OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oral arguments are scheduled
before the Oklahoma Supreme Court involving lawsuits challenging the
state's sex offender registry.
Attorneys for three men convicted of different sex
offenses in other states will argue their cases before the court on
Tuesday. They want to block the state from forcing them to place their
names on the state's sex offender registry.
Although each case is different, they all challenge
the state's attempt to enforce its sex offender registration rules
retroactively.
2 of the men claim they are exempt from the rules
because their crimes pre-date the creation of the registry in 1989. The
other was required to register for 10 years when he was sentenced and is
challenging the state's attempt to make him register longer following
legislative amendments to the registry rules.
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