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Associated Press
Published: Sat, April 19, 2008 - 2:02 pm
Last Updated: Sat, April 19, 2008 - 4:16 pm
Last Updated: Sat, April 19, 2008 - 4:16 pm
two men accused of failing to register as sex offenders
U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell called the law's
registration provisions unconstitutional. He dropped charges
against 43-year-old Robert Powers and 60-year-old Tommy William
Buckius, both of Orlando.
The men had been arrested on federal charges that they failed to
notify authorities when they moved to Florida from other states.
But Presnell said Friday that the requirement to register under
a 2006 federal law was largely a local issue -- not a federal
crime. The men's lawyers argued that Congress lacked the authority
to force state sex offenders solely convicted of local offenses to
register. They added that both men were convicted of crimes before
the new law was passed and should not be subjected to them.
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The judge must like messing with children himself. Haha