offender residency restrictions: Wendy Whitaker's name may be on Georgia's sex offender registry, but her offense suggests she is...

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