State Ag Plans To Appeal Federal Ruling On Colorado Sex Offender Registry

The Colorado Attorney General's Office plans to appeal a federal judge's ruling that questioned the legality of the state's sex offender registry. The plans were announced on Wednesday, roughly two weeks after U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch in Denver ruled in a federal civil rights lawsuit that the law subjected three male sex offenders to "cruel and unusual punishment" and violated their due process rights. For now, the ruling applies only to the three plaintiffs and is unlikely to change how Colorado tracks sex offenders, but that could change based on how higher courts interpret the case, legal experts say. The appeals process in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals can range from months to more than a year. Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette