Ward v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “(a) In addition to the punishment authorized by the specific statute prohibiting the conduct, any person who, on or after July 1, 1996, commits a violation of § 39-13-502 [aggravated rape], § 39-13-503 [rape], § 39-13-504 [aggravated sexual battety], § 39-13-522 [rape of a child], or attempts to commit a violation of any such section, shall receive a sentence of community supervision for life. (b) The judgment of conviction for all persons to whom the provisions of subsection (a) apply shall include that the person is sentenced to community supetvision for life. (c) The sentence of community supervision for life shall commence immediately upon the expiration of the term of imprisonment imposed upon the person by the court or upon the person's release from regular parole supervision, whichever first occurs. (d)(1) A person on community supervision shall be under the jurisdiction, supervision and control of the board of probation and parole in the same manner as a person under parole supervision. The board is authorized on an individual basis to establish such conditions of community supervision as are necessary to protect the public from the person’s committing a new sex offense, as well as promoting the rehabilitation of the person. (2) The board is authorized to impose and enforce a supervision and rehabilitation fee upon a person on community supervision similar to the fee imposed by § 40-28-201. To the extent possible, the board shall set the fee in an amount that will sub”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State of Tennessee v. David Nagele

2. “to regularly report to a parole officer who is granted wide discretion in imposing supervisory requirements, and to pay a monthly fee. The imposition of lifetime supervision and the attendant consequences placed on an individual after having served his or her entire sentence of incarceration and/or regular parole are significant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Derrick Brandon Bush v. State of Tennessee

3. “The registration of offenders ... along with the public release of specified information concerning offenders, will further the governmental interests of public safety and public scrutiny of the criminal and mental health systems that deal with these offenders.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. John Doe v. Rausch