Tag: sexually violent predator
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Lifetime sex offender registration not ‘punishment,’ Colorado justices say
The Colorado Supreme Court concluded on Monday that lifetime sex offender registration is not cruel and unusual punishment because it is not “punishment.” At the same time, two members urged lawmakers to heed the advice of the Sex Offender Management Board and adopt a new, more accurate system of measuring a person’s risk of recidivism.…
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Longmont man sentenced to 12 years for animal abuse
A convicted sex offender was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday for abusing his girlfriend’s cats and dogs, the Boulder District Attorney’s Office said. Shortly after being released from a halfway house, Nathaniel Stark, now 27 and listed as a Longmont resident, moved in with his girlfriend in August 2019. Her animals then started…