Legal Opinion
Paul P. v. Verniero
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided October 29, 1997No. Civil Action 97-2919(JEI)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IRENAS, District Judge.
• The Third Circuit recently found that the community notification provisions of New Jersey’s sex offender community notification law, N.J.S.A. §§ 2C:7-1 et seq., commonly referred to as “Megan’s Law,” do not constitute punishment for purposes of the Ex Post Facto and Double Jeopardy Clauses and held that federal due process requires the State to bear the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence in Megan’s Law classification proceedings. E.B. v. Verniero, 119 F.3d 1077 (3d Cir.1997). After the Third Circuit’s ruling, we certified a plaintiff class of…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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