New Sex Offender Registry Offers Hope, Not Just Harsh Outcomes
On behalf of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry posted in Sex Crimes on Monday, August 27, 2018. Current Missouri law potentially provides for the outcome that both a rapist and a person charged with public urination while intoxicated be placed on the state’s Sex Offender Registry for life. The registry does not distinguish between such persons regarding the law’s onerous reporting requirements. Both of them have the same duty to visit a police station four times annually. That will change tomorrow. Senate Bill 655 takes legal effect in just a few short hours, and will usher in major changes to Missouri’s registry law. The enactment …