The Idaho Statesman reports that a federal judge in Boise has rejected a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s sex offender registration laws, but the 134 anonymous sex offenders who brought the lawsuit have the option to refile the case if they can show the current laws caused them actual harm.
“One cannot simply name a large group of Plaintiffs, allege a dozen causes of actions, and expect the Court to figure out which plaintiffs have suffered which harms,” the judge [U.S. District Judge David Nye] wrote in the ruling released May 17.
They’ll also have to show any harm they suffered outweighs the benefits that sex registration laws offer society, Nye said.
“While the outcome of certain regulations may negatively affect a person socially, economically or even legally, the Court must weigh any competing interests,” the judge found. “Time and time again, Courts have found that the protection of society outweighs any inconvenience or diminution in rights suffered by registrants.” (More…)
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