An attorney representing two convicted child abusers urged the Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday to strike down both the state’s newest sex offender registration law and one imposing post-incarceration electronic monitoring for life.
The pair of cases before the court, which were on whether to fully take up cases challenging the requirements, are the latest in a series of legal challenges to what some see as unconstitutionally strict laws regarding sex offenders.
The requirements sex offenders face after prison, which vary depending on the severity of their crimes, constitute cruel and unusual punishment, Ali Nathaniel Wright of the Michigan State ...
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