United States v. W.B.H.

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• holding that SORNA’s registration requirement does not violate the Ex Post Facto Clause because it is nonpunitive as applied
• explaining that we consider whether a restriction “resemble[s] historical and traditional forms of punishment”
• explaining that the Ex Post Facto Clause applies only to punitive laws
• stating that Congress’s intent in enacting SORNA was “not to punish former sex offenders for their past crimes but to promote public safety by providing citizens with information about the whereabouts of sex offenders and assisting law enforcement in locating them”
• rejecting argument that lower rates of recidivism for juvenile sex offenders as compared to adult sex offenders renders registration and notification requirements excessive as applied to juvenile offenders
• rejecting argument that lower rates of recidivism for juvenile sex offenders as compared to adult sex offenders renders registration and notification requirements excessive as applied to juvenile offenders

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).