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Professors: Tracking Sex Offenders Is Unconstitutional

MADISON, Wis. — Three University of Wisconsin professors in Madison said a new state law forcing sexual predators to wear tracking devices for the rest of their lives is unconstitutional.

The professors — Walter Dickey, Byron Lichstein and Meredith Ross — said that the measure violates privacy rights and amounts to punishment and warrantless surveillance when applied to offenders who aren’t on parole or government supervision.