The Missouri Supreme Court issued four opinions Tuesday afternoon, including reversing a trial court’s decision that 10 anonymous sex offenders can’t be required to register as sex offenders. In a unanimous decision written by Judge Richard Teitelman, the court said ...

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U.S. v. Tom (Case No. 08-2345 – 18 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Murphy, J.) Sex Offender – Civil Commitment – Adam Walsh Act Where a district court found unconstitutional Section 4248 of the Adam Walsh Act allowing ...

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The attorney for a convicted sex offender asked the Missouri Supreme Court to throw out the statute that convicted him – and with it a favorite tool of the Legislature. Amid the revelations of shows like Dateline NBC’s “To Catch ...

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Earlier this year, to much hoopla, the village board of East Rochester, N.Y., took a stand against sex offenders. To “protect the health, safety and well-being of the children” of East Rochester, the board decided to regulate “the movement of ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a challenge from a sex offender who incurred a prison sentence when he did not register a change of address notice within 10 days. The Supreme Court previously ruled that it was unconstitutional to require ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of sex offender William D. Holden who failed to register a change of address within 10 days of moving as required by law. Holden argued that the statute requiring the change of address ...

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