Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Miscellaneous utah utah Even before Megan Kanka was killed. Utah first established a registry in 1987. The registry information was made available only to law enforcement agencies, education licensing official, and the department. In 1996, the statute was amended to allow disclosure of the information to individuals who made a written request to the department, as long as they lived in the area where the sex offender lived. In 1998 the retroactivity requirement and geographical restriction on who could request information was eliminated. The department posted the registry on its web site as well. In Femedeer v. Haun, Femedeer argued that Utah’s statute violated double jeopardy and ex post facto clauses of the Constitution, by placing the information on the Internet. The court concluded that nothing in the statute prevented sex offenders from living or working where they chose, and that public accessibility of the information was not punitive. The court concluded that the ends of the legislation justified the means employed, and that it only imposed a civil burden upon the sex offender (Electronic Privacy Litigation Reporter, 2/2000). Sex offenders are required to register for ten years annually and within 10 days of a change of residence. Sex offenders have to provide all names or aliases, their address, complete physical description, type of vehicle used and a current photograph. All this information is made public on Utah’s Department of Corrections web site (www.udc.state.ut.us), the offender’s targets and type of conviction is also included. Failing to register is a class A misdemeanor. The sentence is no less than 90 days in jail or one year of probation (http://www.udc.state.ut.us/offenders/sexoffenders/utahcode77-27-21-5.html). In my research I did not find anything indicating that Utah has or is moving towards adopting sexually violent predator laws. Bibliography: (http://www.udc.state.ut.us/offenders/sexoffenders/utahcode77-27-21-5.html). Word Count: 287
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