A federal appeals court has upheld a Minnesota law that requires a man to register as a sex offender even though he was not convicted of a sex crime.
In Wednesday’s ruling, Judge C. Arlen Beam wrote that the sex offender registration law and the Minnesota Supreme Court’s interpretation of it “turn reason and fairness on its head.” Nonetheless, Beam concurred in the unanimous decision of a three-judge panel of the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis.
Brian Gunderson was originally charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct after a woman claimed he raped her. But the rape charge was dropped for lack of evidence, and he was convicted only of non-sexual assault. Neverthless, Minnesota law require that he register, the AP reports here via CNN.com.
A federal appeals court has upheld a Minnesota law that requires a man to register as a sex offender even though he was not convicted of a sex crime.
In Wednesday’s ruling, Judge C. Arlen Beam wrote that the sex offender registration law and the Minnesota Supreme Court’s interpretation of it “turn reason and fairness on its head.” Nonetheless, Beam concurred in the unanimous decision of a three-judge panel of the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis.
Brian Gunderson was originally charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct after a woman claimed he raped her. But the rape charge was dropped for lack of evidence, and he was convicted only of non-sexual assault. Neverthless, Minnesota law require that he register, the AP reports here via CNN.com.
A federal appeals court has upheld a Minnesota law that requires a man to register as a sex offender even though he was not convicted of a sex crime.
In Wednesday’s ruling, Judge C. Arlen Beam wrote that the sex offender registration law and the Minnesota Supreme Court’s interpretation of it “turn reason and fairness on its head.” Nonetheless, Beam concurred in the unanimous decision of a three-judge panel of the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis.
Brian Gunderson was originally charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct after a woman claimed he raped her. But the rape charge was dropped for lack of evidence, and he was convicted only of non-sexual assault. Neverthless, Minnesota law require that he register, the AP reports here via CNN.com.
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