Two New Jersey registrants won an appeal after being retroactively forced to register for life. Both would have been eligible to be removed after 15 years, but a subsequent change in the law removed that opportunity.

The Superior Court of New Jersey found the State changed the law retroactively, thereby changing the consequences of their guilty plea AND creating a “manifest injustice” for the two individuals.

The opinion can be found below:

https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/appellate/published/a2388-16a3132-16.pdf

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