9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversing the denial of an Eighth Amendment challenge to a "third strike" California sentence for failing to register as a sex offender.
Gonzalez v. Duncan (9th Cir. 2008)
Posted: June 12, 2019
Murphy v. Raoul, No. 16- cv–11471 (N.D. Ill. 2019)
Posted: January 16, 2019
Northern District of Illinois federal trial court holding that Illinois Department of Corrections policies for continuing to imprison people who were unable to obtain lawful housing was not constitutional.
In the Interest of T.H., (Iowa 2018)
Posted: June 26, 2018
Iowa Supreme Court holding that juvenile sex offender registration requirement, while it does constitute punishment, it is not cruel and unusual.
State v. Kinney (Idaho Ct. App. 2018)
Posted: June 18, 2018
Idaho Court of Appeals holding that Idaho's SORN does not violate constitutional prohibitions against disproportionate punishment.
In re CP (Ohio 2012)
Posted: October 27, 2017
Ohio Supreme Court declared unconstitutional automatic, lifetime registration for juveniles under both state and federal constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment as well as denial of due process.
Millard et al., v. Rankin (D. Colo. 2017)
Posted: September 7, 2017
Federal district court in Colorado, in as-applied challenge, declares Colorado's sex offender registry violative of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to U.S. Constitution.
Werner v. Wall (7th Cir. 2016)
Posted: August 9, 2017
Seventh Circuit affirmed district court's grant of summary judgment on the basis of qualified immunity to state officials on monetary claims that state law which allowed for continued detention of plaintiff past his maximum release date due to inability to locate housing.