Will I Have to Register as a Sex Offender in Illinois? Attorneys Christopher Combs and Joshua Boardman from Combs Waterkotte discuss everything you need to know about Illinois sex crime charges, including sexual assault, sexual abuse, rape, and more.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: Let’s talk about sex offender registration. Will I have to register as a sex offender in Illinois? Hopefully you’ll ask me now have I committed the crime? And no, I have not. So, hypothetically…
Joshua Boardman: If someone has been convicted of a sex crime and most sex crimes and certainly all high-level sex crimes, think criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, aggravated enhancers to either one of those, child porn, any grooming, whatever the charge may be, there is certainly a real likelihood that you’ll have to register.
