Township of Marlboro v. Manzo

How courts have described this case

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• stating that it is “simply not the case” that deterrence and retribution exist to transform registries into punishment considering their effect to provide information “ ‘reasonably related’ ” to “community safety”
• holding that the Eighth Amendment “only regulates ‘punishments’”
• noting that although a “cynical mind might read this history as gamesmanship, . . . we read this as more evidence that Virginia has no punitive intent and simply wanted to be clear about it”
• questioning whether registered sex offender would have a right to proceed anonymously because “reveal[ing] his sex-offender status to the public” is “what the sex-offender registry does”
• noting that some restrictions were “tied to the (Continued
• applying Smith’s rationale and finding it “beside the point” that the plaintiff himself “may 15 USCA4 Appeal: 23-2040 Doc: 37 Filed: 08/09/2024 Pg: 16 of 24 not pose a danger”

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