Article: California: LEGISLATURE EXPANDS SEX OFFENDER LAW

Article: Sex offender law raises constitutional issues
Concord Monitor;  January 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Sex offender law raises constitutional issues William ... release since the state's new sex offender law went into effect on Jan 1. The law ... civil commitment procedures in the sex offender law also raise due process questions ...

Article: Repeat-offender law is ambiguous, Maryland Court of ...
The Daily Record (Baltimore);  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Maryland's repeat offender law is unclear on whether a court can impose enhanced sentences for ... whether a defendant may get enhanced sentences under the repeat offender law on multiple counts stemming from a single incident, Eyler wrote ...

Article: Short-term offender law hardest on counties; ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... jails is on the verge of being repealed. The short-term offender law, as it's known, has required counties since 2003 to house ... said. That is flat-out wrong. He said the short-term offender law is the poster child for the state to put its problems on ...

Article: Court: Ga. sex offender law is unfair to homeless
AP Online;  October 27, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... ruled Monday that a provision in Georgia's strict new sex offender law is unconstitutional because it fails to tell homeless offenders ... among a growing number of cases targeting Georgia's sex offender law, which sponsors declared one of the toughest in the nation ...

Article: Court Lets Sex Offender Law Stand
AP Online;  April 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Associated Press Writer AP Online 04-03-2000 Court Lets Sex Offender Law Stand WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court today rejected ... protected rights. All 50 states have some type of sexual offender law modeled after a federal ``Megan's Law,'' named for ...

Article: Dems block changes to repeat offender law.
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT);  September 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Supreme Court found shortcomings in the state's persistent-offender law, the time was right to immediately address the Cheshire ... residents are home and support rewriting the persistent-offender law to meet constitutional guidelines. Senate Majority Leader ...

Article: Legislators drop ball on new sex offender law
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 30, 2007 ;     679 words ... ... legislation written to address the current problems with the sex offender law. The legislation they provided addressed many of the current ... Given the opportunity, we could be working with a decent sex offender law and the legislators could stand proud for doing what was ...