OK Supreme Court rules residency restrictions can be retroactive
In a 5-3 decision this week, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled the Sex Offender Registration Act’s provision prohibiting sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a park applies retroactively to those who registered prior to the provision’s 2006 enactment.
I must wonder what the final decision would have been if all eight justices had a family member impacted by the registry.
This is an important case to read and I hope the masses here do so. The article here gives a very nice overview of it and what the justices opined, which is important because it shows how their thinking was shaped.
Here is another website that breaks this case down even further which I hope the masses here read as well: Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds SORA Residency Restrictions as Non-Punitive and Retroactively Applicable (https://www.casemine.com/commentary/us/oklahoma-supreme-court-upholds-sora-residency-restrictions-as-non-punitive-and-retroactively-applicable/view)
It breaks down how it is applicable retroactively as well as non-punitive. You need to know your opponent and their thinking into their moves. This info does just that, albeit post-case, but is still important to note for other cases on the same topic which will be wagered.