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Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
FAQs on the Process for Removal from Megan’s Law in NJ
Certain sex crime convictions in New Jersey require sex offender registration under Megan’s Law. However, registration and long-term supervision may be a burden of constant reporting to the police or…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Superior Court Allows Individual Challenges to PA's Sex Offender Registration Statute
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak Goldstein The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Commonwealth v. Muhammad, holding that, in some cases, SORNA creates an unconstitutional presumption that a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New Jersey Supreme Court finds unconstitutional requiring juveniles to be subject to lifetime sex-offender registration
Main April 25, 2018New Jersey Supreme Court finds unconstitutional requiring juveniles to be subject to lifetime sex-offender registration The Supreme Court of New Jersey yesterday handed down a lengthy unanimous…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Garden State perspective on sex offender castration … for no obvious reason
Main December 27, 2017Garden State perspective on sex offender castration ... for no obvious reasonThis lengthy new local article from New Jersey, headlined "New Jersey child molesters won’t face castration…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Morris County Man Accused of Violating Megan’s Law Sex Offender Registration Requirements
A convicted sex offender reportedly admitted to law enforcement that he violated Megan’s Law when he failed register as a sex offender in Morris County, New Jersey. The suspect, a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Shaming the Constitution: The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation”
Main March 9, 2017"Shaming the Constitution: The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation"The title of this post is the title of this notable new book authored by Michael Perlin…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Highlighting who is now highlighting the inefficacy of sex offender registries
Main October 9, 2015Highlighting who is now highlighting the inefficacy of sex offender registriesThis new local Ohio article, headlined "Sex offender registries draw criticism from some unlikely sources," spotlights that…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Do tough sex offender restrictions really hurt women and children more than keeping them safe?
Main August 28, 2015Do tough sex offender restrictions really hurt women and children more than keeping them safe?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this lengthy…
The Faculty Lounge
Goffman Debunked Again
[Preface: This is my third post on the problems in Alice Goffman’s On the Run, and I have at least one more planned. These important issues of scholarly responsibility have…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Disgust, Dehumanization, and the Courts’ Response to Sex Offender Legislation”
Main January 12, 2015"Disgust, Dehumanization, and the Courts’ Response to Sex Offender Legislation"A helpful reader alerted me to a notable article by Alexandra Stupple appearing in the Fall 2014 issue…