Reply #14: Okay, I'm confused by your post...

[acmavm]

You say:

criminal due process rights do not apply to reqistration requirements for someone who has been convicted

The way I understand this is that there hasn't been a conviction. Am I confused?

edit: went back and looked at this again. I was right

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...even when there has been no criminal verdict or successful lawsuit...
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I would bet this can be beat in a court of law because there would be a horrible social stigma as well as the possible loss of jobs, friends, etc. attached to this kind of crap. Now if this isn't punishment, what is?

No, this is wrong. Very wrong.

(And this is coming from a woman who believes rapists and child molesters need to have their sex organs cut of with an electric pencil sharpener or a dull knife.)