Federal Court Says Old Sodomy Conviction Cannot Be Basis for Current Sex Offender Registration Requirement

Finding that prosecuting a man for failing to register as a sex offender on the basis of an old conviction under an unconstitutional sodomy law would be “unthinkable,” U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg granted a writ of habeas corpus to Charlton Green on December 9, directing that the State of Georgia release him from the obligations of probation to which he had been sentence.

Green, then age 20, and three friends, another young guy and … <Read More>