REASON: Federal Judges Are Increasingly Rebelling Against ‘Overly Severe’ Penalties for Nonviolent Sex Offenders

Two recent reports from the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) shed light on the legal treatment of sex offenders and further undermine the prevailing assumption that all members of that broad class pose similar threats to public safety. That assumption, which underlies both harsh punishments and indiscriminate registration requirements, is demonstrably wrong. In fiscal year 2019, according to a USSC report

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TN: lawmakers discuss changes to keep the state’s sex offender registry from being struck down

Tennessee lawmakers are in a rush to make changes to the state’s sex offender registry to avoid parts of it being deemed unconstitutional. This comes after a federal judge in Michigan removed thousands of people from that state’s list — and as 30 virtually identical lawsuits are pending against the state of Tennessee.  The majority of those lawsuits allege that amendments

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