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Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld in South Carolina
Loaded on May 6, 2015
by Lonnie Burton
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2015, page 32
Filed under:
Sex Offender Registration,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Parole/Probation Searches,
Ex Post Facto.
Location:
South Carolina.
Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld in South Carolina
by Lonnie Burton
South Carolina’s Supreme Court hasrejected a challenge to a state law that requires lifetime GPS monitoring of certain sex offenders who violate the terms of their probation, parole or community supervision. The statute, known as “Jessie’s Law,” ...
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