BALTIMORE —The Maryland Court of Appeals on Monday decided that sex offenders whose crimes took place before the registry was created in 1995 should not have to register, and the decision could have widespread implications for hundreds of others on the list.
The case of Sarah Foxwell, an 11-year-old girl found raped and slain on the Eastern Shore in December 2010 sparked outrage and increased efforts to tighten restrictions on Maryland sex offenders.
"It's enabled all of us statewide to have a conversation about the fact that this really is a problem. It really does happen and it can happen anywhere, whether it's on the Eastern Shore or it's right here in Baltimore City," said Adam Rosenberg, the executive director of the Baltimore Child Abuse Center.
The case of Sarah Foxwell, an 11-year-old girl found raped and slain on the Eastern Shore in December 2010 sparked outrage and increased efforts to tighten restrictions on Maryland sex offenders.
"It's enabled all of us statewide to have a conversation about the fact that this really is a problem. It really does happen and it can happen anywhere, whether it's on the Eastern Shore or it's right here in Baltimore City," said Adam Rosenberg, the executive director of the Baltimore Child Abuse Center.
5 comments:
It's called ex-post-facto and it is in the constitution....
WTF!!
Anonymous said...
It's called ex-post-facto and it is in the constitution....
March 6, 2013 at 12:11 PM
Interesting when liberal crap like this pops up someone mentions the Constition!!
This is so stupid. With this crazy governor, what's next? Getting rid of all the courts and judges??
Just a heads up. This was a test case and many more is in the works and soon the over hyped , non working registry that has never been proven to work other than for votes for those in Annapolis will soon be destroyed as we know it today. But if we the people was smart, we would ask that it be dismantled and reworked for the best of the public and not just one size fits all and leave some on it for life with no appeal to get off of it as that in itself is a violation of human rights and will soon be tested. I would rather know about current and not yet caught offenders than ones convicted over 10-20 years and has not been in trouble since...Just My two cents. AND no this was not the work of the Governor, but YOUR Elected Folks in Annapolis who jumped on the spread false fear and passed laws to give false sense of security with no teeth to fight crime to make it look good for votes and the laws they passed they had to know they was in violation of Ex-Post- Facto Laws or are they really not as smart as they think they are. So do not blame the Gov., but blame those who rushed to show getting tough on crime with passing illegal laws in the first place.
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