The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over the constitutionality of a retroactive increase to an individual’s time spent on the state’s sex-offender registry following the 2012 enactment of new guidelines.
The court said April 22 in Commonwealth v. Gilbert that it will review whether application of the amended Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act violates Taurus Kenyata Gilbert’s procedural due process rights as well as the ex post facto clauses of the U.S. and Pennsylvania constitutions for being “so punitive that it constitutes a retroactive increase in punishment.”
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