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Court strikes Louisiana's 'Sex Offender' ID requirement

by Kevin McGILL
| October 20, 2020 4:06 PM

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's requirement that people convicted of certain sex crimes carry a state-issued ID card with the words “SEX OFFENDER” printed on it in orange capital letters is unconstitutional, the state's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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