Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that as applied to juveniles, SORN scheme was unconstitutional in that it deprived them of due process rights.
In re J.B. (Pa. 2014)
Posted: October 27, 2017
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.
Doe v. Sex Offender Registry Board (Mass. 2015)
Posted: October 27, 2017
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts found that preponderance of the evidence standard no longer sufficed for comporting with Due Process for tiering of sex offenders, clear and convincing standard would be required.
Doe v. State (N.H. 2015)
Posted: September 19, 2017
As-applied challenge to New Hampshire sex offender registration, alleging due process and ex post facto violations. NH Supreme Court found ex post facto violation, and required hearing to determine dangerousness as a remedy.
Doe v. Nebraska (D. Neb. 2012)
Posted: August 22, 2017
Federal civil rights lawsuit where several registrants in Nebraska challenged constitutionality of state laws barring them from social media and requiring provision of internet identifiers. Court struck laws down on various First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds.
Brown v. Watters (7th Cir. 2010)
Posted: July 25, 2017
Seventh Circuit Court of appeals affirming federal district court's denial of writ habeas corpus from petitioner who was civilly committed as SVP in Wisconsin on the basis of diagnoses of paraphilia NOS and antisocial personality disorder.
Karsjens v. Piper (8th Cir. 2017)
Posted: July 20, 2017
Eighth Circuit case reversing federal district court finding, in context of federal § 1983 lawsuit, that Minnesota's civil commitment program for those convicted of sexual offenses unconstitutionally deprived plaintiffs of due process rights under federal constitution.