Lower Court Holding
Decision of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
This case involves an extremely sensitive and difficult question, both from a social and legal standpoint. How may society deal with convicted sex offenders after they have been punished for their crimes? How can society protect itself against future offenses and at the same time safeguard the constitutional rights of persons who have fully paid the price imposed by law for their crimes? The issues treated in the Alaska Sex Offender Registration Act (ASORA) we consider here differ only in degree from a host of other issues the citizens of this country regularly face in trying to resolve the inherent…
