FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has just found the State’s sex offender registry unconstitutional. The Court decided the list is an ex post facto violation. An ex post facto law is any law that increases the punishment for crimes committed before its enactment.
February 12, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BY THE ACLU-NH
CONCORD – In a victory for fundamental fairness, the New Hampshire Supreme Court held today that New Hampshire’s law requiring the registration of certain criminal offenders is unconstitutional as applied to an ACLU client because the law retroactively imposes lifetime restrictions
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Today's Concord Monitor
The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously yesterday that an aging, disabled sex offender should be excused from the state’s registry if he can prove he no longer poses a threat.