U.S. appeals court sex offenders. (Ex-Offenders).Doe v. Otte, 248 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 2001). Convicted sex offenders sex offender n. generic term for all persons convicted of crimes involving sex, including rape, molestation, sexual harassment and pornography production or distribution. who were subject to the requirements of the Alaska Sex Offender Registration  This article requires authentication or verification by an expert.Please assist in recruiting an expert or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. Act, which had been enacted after they were convicted, brought a [section] 1983 action challenging the constitutionality of the Act. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendants and the offenders appealed. The appeals court reversed and remanded, finding that the Act resulted in the imposition of punishment, in violation of the 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. clause when the Act was applied retroactively ret·ro·ac·tive adj. Influencing or applying to a period prior to enactment: a retroactive pay increase. [French rétroactif, from Latin . The Act required convicted ex offenders to register with law enforcement authorities and permitted public disclosure of the information in the sex offender registry. The court held that when a legislature plainly states its intent that a statute is not punitive, courts may reject the legislature's manifest intent and find that the statute is in fact punitive. (Alaska) |
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