Article I, Sections 9 and 10 of the Constitution prohibit the passage of ex post facto laws. Ex post facto laws retroactively criminalize conduct that was legal at the time it was committed; ex post facto laws would...
SEX OFFENDER
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On May 30, 2012, Lester Gerard Packingham, a registered sex offender, was found guilty of using a social network website in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.5. See State v. Packingham, 368 N.C. 380 (2015). N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.5 is a North...
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In 1994, Congress passed the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (“Wetterling Act”), which encouraged states (via conditioned federal funding) to adopt comprehensive sex offender registration laws...