yay!

"...so we had to list each person who lived with us along with their social security number."

Is this true???

Dixon73,

Absolutely. Each time I registered , on a separate page, I had to list each person who live in my house with me and his or her social security number. I am in Oklahoma, you know. The forms from about two years ago asked for the social security numbers, but the latest forms only ask for the full name, date of birth, relation to offender, and how long they lived there.

I distincly remember the early forms asking for the social security number because I questioned it at the time. I did not think it was even legal that they could demand the social security number of someone who was not even on the registry. I guess enough people complained that I see it has been changed on the latest forms.

But it is this kind of nonsense and restrictions that caused the justices to rule it punitive in nature.

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Wow. I would have had a kitten if my SS# had to be submitted ANYWHERE simply because of where I live and who I live with.... Mother always said to guard your SS# with your life.

I hope this ruling has a an effect on you and you get some relief from this decision.

This is GREAT NEWS for alot of registrants in Oklahoma, I hope the ruling benefit your case rewdiazepam. Just hope the Court will not follow suit on Missouri supreme court several yrs ago in ruling Sorna still requires missouri registrants to register after the government take the case a 2nd times around raising Adam walsh act statute. Nevertheless, good news to SO in oklahoma! I hope TX courts reverse its stance after seeing this ruling!

I haven't had the time to read through the entire opinion yet but this is the kind of thing that should spread. SORNA is a type of law the federal courts prefer to let the State courts act as a crucible or filter for. The more State courts that rule this way the more impact it will carry into federal cases.

@regulatex

The Missouri decision should not negatively affect other states. Article 1 Section 13 of the Missouri Constitution goes beyond having an ex post facto clause for criminal laws and has an additional clause prohibiting any law "retrospective in its operation". From what I can tell the Missouri Constitution is unique in having such a clause. It was this additional clause that initially exempted a lot of people from the registration requirement.

A lot of people were put back on the registry a few years later because the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the federal registration requirement was completely independent of state law and therefore not subject to the Missouri Constitution.

In 2010 some were relieved of the duty to register if they were sentenced a Suspended Imposition of Sentence prior to 1995, Missouri's version of adjudication withheld on the basis these people were never convicted of a sex offense.

I told all of that so I could tell you this, Missouri's registration law has never been challenged in the same way as Oklahoma's.

Jackiecook - in some ways it does help our sons even if they were post SORNA because SOrNA is based on the fact that it was ruled non-punitive. Regardless if they are post-SORNA they still are protected under the Constitution which says about cruel and unusual punishment. Life-time punishment is certainly cruel and unusual especially for most of these crimes. Ruling that the registry is punitive is a real biggie for all really!!!

Advocate2,

Have you tried contacting the Florida Action Committee? I know they have a pretty active legal group and they are actively seeking for the right cases to take forward

I appreciate anyone's opinion. I am in Oklahoma - my son was charged in 1998 in Texas when he was 18 for a consensual relationship with a minor. His case wasn't heard til 2000 where he was not required to register but had to serve 8 years probation. In 2006 his probation was revoked (for some BS reasons). He was given 5 years in prison. Served 2 1/2 years in Texas then released on parole in 2008 and transferred here in OK to finish parole in 2011. He did not have to register for 2 years here in OK for 2 years, then he got a new parole officer and the SO unit in OK City got a new chief who decided he did have to register after all, with only six months left of parole. Now he is a Level III worst offender for the rest of his life. Now if that isn't punitive, what is? So will this new law help him? I so would appreciate some opinons on this to see if it is something we can pursue. Bless yall.

aladdin4d = Yes I have met them and they have helped me immensely many times – one of them even went with me to court to be there when we were fighting to keep my son in his residence. They are terrific!

Somom = wow just wow! Yes in my opinion you should gather all the paperwork you have and compile a packet and send it straight to the governor asking for clemency. Include the info about this new ruling and include all the BS about what they did to him later – for one thing how can they change his sentencing in mid stream? Not only once but more than once? That is really BS!

The federal courts will string us along for another ten years. Perhaps longer. My suspicion is that every decade that passes will make an ex post facto ruling easier, because it will effect less and less people. So in 2024, after AWA has been around, the court will give relief to those convicted before the 94 wetterling law in order to justify the insanity of the present AWA scheme.

This is all speculation, of course. But it is my firm belief that we must become hardened states rights advocates. There is a domino effect happening in the states. Their opinions using the Mendoza-Martinez factors are becoming copy and paste. Future supreme justices will take notice as these opinions become published interpretations of law.

However, these ruling only give relief for those convicted long ago. The rolls of registrants are growing at a much faster pace than the rolls of the de-registrants.

For those with federal convictions, wow, I can't imagine the misery of knowing there is no relief in sight. My sympathies.