What Happens When You Register as a Sex Offender? In the state of Michigan, many sex crimes were prosecuted based on SORA – Sex Offender Registration Act, which outline the sex offender registration laws. This Act has been updated; however, in the past, all violations, including those that were a mistake, unintended, or due to ignorance, went through this law. In these situations (and […]
How Much Does a Sex Offender Lawyer Cost? Sex offenders are often severely punished. The penalties for a sex crime conviction include imprisonment, fines, community service, and probation. Other consequences are lifetime electronic monitoring and compulsory registration with the sex offender registry. Being convicted for a sex offense typically harms the lives of the offenders. Therefore, hiring a sex crimes defense lawyer is […]
Sex Offender Polygraph Questions: Everything You Need to Know Across the United States, sexual assault offenses are among the top crimes that are being charged with the harshest of penalties. Upon conviction, an offender not only has to deal with the likely reality of confinement, but once their sentence is over, the punishment continues to exist. This is because a person convicted of a […]
How to Beat a Failure to Register Charge In 2006, Congress enacted the Adam Walsh Act which created the guidelines for sex offender registration across all of the United States. Since then, states have been keeping public records of sex offenders for a specified time, based on the nature of the offenses that led to their conviction, and have determined within their own […]
How to Get Off the Sex Offender Registry in Michigan Of all the 50 states in America, Michigan has some of the most stringent sex offender registration laws. That means convicted sex offenders will risk having their personal information published on the Michigan sex offender registry for anywhere from 15 years to life! What’s even more unfortunate is that having your personal information removed from […]