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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit against the state of Tennessee on Thursday seeking the invalidation of a law criminalizing “aggravated” prostitution citing the discriminatory impacts of its elevated penalties on those convicted of prostitution if they are HIV positive. The lawsuit also seeks expungement of state registries related to the law’s enforcement [...]

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An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIGA) and the International Transfer of Offenders Act (ITOA) received Royal Assent on Thursday in Canada, thereby becoming law. The amendment seeks to strengthen the enforcement of the national sexual offender registry and comply with the Supreme Court’s judgment for the SOIGA’s [...]

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The Supreme Court of Canada Friday declared the country’s national sex offender registry unconstitutional. Section 490.012 of Canada’s Criminal Code requires mandatory registration on a national sex offender registry, and section 490.013 requires lifetime registration for offenders convicted of two or more sexual offenses. The court found the criminal statutes violate Section 7 of Canada’s Charter [...]

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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill into law on Tuesday that will trigger major changes in the state’s sex offender legal landscape. The House Bill 5679 will repeal specific sections of the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1994 that prohibited certain individuals required to be registered under the Act from living, working, or loitering [...]

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The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that in order for somebody to have to register with the Maryland Sex Offender Registry, all elements must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The case involves a man who had pleaded guilty to one count of human trafficking and then was ordered to register as a Tier [...]

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The Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled part of the Michigan Sex Offender Registry Act invalid on Friday. Judge Robert Cleland struck down provisions of the Sex Offender Registry Act due to vagueness, strict liability and violations of the First Amendment. The provisions that were struck down for vagueness included sections [...]

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