kansascity.com : Missouri Supreme Court considers challenge to sex-offender registry.
The Missouri Supreme Court is considering another challenge to Missouri’s sex-offender registry. The court heard arguments Tuesday from 11 offenders. Some were convicted of sex crimes in other states before 1995, when Missouri’s registry law took effect. Others were convicted of misdemeanors in Missouri before 2000, when those crimes were added to the registry.
In 2006, the Supreme Court said the registry cannot be retrospectively applied to Missouri residents who committed their crimes before 1995. The challenge asserts that the state’s ban on retrospective laws still applies and that the federal requirement does not overrule state law.
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