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IA - Fifteen sex offenders to go free after ruling

View the article here You see, here, they acknowledge the ex post facto issues which violate the constitution, but in many states, they continue to ignore the constitution and the ex post facto violations.  Adding more punishment or restrictions to someone, who was charged before the law came into being, is unconstitutional, because it violates ex post facto. 01/27/2009 By CYNTHIA REYNAUD State prison officials scrambled Monday to alert the victims of 15 convicted sex offenders who will be released without supervision by Wednesday following an Iowa Supreme Court ruling. A 16th inmate who brought the legal challenge will be freed in March, as originally scheduled. The court's decision said the Henry County inmate was unfairly denied good-behavior credits - which move ahead inmates' release dates - after he was kicked out of a treatment program...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).