Judge Rules Against Sex Offender Registry in Colorado

For John, BLUF:  Does the Sex Crime Registry really make a difference or is it just feel good kabuki?  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Judge Finds Colorado Sex Offender Registry Unconstitutional

From CBS News in Denver, Colorado, by Reporter Jeff Todd, 31 August 2017.

Here is the lede plus three.

DENVER (CBS4)– A federal court judge in Denver has called the public sex offender registry in Colorado “cruel and unusual punishment.”

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation posts a list of registered sex offenders required under the law. It contains names, pictures, addresses, descriptions and more and readily available to anyone on the internet.

But now, Federal Judge Richard Matsch has found that to be a violation of the U.S. Constitution. He wrote that the public has been given the “power to inflict punishments beyond those imposed through the court.”

Alison Ruttenberg, the attorney for the sex offenders, told CBS4’s Rick Sallinger they were often scarred for life because of all the public information available on the convicted criminals.

Rights in conflict.

Hat tip to the Drudge Report.

Regards  —  Cliff