Sex offender can’t be required to register 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: October 14, 2009
Tags: sex offenders, Sexual Offenders Registration and Notification Act
A defendant could not be required to register as a sex offender before the implementation of a regulation making retroactive the federal sex offender registration statute, the 6th Circuit has ruled in reversing a conviction.
Sex offender can’t be required to wear GPS device
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: May 11, 2009
Tags: Global Positioning System, probation, sex offenders
A defendant charged with molesting a child could not be required to wear a device that would monitor his movements while he was awaiting trial, Massachusetts’ highest court has ruled in vacating a probation condition.
Sex offender convictions vacated
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: March 20, 2009
Tags: sex offenders
Four defendants couldn’t be convicted of violating the federal sex offender registration law for acts committed between the enactment of the law and the issuance of a regulation making the statute retroactively applicable to their offenses, the 4th Circuit has ruled in vacating their convictions.
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