U.S. Appeals Court: SEX OFFENDERS DUE PROCESS.Chambers v. Colorado Dept. of Corrections, 205 F.3d 1237 (10th Cir. 2000). An inmate INMATE. One who dwells in a part of another's house, the latter dwelling, at the same time, in the said house. Kitch. 45, b; Com. Dig. Justices of the Peace, B 85; 1 B. & Cr. 578; 8 E. C. L. R. 153; 2 Dowl. & Ry. 743; 8 B. & Cr. 71; 15 E. C. L. R. 154; 2 Man. & Ry. 227; 9 B. & Cr. challenged his classification as a sex offender sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. by a state corrections department and the district court granted summary judgment to the department. The appeals court affirmed in part and reversed in part. The appeals court held that the requirement that the offender participate in a sex offender treatment program was not an ex post facto ex post facto adj. Latin for "after the fact," which refers to laws adopted after an act is committed making it illegal although it was legal when done, or increases the penalty for a crime after it is committed. Such laws are specifically prohibited by the U. S. violation, but that the inmate had a procedural due process right to a hearing before being classified as a sex offender. According to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the court, the inmate had a protected liberty interest in not being labeled as a sex offender. (Colorado Department of Corrections. Sex Offender Treatment Program) |
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