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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Nevada's Sex Offender Law is being challenged in federal court, as reported in this AP story by Ken Ritter. Lawyers representing 27 unnamed plaintiffs in a federal civil rights lawsuit claim that a law which creates an internet accessible state registry of 4,941 people convicted of sex crimes since 1956 in unconstitutional. The plaintiffs argue that minor offenders such as those convicted of theft of pornographic magazines would be unfairly included. Obama on Thomas: At a religious forum last weekend, attended by presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, the moderator asked which Supreme Court Justices they would not nominate. McCain replied that he would not have chosen any of the four more liberal justices, because of their judicial philosophy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on August 18, 2008 (boomark / email).