In re TD

METER, EJ.

Respondent appeals as of right an order granting petitioner, TD, relief from the registration requirements of the Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA), MCL 28.721 et seq. The trial court found that, as applied to TD, registration under the SORA is cruel or unusual punishment under Michigan’s Constitution. We reverse.

In 2007, a jury found that TD had committed second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC II) as defined in MCL 750.520c(l)(d)(ii) (sexual contact aided or abetted by one or more persons and involving force or coercion). The incident underlying TD’s juvenile adjudication…