No. 19-6211

Barry L. Clark v. Mark Gwyn, et al.

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2019-10-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: academic-studies civil-rights constitutional-review due-process judicial-precedent landmark-decisions legislative-intent recidivism sex-offender sex-offenders standing state-sponsored-surveys
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Latest Conference: 2019-11-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is it proper and timely for this Supreme Court to give redress to pronouncements incorporated within earlier landmark decisions stating that recidivism of sex offenders is 'frightening and high,' after multiple academic studies and state sponsored surveys determined those earlier pronouncements to be erroneous?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED . Is it proper and timely for this Supreme Court to:give redress to: pronouncements incorporated within earlier landniark decisions stating that. recidivism of sex offendets is “frightening and high,” (an admonition Tennessee legislators relied upon in.crafting Tennessee law) after multiple academic studies and. state sponsored surveys determined those earlier . pronouncements to be errorieous?

Docket Entries

2019-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-10-23
Waiver of right of respondents Mark Gwyn, et al. to respond filed.
2019-10-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Barry L. Clark
Barry L. Clark — Petitioner
Barry L. Clark — Petitioner
Mark Gwyn, et al.
Scott Crawford SutherlandTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Scott Crawford SutherlandTennessee Attorney General's Office, Respondent