AWA/SORNA violates constitutional rights of 700,000 people.
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled retroactive application of SORNA as unconstitutional – Wallace v. State (2009)
1 Registries list offenders whose crimes date back decades, and whom have led productive lives since
2 Many of those on the registry were juveniles when the crime was committed
3 Many of those on registry pose little or no threat to re-offend
4 Public registries include home addresses and expose parents and their children to taunting and threats
5 Employment, education and living opportunities are severely limited to families with a registered sex offender
U.S. Department of Justice Statistics: Recidivism of Sex Offenders 1994 (latest available): “5.3% of sex offenders were rearrested for another sex crime.”