PAUL P. v. VERNIERO

Civil Action No. 97-2919(JEI).

982 F.Supp. 961 (1997)

PAUL P., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Peter VERNIERO, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

October 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Buncher, Susan L. Reisner, Public Defender, Office of Public Defender, Special Hearings Unit, Trenton, NJ, for plaintiffs.

Joseph L. Yannotti, Rhonda S. Berliner-Gold, Office of NJ Atty. Gen., Trenton, NJ, Betsy L. Phillips, Atlantic County Prosecutor, Mays Landing, NJ, Nancy K. Lotstein, Gloucester County Prosecutor, Woodbury, NJ, Susan A. Greco, Passaic County Prosecutor, Paterson, NJ, Maureen O'Brien, Union County Admin., Elizabeth, NJ, for defendants.


OPINION

IRENAS, District Judge.

The Third Circuit recently found that the community notification provisions of New Jersey's sex offender community notification law, N.J.S.A. §§ 2C:7-1 et seq., commonly referred to as "Megan's Law," do not constitute punishment for purposes of the Ex Post Facto and Double Jeopardy Clauses and held that federal due process requires the State to bear the burden of persuasion by clear and convincing evidence...

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