Do Federal Sex Crimes Require Sex Offender Registration? Andrew Russek, a lawyer with leading federal criminal defense firm Combs Waterkotte, discusses the sex offender registry and federal sex crimes.
Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: Do the federal sex crimes require the same kind of sex offender registration, or are they different?
Andrew Russek: They do. You become a sex offender. The application of it will depend on the state you happen to live in, but yes, you’ll still end up on a sex offender registry. Obviously, sex crimes in the federal government, when we’re talking those mandatory minimums, [are] exponentially higher than what you see in state court.
Especially child porn. You could be talking mandatory minimums of 40 years, just for a couple images, a couple videos, if not borderline life sentences.
But sex offender will apply to that. All those collateral consequences of having to register and not being allowed to live near certain areas. That all translates into the federal convictions as well.
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