Some Michigan Sex Offenders Freed From Registration Requirement

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked portions of Michigan’s most recent sex-offender registration law, a move that will result in offenders being removed from the state’s registry.

The state can’t enforce the entirety of its 2021 version of the law against offenders who committed their crimes before July 1, 2011, Judge Mark A. Goldsmith of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan wrote in ruling on a class-action challenge against the state. The judge, who said his judgment will go into effect in 90 days unless the Legislature acts, ruled in September that the law illegally retroactively ...