State of West Virginia v. J.E and State of West Virginia v. Z.M.

The clearly expressed intent of the Sex Offender Registration Act, West Virginia Code § 15-12-1 to -10 (2014) (“Act”), is “to assist law-enforcement agencies’ efforts to protect the public from sex offenders by requiring sex offenders to register with the State Police detachment in the county where *553he or she shall reside and by making certain information about sex offenders available to the public as provided in this article.” W.Va. Code § 16-12-la(a), in part. Expounding further, the Legislature has declared that “there is a compelling and necessary public interest that tiie public have…