High court issues sex offender registry ruling
By Associated Press on Sep 18, 2013, at 5:04 AM
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He has been charged in Tulsa County District Court with assault with a deadly weapon, larceny of merchandise from retailer and application to accelerate, court records show.
Convicted of a murder that occurred when he was 13, the now 30-year-old has spent most of his life in a maximum-security prison.
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Supreme Court says people who have been convicted of sex crimes in other states are not required to register as sex offenders in Oklahoma if the convictions occurred before the Oklahoma Legislature passed a sex offender law and if the person completed his sentence, probation or parole before Nov. 1, 2005.
The justices ruled that two men who were convicted of sex crimes in other states were not offered the same protection under the law as people who were convicted of sex crimes in Oklahoma.
Under Oklahoma's Sex Offender Registration Act, people who were convicted in Oklahoma before the act's 1989 implementation are not required to register - but people who were convicted outside of Oklahoma before its implementation are.
The justices ruled that the many amendments made to the law can't be applied retroactively.
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He has been charged in Tulsa County District Court with assault with a deadly weapon, larceny of merchandise from retailer and application to accelerate, court records show.
Convicted of a murder that occurred when he was 13, the now 30-year-old has spent most of his life in a maximum-security prison.
