Several States’ Attorneys General Try to Persuade 10th Circuit to Overturn Colorado Decision
Last August, a US District Court Judge found the Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act violated the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment. Colorado’s Attorney General, Cynthia Coffman, appealed the decision to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Last week, attorneys general for the States of Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming filed an Amicus Brief in the case, hoping to persuade the court to reverse the lower court’s decision.
The brief can be read here. It contains the usual rhetoric and relies on precedent that has since been debunked.
FAC would welcome the opportunity to join other amici in presenting our own brief to the court. If interested, please contact [email protected]
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@ Doyle,
@ Doyle,
Prosecutors have an agenda, to prosecute as often as possible. This brief, like most briefs from the state side, is very one sided and extreme.
On its face the arguments presented within look reasonable until other facts are presented. There is a wealth of information contradicting most of the states argument, however it must be presented in reply to their brief.
I AM curious though. How is it that the attorney general’s office has any say over what happens to a person after a sentence ends? Unless, you know, the sentence hasn’t truly ended.
To read this over makes me totally sick. It is so full of lies and false information.How can those who write up this stuff even call themselves human. I pray Gods speed in your efforts to bring the facts to their attention. This is a big deal. There only incentive is the money they face loosing. I have too much to say about each of there sections to even begin to put it all on this page.
Whoever drafted this brief has zero problem citing case law until this statement: ” Those most likely to commit sex crimes are
convicted sex offenders. Decades of research have shown that convicted sex offenders
are more likely to commit sex crimes than any other group”
Hmm? Why is that?
My sentencing state released me from their registry for a 30 year old conviction. They wouldn’t have done that if the above was true, now would they have?
Or maybe there just is no case law to support that ridiculous statement even after decades of opportunity.
Better bring your “A” game if this has all been debunked. It looks pretty compelling and the office of State AG holds a lot of sway. I am a SO and live in CO. I am afraid to get my hopes up even though the registry has cost me a lot of business.
@ Doyle,
Prosecutors have an agenda, to prosecute as often as possible. This brief, like most briefs from the state side, is very one sided and extreme.
On its face the arguments presented within look reasonable until other facts are presented. There is a wealth of information contradicting most of the states argument, however it must be presented in reply to their brief.
I AM curious though. How is it that the attorney general’s office has any say over what happens to a person after a sentence ends? Unless, you know, the sentence hasn’t truly ended.