Michigan Sex Offender Registry removes 20,000 names after state supreme court ruling

FOX 2 - More than 20,000 registered sex offenders were removed from the Michigan registry earlier this month. Michigan State Police, which maintains the sex offender registry, was ordered to make the change due to a Michigan Supreme Court ruling on Sept. The supreme court ruled that by keeping those 20,000 individuals on the registry, which numbers 43,000 overall, the state was retroactively increasing their punishments. Under the constitution, a penalty for a crime from the past can't be affected by a new law passed today.

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