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Family Fights to Keep Boy, 12, Off Nebraska Sex Offender Registry

sex-offendersLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy who has recently moved to Nebraska may end up on the state’s public Sex Offender Registry even though juveniles aren’t normally listed.

Nebraska’s registry does not require juveniles to register. But state’s Sex Offender Registry Act applies to any person who enters the state after Jan. 1, 1997 and was required to register under the laws of their previous residence.

The boy recently moved from Minnesota, where juvenile offenders are required to register. That list is only available to law enforcement. When the boy moved to Nebraska, his probation officer and the Nebraska State Patrol determined that he would have to register as an offender.

The boy’s family is fighting the move. And a federal judge has agreed to block the Nebraska State Patrol from adding the boy to the list while the civil case is pending.

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