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Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (2003), the Supreme Court upheld Alaska's sex-offender registration statute. Reasoning that sex offender registration deals with civil laws, not punishment, the Court ruled 6-3 that it is not an unconstitutional ex post facto law. Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer dissented.
In 1947, California became the first state in the United States to have a sex offender registration program. [11] C. Don Field was prompted by the Black Dahlia murder case to introduce a bill calling for the formation of a sex offender registry; California became the first U.S. state to make this mandatory. [12]
Canada's National Sex Offender Registry (NSOR) came into force on 15 December 2004, with the passing of the Sex Offender Information Registration Act (SOIR Act). [23] The public does not have access to the registry. Since 2001, the Province of Ontario operates its own sex offender registry concurrently with the federal registry. Unlike the ...
Early voting started Oct. 11 and Ohio voters are ... On the ballot are two statewide issues that some county elections officials say could ... All locations have the same hours: Oct. 30: 7:30 a.m ...
If you haven't voted early either by absentee or in person, here's what you need to know about finding your polling place. Issue 1: When do polls close in Ohio? Where is my voting location?
In Ohio, locations for in-person voting opened at 6:30 a.m. and will close at 7:30 p.m. In Kentucky, the polls are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time. You can still vote if you're in line when ...
Before Megan's Law, the federal Jacob Wetterling Act of 1994 required each state to create a registry for sexual offenders and certain other offenses against children. . Under the Wetterling Act, registry information was kept for law enforcement use only, although law enforcement agencies were allowed to release the information of specific persons when deemed necessary to protect the p
Oct. 29—Voters who don't want to go to the polls on election day can vote early at area board of elections locations. People can vote in-person until 7 p.m. today for the Nov. 2 general election ...