OR Court: conviction not necessary for S.O. regime

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state parole board can treat some inmates like sex offenders after release from prison even if they were not serving time for any sex crime convictionsThe ruling involved two inmates, one convicted of drug crimes and the other convicted of assault and weapons charges. Both inmates had been charged with sex offenses in the past, but those charges were either dismissed or reduced to lesser offenses.

Like my treatment by a California appeals court last year, this one appears to be carving out another sex-themed exception in the criminal justice system.