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Revised article keeping up with all the SORNA litigation

By Douglas A. Berman

Corey Yung notes here that he has a new draft available here via SSRN of his article, "One of These Laws is Not Like the Others: Why the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act Raises New Constitutional Questions."  This draft has been updated the article to reflect all of the district and circuit court opinions that have addressed SORNA issues recently.  Here is the abstract: In 2003, the United States Supreme Court issued its only two opinions regarding the constitutionality of sex offender registration and notification statutes. The two opinions, Smith v. Doe ("Smith") and Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe ("DPS"), upheld the Alaska and Connecticut registry and notification laws against Ex Post Facto Clause and due process challenges...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 24, 2009 (boomark / email).