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Posting #230 – U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Retroactively Apply 2006 SORNA Requirement.Date: 06/01/2010 Virginia Supporters, Today the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision on a case that they heard back in February. The Supreme Court refused to retroactively apply a 2006 law that makes it a crime for sex offenders to cross state lines and knowingly fail to register or update a registration if their conviction was prior to the 2006 Congressional Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The 7th Circuit had earlier upheld the conviction and sentencing, saying SORNA "does not require that the defendant's travel postdate the Act." Ex post facto is finally being upheld on a sex offender issue nationally. This is good! RSOL of Virginia
Registry Law Doesn't Apply to All Sex Offenders, Supreme Court Rules, June 1, 2010: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/0601/Registry-law-doesn-t-apply-to-all-sex-offenders-Supreme-Court-rules Sex Offender Law Can't Be Applied Retroactively, June 1, 2010: Court: No Backdating Sex Offender Registry, June 1, 2010: Supreme Court Says Sex Registry Rule Not Retroactive, June 1, 2010:
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