Registry Matters on a Wednesday? We tackle a listener question regarding a foreign conviction and how that translates to strict liability; Legislator has an epiphany after getting mandatory minimum; News revelation – civil commitment is wrong, expensive and ineffective;  Florida felons registering to vote after voter rights restored; Alaska says you can’t use common lie detector results in court; Man arrested for failure to register dies in jail; SCOTUS is not itching at the chance to reverse Smith v Doe

[18:00] https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2018/dec/28/i-once-wrote-mandatory-minimum-laws-after-ties-abramoff-landed-me-prison-i-know-they-must-end/

[27:50] https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2019/jan/8/sex-crimes-and-criminal-justice-formerly-incarcerated-sex-offenders-say-civil-commitment-programs-deny-proper-rehabilitation/

[33:03] https://www.npr.org/2019/01/08/683108763/florida-law-restoring-the-vote-to-former-felons-takes-effect

[38:10] https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2019/01/09/alaska-supreme-court-rules-common-lie-detector-test-cant-be-used-as-evidence/

[43:30] https://ktvo.com/news/local/southeast-iowa-sex-offender-dies-in-jail

[47:00] https://floridaactioncommittee.org/supreme-court-denies-cert-in-all-three-cases-we-were-following/

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