Parts of the national sex offender register, according to Canada’s highest court, are unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled this morning that requiring obligatory registration of all sex offenders with multiple convictions is excessive.
It also comes to the conclusion that it is unconstitutional to keep offenders on the registry for the rest of their lives.
The decision was made in the case of a 19-year-old Edmontonian who was invited to a party promoted by an explicit Facebook ad and touched two ladies inappropriately.
He entered a guilty plea, was sentenced to three years of probation and six months in jail, and is now thought to have a low risk of reoffending.
The Edmonton man has been removed on the registry, but the court is giving Parliament a year to reform the statute requiring mandatory registration.
Parts of the sex offender register have been declared unlawful by the Supreme Court.
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