JUVENILE SORNA UNCONSTITUTIONALITY (PA. 2014)

In a major victory for juvenile defenders, on November 4, 2013, the York County Court of Common Pleas ruled that Pennsylvania's recently enacted law requiring that juveniles convicted of sexual offenses be subjected to lifetime sex offender registration violated their rights under various provisions of the Pennsylvania and United States Constitutions, as well as Pennsylvania's Juvenile Act. On appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld this decision.