The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand without comment a Maryland high court decision that being placed on the sex offender registry is “punishment,” which a judge must order, and not a mere listing of offenders that an agency compiles ...

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Maryland’s attorney general is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn the state high court’s decision that being placed on the sex offender registry is “punishment” that a judge must order and not a mere listing of offenders ...

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A sharply divided Maryland high court ruled Tuesday that a convict’s placement on the Sex Offender Registry qualifies as “punishment” for a sex offense, meaning that all elements of the crime required for placement – such as the victim’s age ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Attorneys for a convicted human trafficker and for the state grappled at Maryland’s top court Friday with whether a person’s name can be placed on the state’s Sex Offender Registry for a crime against a child when the ...

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Whether a victim of human trafficking was a minor must be proven and not presumed in order for the convicted trafficker’s name to be placed on the Maryland Sex Offender Registry, the state’s second-highest court has ruled in keeping an ...

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Maryland is joining a sex-offender registry program that law enforcement officials say will make it more efficient to share records.

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A Maryland man who was required to register as a sex offender for an incident that took place prior to the registration law’s effective date has filed a civil rights suit against the state. Mark Anthony Harding alleges he was ...

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Convicted and registered sex offenders who move to Maryland must register on the state’s sex-offender registry even if they committed their offenses before Maryland established its registry in 1995, the state’s second highest court has ruled. In a 3-0 decision, ...

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State laws requiring convicted sex offenders to register more often and provide more personal information to law enforcement do not violate the constitutional prohibition on imposing later-enacted punishments on earlier-committed crimes, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled.

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A juvenile court did not violate a convicted teenager’s constitutional rights by requiring him to register as a sex offender, though he committed the sexual assault before the registry’s enactment, a Maryland appeals court held Tuesday.

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