DETROIT, MI (AP)— The Michigan Supreme Court says the state must stop putting people on the sex-offender registry if their crime was not sexual.
The court says it's “cruel or unusual punishment” prohibited by the state Constitution.
A Wayne County man was convicted of holding his wife and two children at gunpoint for hours. He was placed on the sex-offender registry for 15 years because his unlawful-imprisonment conviction involved minors.
The American Civil Liberties Union estimates there are roughly 300 people on the registry for nonsexual crimes.
