Tag: sex offender registration
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Appeals court rejects state’s argument that severely disabled sex offenders cannot de-register
Colorado’s second-highest court last week clarified for the first time that a 2018 change to state law now permits severely disabled sex offenders who are otherwise required to register for life to discontinue their registrations. Defendants convicted of certain serious sex crimes are generally required to register for the rest of their lives. However, the legislature in 2018 enacted…
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Appeals court acknowledges ‘unfair’ outcome, upholds man’s lifetime sex offender registration
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday upheld a man’s requirement to register as a sex offender for life, while acknowledging state law made no exception for his 37-year-old conviction from outside Colorado that did not even require him to register at the time. Raymond Edward Moore has two convictions on his record for sex offenses: one…