[nmh]

HUH?

" ... A Kent County man convicted of molesting two Boy Scouts in the 1980s will not have to register as a sex offender after serving a prison sentence because the crime was long ago ..."

So long ago?

What does THAT have to do with registering?

[dhs12345]

Is there a statute of limitation on rape?

[wyattearp]

What does THAT have to do with registering?

It's called the Bill of Rights. Ex Post Facto. You can't pass a law and then apply it retroactively.

[JLS]

What does THAT have to do with registering?
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Possibly the ex-post facto prohibition in the US Constitution? If you are convicted of a crime that did not have a certain sanction attached to it, then you can not usually be sanctioned by more than what the law called for at the time you committed the act.

[E Rocc]

What does THAT have to do with registering?

If I'm not mistaken, you have to be tried according to the laws in place at the time the crime was committed. If registration wasn't required then, it would be considered an "ex post facto" law to require it now...and that's banned by the Constitution.

-Eric

[Condor51]

***So long ago? What does THAT have to do with registering?***

Probably (likely) ex post facto. That is unconstitutional and would be argued during the appeal.

I'm betting that per state law that since the crimes were committed in the '80's he's subject to the laws in effect at the time - even though he was just convicted.

That being said this 'recovered memory stuff' is troubling. Much of it is horse poop. The so-called memories are created by the therapist.